You are invited to enjoy the autumn scenery with the UPSeniors (formerly Growing Grandparents) in a walk around Jamaica Pond on Wednesday, October 21, at 10am. We’ll follow the walk with lunch together at a nearby eatery. More details to follow, but save the date! Contact upseniors@upbrookline.org…. Read More
Youth in grades 6-12 are invited to join our weekly youth group for pizza, friendship, games, service projects, and more in Room 204. Youth Group meets every Sunday evening at 7pm, except on holiday weekends. Contact Associate Pastor Amy Norton-Benfield at amy@upbrookline.org with questions or for more information. … Read More
Families with kids of all ages are invited to United Parish’s Pumpkin Party on Saturday, October 24 from 9:30am-11am on the Front Lawn (rain location: Willett Hall). There will be pumpkin carving and decorating, games, face painting, and more! Contact Associate Pastor Amy Norton-Benfield at amy@upbrookline.org…. Read More
Our annual pumpkin party for families will be Saturday, October 24 from 9:30am-11am on the Front Lawn (rain location: Willett Hall). Volunteers are needed for many roles including greeting people, helping with carving and decorating pumpkins, face painting, games, raffles and more! Please see the sign-up sheet during Coffee Hour. Contact Associate Pastor Amy Norton-Benfield at amy@upbrookline.org…. Read More
We’ve relocated our stock of sensory items from the Prayground to a cabinet at the back of the Sanctuary, so that people of all ages have better access to them (and so it’s not quite as much of a toy-free-for-all in the Prayground space). All ages are welcome to borrow an item to help you worship and return it at the end of the service; we’ve got noise-canceling headphones, worry stones, weighted lap blankets, strings of prayer beads, marble mazes, coloring pages…”and a whole lot more!”… Read More
A Workshop on AI Literacy and Christian Ethics What does it mean to be a faithful Christian in the time of artificial intelligence? AI technologies are dominating the headlines and becoming a greater part of our everyday lives, but we don’t often get opportunities to reflect on AI as a faith issue. Weijia Cheng, a former Silicon Valley software engineer and current student at the Boston University School of Theology, will walk us through the basic idea of artificial intelligence and introduce concepts from the Christian tradition that might help us establish a responsible relationship with this emerging technology. Sunday,… Read More
Please join us for an event with the Brookline Rotary on Thursday, October 15 from 7-8:30pm in the Sanctuary at United Parish. Featured Speakers include Ira Helfand, MD, Rotarian and Founder, Physicians for Social Responsibility: “The Heightened Threat of Nuclear Proliferation”; Suheir Fretikh, Rotary Peace Fellow: “Organizing and Bearing Witness in a Conflict Zone”; Sharon Dolev, Co-founder and Executive Director, Middle East Treaty Organization . Moderated by Moderator: Bernard Greene, Brookline Rotarian. Registration optional. Contact BrooklineRotary@gmail.com…. Read More
An Evening of Shopping, Entertainment and Refreshments Join us for a festive evening of shopping, mingling, and celebrating all that makes Thrifty Threads so special on Wednesday, October 7 from 5-7pm. More than just a sale, it’s a celebration of going green, paying it forward, and thrifting for fun. Every item in our store is generously donated by neighbors and friends, then sold at low prices to make fashion and household goods accessible to all. Get great deals on gently used, vintage, and designer pieces, plus practical items like housewares. We’ll mark the occasion with drinks and small appetizers, a… Read More
Dear Friends, Two years ago, the Stretching Team proposed “a yearly meeting of the service and justice initiatives which the church has undertaken.” This year’s meeting will be a luncheon after services on Sunday, October 25 from 12:30 to 2 pm in the Choir Room. Everyone is invited to this lunch but it is hoped that at least one representative from each group can attend to participate in the discussion. The groups include Thrifty Threads, GBIO, Hearts and Hands, Thanksgiving Dinner, Immigration Interest Group, the Negro Spiritual Royalties Project, the Walk for Hunger, as well as other church initiatives. The… Read More
Starting Sunday, September 27 at 7pm, upstairs in Room 204, youth in grades 6-12 are invited to join our weekly youth group for pizza, friendship, games, service projects, and more! Youth Group meets every Sunday evening, except on holiday weekends, and parents are also invited to attend the first portion of the kick-off event for a brief info session. Contact Associate Pastor Amy Norton-Benfield at amy@upbrookline.org with questions or for more information…. Read More