20s/30s Game Night
Saturday, October 25 at 7pm in Somerville! Snacks and games will be provided but definitely bring your favorites to share with the group! Contact 2030vision@upbrookline.org…. Read More
Saturday, October 25 at 7pm in Somerville! Snacks and games will be provided but definitely bring your favorites to share with the group! Contact 2030vision@upbrookline.org…. Read More
We are opening our doors for our beloved annual tradition of hosting a community thanksgiving meal downstairs in Willett Hall on Thursday, November 27 at 1pm for up to 160 people. Volunteer: Please CLICK HERE to see the signups. *Thanks to a huge outpouring of support, all volunteer slots are full! Thank you so much for being willing to help serve our neighbors!* If you’d like to help with publicity in the weeks before by hanging flyers around town, please contact thanksgiving@upbrookline.org. We’re also looking for volunteers to polish the silverware. In addition, we are looking for team captains and… Read More
Join us on Sunday, November 2 at 12:30pm in the Parlor. This lunch is our annual meeting of the justice and service activities of the United Parish Community. (GBIO, Thrifty Threads, Mission Giving, Hearts and Hands, Stretching, Thanksgiving dinner, etc.) All are welcome. We will be sharing the many activities members of the church have been involved in and discussing the challenges we face in the coming year as we live our values in the world. Please RSVP. If you have questions or concerns that need to be raised, please reach out to Terry B. and Sarah S. at stretchingintojustice@upbrookline.org…. Read More
United Parish in Brookline presents Jazz Sanctuary featuring Jose Soto & The Ancestral Call Saturday, November 15, 2025, 7pm, United Parish in Brookline Join us for the second concert in the Jazz Sanctuary series with Costa Rican pianist and composer José Soto, presenting his award-winning project The Ancestral Call — a powerful fusion of jazz, improvisation, and visual art inspired by ancestral traditions. First premiered at Lincoln Center in New York in 2023, the project has received international recognition, including the Global Music Awards Gold Medal, NPR’s Best Alternative Latin Music list, Jazziz Editor’s Choice, and features in NBC New… Read More
*Sign-ups have closed! We’re sorry but the dinner is full! Thank you to all who have responded, but we have reached capacity. We are no longer able to accept reservations or walk-ins. We wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving!* Since 1981, United Parish has opened our doors to the community for a free, family-style Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving Day at 1pm (doors open at 12:30pm). We’ll serve oven roasted turkey, traditional stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, pickles, and olives. For beverages, we’ll have ginger ale, cranberry juice, lemonade, and apple cider. For dessert, we’ll have… Read More
We are well on our way to having our most impactful year ever. This quarter we are coming off our evening fall preview, which was a lovely event. In terms of the numbers, so far this year we have raised just over $121,000! September alone saw an income of just over $20,000, which is our best month ever. With this money we have spent just over $9,250 on charitable contributions and our monthly amazon order. This means we have bought 51 cases of diapers, 62 packs of socks, 81 packs of underwear, 40 cases of soap, 21 cases of toothpaste,… Read More
Are you new to United Parish? We’re offering a short “Exploring Membership” class series: Class 1: “Learning”. Sunday, October 19 from 12:30-2pm, in the Choir Room. In this class, you will have a chance to learn more about United Parish, our history and beliefs, the benefits/responsibilities of membership, and our governance structure; childcare will be provided in our nursery for the duration of the class. RSVP HERE Class 2: “Sharing”. Sunday, November 2 from 12:30-2pm, in the Choir Room. Members of our Discernment & Engagement team will join us for this class, in which we’ll get to know one another… Read More
The Chancel Choir, soloists, and chamber orchestra will present Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, Opus 48. There is an unbreakable spiritual bond between the living and those held in sacred memory. Celebrating All Souls’ Day is one of the ways that we pay homage to those who have gone on before us. This coming All Souls’ Day, we will reclaim the ancient practice of presenting a composed requiem mass during our 11am worship service. The choir has been preparing the Fauré Requiem for many weeks now, and will present it, along with a 15-piece chamber orchestra, in the context of our worship… Read More
Blessings and Greetings from Human Relations Ministry Team (HRMT), REVISED JOB DESCRIPTIONS As some of you know, over the last months, HRMT has been working with our valued ministers and staff to revise all job descriptions so that they more accurately reflect the roles and responsibilities each is currently undertaking. The job descriptions are not carved in stone, but are “living, breathing documents” to be revisited regularly. Recently, Council approved the job descriptions. FEEDBACK FOR MINISTERS AND STAFF This year, the job descriptions form the basis for the annual review process for Ministers and Staff. As was the case last… Read More
Hi all! Hoping you all had a wonderful summer and that you are settling into the rhythms of the new season! GBIO is preparing to enter a new stage of our Listening Campaign, where we will be meeting in small groups as a congregation to discern where we feel equipped and moved to act in this current moment. If you are interested in learning more about what that means, I encourage you to register to join for the upcoming GBIO Delegate’s Assembly on Sunday, October 5. See below for more details and don’t hesitate to reach out if you have… Read More