Welcome to Old Ship
The Old Ship has been located on this Hingham knoll since 1681.
Old Ship Church
First Parish in Hingham
Unitarian Universalist
90 Main Street
Hingham, Massachusetts
781-749-1679
We are very pleased to welcome you to First Parish in Hingham, which is also known as Old Ship Church. We want you to feel comfortable among us.
Our parish house is across Main Street from the meetinghouse. Its address, and our mailing address, is:
107 Main Street, Hingham, MA 02043
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
To contact the office:
Phone Number: 781-749-1679
E-mail: office@oldshipchurch.org
Childcare is available before Sunday services:
If you plan to attend the All Parish Conversation, Men's Breakfast or Bodhisattva Study Group on a Sunday morning and need childcare in order to do so, please call our office (781-749-1679) by Wednesday before the Sunday, and we will do our best to arrange childcare in the nursery for you.
Sunday, May 13
Our annual Mothers Day "Mostly Music Sunday" will be held in the Fellowship Hall of the Parish House. Music for all ages… instruments of all kinds…
Ken’s "Reflection" for the day will be: "The Color Yellow." Also participating in the service will be UU minister Rev. Cheryl Lloyd, coordinator of volunteers and community outreach at the Mather School in Boston. Following the service Cheryl will speak to us in the parlor concerning volunteer opportunities at Mather.
Friday, May 18
Soulful Sundown, 7 pm
All are invited to our spring "Soulful Sundown" service led by Ken Read- Brown – celebrating the hope and beau- ty awakened by spring.
We are very pleased to have two guest musicians to share the leadership of the music: Eric Oddleifson, who played a year ago at a Sunday service, will share his spiritual practice of playing the harmonium and singing in the tradition of Hindu Vedanta; Glee Briggs, who spends much of each year in India, is based at the Cohasset Vedanta Center when in this country; she says "Music has always been a spiritual practice for me – a form of prayer and devotion to God."
But, wait, there’s more! An Old Ship Community dinner will be served in the Parish House at 5:30 pm. Bring the whole fam and friends to enjoy a light dinner and then walk across the street to enjoy the service.
Sunday, May 20
Ken’s sermon will be: "That Thing With Feathers." What is hope, and what is the role of hope in our lives and in the world?
At noon our First Parish Annual Meeting will convene in the Fellowship Hall of the Parish House. Voting members (who have signed the membership book and made a recorded financial contribution during the year prior to the call of the meeting) can participate and vote on items on our agenda; but all members and friends are invited to observe and contribute to the conversation as we consider annual reports and vote on our 2012-2013 budget.
Sunday, May 27
"Learning from Warriors" will be Ken’s sermon. "On this Memorial Day Sunday I'll be sharing some reflections based largely on letters from my Uncle Bob, who was killed in the Battle of the Bulge near the end of World War II, and from the example of my recently deceased Uncle Ray, seriously injured in the Pacific theater, and one of the kindest, most thoughtful men I’ve ever known." --Ken
Fellowship Hour
The list of folk hosting Fellowship Hour and when they are on may be accessed by clicking here.
Click here if you need suggestions (instructions) on what to do and bring for Coffee Hour.
Thursday Morning Meditation
Sitting meditation begins at 5:45 am, & again about 6:30 am , for a
half hour, we break it up with bells, walking
meditation, & a Heart Sutra chant.
If you have
any questions email Eric Cornetta,
EECornetta@mac.com or
Rob Baynes at Rob@RBaynes.com.
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