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Holy Week and Easter 2024

March 24, Palm Sunday 9:30 am. Procession with palm branches.

March 28, Maundy Thursday 7:00 pm.

March 29, Good Friday 7:00 pm.

March 31, Easter Sunday 9:30 am. Peace Brass, choir, brunch following the service.

Ash Wednesday and Lent 2024

Ash Wednesday February 14, 2024

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 14, and ends on Maundy Thursday, March 28.

The Ash Wednesday service, February 14, is scheduled for 7 pm. If you cannot attend in person, here is the Zoom link.

Click here for Ash Wednesday service

In the Ash Wednesday confession of sin we name some of the habits and behaviors that separate us from other people and from God. A call to discipleship follows the confession. This charge will be repeated on the First Sunday in Lent.

Think of something you might add to your life or something you might take away as a Christian discipline. In the coming days I will make some suggestions. If you have already decided on a Lenten discipline, I would like to hear it! Others might be inspired by your example.

Family Promise Update January 2024 from Kim Canning

With support from our friends at Congregation Or Atid, Peace hosted families two weeks at a time, twice a year from 2011 through 2020.  Then, during the worst of the pandemic, Family Promise sheltered families in hotels while renovating the new Day Center so families could eventually stay there instead of rotating between congregations.  We can all agree, this arrangement is best for the families. 

At the time, we also knew this arrangement might be a challenge for our congregation. A challenge that has proven to be difficult for us.  And so, after almost two years of supporting Family Promise at the Natick Center, we have decided to shift from serving as “host” to concentrating our efforts on supporting Family Promise in other ways.

Before introducing you to the new director of Family Promise, Danielle Conti, I want to mention some of the highlights of those nine years during which we served families in shelter at Peace. 

Many of our children grew up with Family Promise. They spent time at the laundromat washing linens at the end of our host weeks, created welcome posters for families, and converted their classrooms into cozy bedrooms. 

In the evenings, many of our children played games with, read to, or ran around the familiar halls of their church building with children in the shelter program.

During those nine years, we enjoyed warm, engaging conversations with the parents of those children. We listened to their stories. We held their children, read to them, and played with them.

Our lives were enriched by their presence as we witnessed the parents’ hard work, their commitment, and their intention to become fully self-sufficient once again. We witnessed the love and dedication they have for their children.  We witnessed their children’s resiliency, appreciation for others’ kindness, and their awe.

I’ll always remember one of our overnight volunteers sharing with me the experience he had with a sleepy, 2-year-old girl as he carried her out to the car early one morning.  As soon as they stepped out into the dark, she noticed the moon and pointed towards it expressing delight. To our volunteer, this was a beautiful, shared moment.

All of that being said, times change, circumstances change.  I think I can speak for everyone who participated in the Family Promise shelter program here at Peace, it was and always will be a special time for us.  Going forward, we will continue to support Family Promise in a myriad of ways, which we can discuss later.

Kim Canning

Christmas 2023

Christmas 2023

Saturday, December 16, 10:00 am
Christmas program rehearsal and caroling

Sunday, December 17, 9:30 am
Morning worship and Christmas program

Sunday, December 24, 9:30 am
Morning worship

Sunday, December 24, 5:00 pm
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, Jonathan Moretz, guitar; Peace Brass and Choir

Concert by Jonathan and Bruce in Needham 10/1/23

Blessing of the Animals 2023

Remembering Erika Haeberer

Erika, center; son Tom, second from left; daughter Trixie, second from right; joined Peace in 1964

Members of Erika’s family traveled from Arizona, Hawaii, Virgina and other places for a graveside memorial service at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Sudbury last week.

Erika and Gerd, and their children, Tom and Trixie, joined Peace in December,1964 as charter members. Their faithful presence at worship, and their quiet kindness and good cheer, made a difference in the climate of the congregation for many years.

Summer Memories 2023