Events in the Meeting House

Our night at the Wayside Soup Kitchen is always the fourth Tuesday. Cooks meet at 3:30 p.m.; Servers meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Kitchen on Oxford Street in Portland.

Join us!

Help us fulfill our joint volunteer commitment (with Allen Avenue UU) in cooking and serving the meal at Wayside. Cooks and servers are needed for both timeslots. Please make space of a few hours out of your month. Join the warmth and compansionship of fellow servers and keep your faith in action.

Please sign up at the Faith in Action table or call the Caswells. email the office

Haitian Relief Concert

Sunday February 21st 5:30pm Doors, 6pm Show

At the First Parish Church

Benefiting Partners in Health's work in Haiti

Music:

Sean Mencher & the Rhythm Kings, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Peter Alexander, Jim Loney and Kat Logan 

and others

Haitian inspired food and sweets will be available for sale.

$10 minimum donation for the concert.

For more information or to volunteer contact Betsy Whitman at ewhitman@gwi.net or First Parish Office 773-5747.

 

Portland Conservatory of Music 2009-2010 Free Noonday Concert Series

Concerts presented every Thursday at the First Parish Church in Downtown Portland, 12:15 to 1:00 PM in the Meeting House, October through April.

Join us again in October for Noonday Concerts.

Portland Conservatory of Music webpage: http://www.portlandconservatory.net/

 

Longfellow Chorus Concerts:
February 27 & 28, 2010

February 27 in the First Parish Meeting House

February 28 location to be announced

For more information: http://www.longfellowchorus.com/

1st Sunday of each month - Sacred Harp Singing, has moved to another church, 1 PM (Contact: Vicky Adams 985-7002 for more information)

Every Monday – Portland Mindfulness Meetup Group, Children’s Chapel, 6 PM

(Contact: Tom Cannon, 831-4559, tacannon@maine.rr.com)

This is a new weekly group that meets to explore mindfulness and meditation. Each week we’ll start with meditation instruction for people new to the practice, followed by a group sit and then discussion. The focus will be on cultivating awareness and living in the present moment.

For more information contact: Contact: Tom Cannon, 831-4559, tacannon@maine.rr.com Open to the public, every Monday, $2.00/meeting

Every Wednesdays – Tai Chi, Parish House, 9 am & 6 PM. This location is seasonal and weather-affected. (Contact: Fred Brancato at 774-3163 for more information)

3rd Wednesday, September through May — First Parish Men's Luncheon Noon, Parish House. (RSVP to David Burns drburns78@myfairpoint.net)

Every Thursday, October through April, Portland Conservatory of Music Concert (see other tab), Meeting House,12:15 PM (Contact: Carol Elowe - http://www.portlandconservatory.net)

Every Thursday — First Parish Threads 4:30 pm in the Children's Chapel. All levels of fiber people are welcome.

1st Friday of each month – Portland Playback Theater Performance, Parish House, 7:30 PM (Contact: Grace Cleaves 899-9702, http://www.portlandplayback.com/calendar.htm)