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With cooler temperatures predicted we are returning to our usual practice of holding First Worship in the Gordon Chapel and Festival Worship in the Sanctuary this week. We hope you'll join us, in person or online. 

FIRST Worship - Informal & Vibrant

FESTIVAL Worship - Grand & Expressive

go to oldsouth.org/Sundays.

Sunday, August 14^th at 12:30 p.m., on Zoom, Click here to join

Not a fan of Vimeo? We have a way for you to tune in to worship! Simply go to youtube.com/OldSouthChurch to visit our YouTube page once we go live and the service will be the first video on your screen. You can also subscribe to us to receive notifications of when we're live. 

Thursdays, 6:00 p.m. in the Gordon Chapel or at oldsouth.org/jazz

Join us on in Gordon Chapel on Thursday evening for Jazz Worship! You don’t have to be a jazz aficionado to feel at home - just someone who wants to immerse yourself in soulful music, inspiring words, and creative liturgy. It’s intimate and it’s welcoming. We start preludes shortly before 6:00 pm. Click here if you’d like a hard copy of the song titles, credits, and hymns to print in advance.

The Senior Minister Search Committee has begun their important work and will report to the Congregation regularly. Click here read the most recent update.

Acting Associate Minister Shawn Fiedler has accepted a new position at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois. Click here to read Shawn's letter to the congregation, along with a letter from Rick Spalding and the lay leadership of the congregation. We will have opportunity to fete, thank and celebrate Shawn for his three years of ministry with us on his final Thursday, August 25th at 7:00 pm (following Jazz Worship) and final Sunday, August 28th at 10 am and 12:15 pm (following First Worship and Festival Worship).

As Old South prepares to celebrate Shawn Fiedler's prodigious ministry among us, we've also begun the journey to name his successor. Click here to read more!

Saturday, August 13^th, Noon - 3 p.m., Auburndale Cove Park, Newton, MA

Parking lot is across from 86 W. Pine St, Auburndale, Newton, MA 02466

RSVP here 

Join Old South Church folks for a barbecue, games, and fellowship. All are welcome and encouraged. We will provide the burgers, dogs, and veggie burgers -- you provide the side dishes and desserts! Everyone should bring their own beverages. For more information contact Kate Nintcheu or

Rev. Katherine Schofield.

Go to tinyurl.com/OSCMiddlePassageRemebrance to learn more

Join us for Middle Passage Sunday on August 21^st

Click here for a video introduction to the Middle Passage.

The Middle Passage Installation of Remembrance, in Old South's portico, presents a large banner (17' x 5') featuring the image of human persons packed as cargo into a ship. Juxtaposed to this cruel, dehumanizing practice, are bold images -- faces and families -- of those who might be the descendants of enslaved persons, or what these persons might have looked like before having been enslaved. The United Nations has designated August 23^rd the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. “The slave trade is not merely a thing of the past -- it has shaped the world we live in, it has molded the face of modern societies, creating indissoluble ties between peoples, irreversibly transforming economies, cultures and customs across the world,” said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova. “The slave trade concerns not only people of African descent but the whole of humanity.” Gathered in 1669, Old South Church in Boston continues to research, name and account for a history which includes radical abolitionists and the first anti-slavery tract on this soil (1700) AND many early ministers and members who were enslavers, who benefited from the forced enslavement and unpaid work of countless persons of African descent. We will honor the lives of our African members from the 1600s, 1700s, and early 1800s on Middle Passage Sunday, August 28^th. 

Thursday August 18^th, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., tickets start at $55

at the Brighton Allston Congregational Church

Click here for more information and to purchase tickets

Created in 1974 by members of Brighton Allston Congregational Church, the Allston Brighton Food Pantry's mission is to promote greater access to healthy, nutritious food and reduce hunger and food insecurity in the Allston-Brighton community.

Fri Sept 30^th- Sun Oct 2^nd, Craigville Retreat Center, Cape Cod

Click here to register online.

at one of our three weekly services. It's a great way to transform yourself from a visitor to a host, get to help out, meet sparkling people, and welcome the world to God's house and home. Email [email protected]

Some small groups read books, others go out to movies, or out to a meal, or to the museum. Email [email protected]

MAKE MUSIC! 

Festival Choir (Summer Choir rehearses at 10 a.m. on Sunday morning to sing at 11:00 a.m. Festival Worship). Contact [email protected]. 

Our Gospel Choir rehearses and performs once a month. Contact [email protected].

The Old South Ringers have room at the bell tables and rehearse once a month and perform once a month. Contact Peter Coulombe at [email protected].

Analysts at Inside Climate News and climate scientists agree that, even with painful giveaways to the fossil fuel industry and the need for stronger environmental justice provisions, this bill is an essential step in avoiding climate catastrophe. Now the bill goes to the House. Along with Interfaith Power and Light, Tell your Representatives to pass these crucial climate investments! If you know your Rep. supports the bill, thank them and encourage them to invite undecided colleagues to join them. Click here to find out how to contact your US Rep.

Corey Spence, Weekday Receptionist, Old South Church