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Virtual Service:

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Members of Mothers Out Front will share their stories of how they moved from inaction to engagement as mothers passionate about making a livable world for our children. In between their stories, we will explore why a compelling personal story can be such a powerful tool for building a movement.

(No 11:00 AM Service)

As Muslims for Progressive Values, we advocate for equal humans rights, inclusion and justice for all in the United States and around the world. Our work goes beyond social justice as our message of peace is to build community of love and peace with all. Please join us for Interfaith Muslims service is a spiritual service which is to unite us all while embracing our differences with the light of divine. 

music by CommUnity Voices

HERE WE ARE, one hundred years later, looking back on our history, and looking forward into our second century. Join us for Samodivi, the finest music Berklee has to offer, food, birthday cake, reminiscences, toasts to our glorious past, and toasts to our glorious future. Creative Mischief for Social Justice, A Free Pulpit in Action, A Peace and Justice Congregation since 1920…that’s what we are. Join us to kickoff our year of commemoration, celebration and inspiration!

Come celebrate the Chinese New Year with us. Learn about traditional Chinese culture; their accomplishments and challenges. A report of about environment policies will be presented. A better understanding of rising China is critical in today’s world and building personal relationships between us is imperative, especially as tensions increase between the governments.

Moderator: Ellen Mass

with Amo Ngoepe, Rev. Jay Williams,
Dean Stevens; Dave Lewit: Moderator

• Amo Ngoepe is Old South Church’s Pastoral Resident, outreach minister for OSC to Greater Boston Interfaith Organization, (G)RACE Speaks, and the Climate Change Task Force.

• Rev. Jay Williams is principal pastor of Union United Methodist Church in the South End

• Dean Stevens is a musician, translator, coffee merchant, and interim administrator here at CCB

Our archives tell us that the first meeting of The Community Church of Boston was on January 11, 1920. Join us as we begin the kickoff of what will be an entire year of festivities celebrating ourselves, our place in the struggle for peace and justice, the places we’ve been, and the future that is before us. Dean Stevens will share discoveries from the archives of Community Church, and CommUnity Voices will SING IN CCB’s NEW CENTURY.

(No 11:00 AM Service)

We will discuss mass incarceration and the work that Black and Pink does to fight back for LGBTQ people. We will then focus on how incarceration impacts the LGBTQ community and the unique challenges we face behind bars and in returning to the community.

The Poets’ Theatre has invited some of the most talented practioners of Rap, Hip Hop and Spoken Word to introduce modes of poetic expression you may have heard about but not experienced in a live performance.

Families Creating Together is a award-winning intergenerational multilingual free program that serves the Jamaica Plain and Roxbury communities. Ed Pazzanese will share a short media presentation, stories and art projects created by participating families. FCT invites the full participation of children of all abilities, their parents, siblings, and caregivers with the intent to counteract the risk of marginalization and isolation experienced by individuals who are non-speakers, living with disabilities; are homeless and; grandparents raising grandchildren.

Please join us for a joyful and enthusiastic exploration of the jazz tradition through the artistry of the Frank Wilkins-Dave Zox duo.

First Friday Iftar (fast breaking dinner) is the fast breaking meal on first Friday of holy month of Ramadan. All are welcome to participate in prayers, recitations, speeches form progressive communities, activities for children, henna tattoo artist, and raffle prizes.

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Join Boston’s legendary musicians,  wise and beloved sage/bards and community builders Bennett and Lorraine Hammond, as they take us through a journey through the solstice and its variety of meanings in the rainbow of cultures on this planet.  Accompaniment by CommUnity Voices! Bring your best potluck holiday offering and holiday stories to share. Tamales by Luis Alonzo Guzmán! 

All Programs are held on the second floor in the Lothrop Auditorium. 

Wheelchair accessible.