Representatives of First Parish staff and leadership will provide information about the structure and function of First Parish and the responsibilities of membership, answer questions from participants, and engage in informal discussion. Each year informal, pot-luck dinners are scheduled at the homes of First Parishioners as a fun way of socializing and getting to know each other better. Contact Diane Willcox if you would like to host or if you are very new and would like to attend a dinner. The Yule ritual usually occurs on the Saturday evening closest to the winter solstice and is also followed by a potluck. The Spring Equinox ritual is held on the date of the equinox and has no potluck.
Older teens are welcome at the rituals.
Childcare is provided during the rituals and children are welcome at the celebrations and feast that follows. Sponsored by the First Parish UU Pagan Group Winter and Spring Revels Winter Revels is a special Sunday service held yearly in December, celebrating the Winter Solstice with readings, poetry, song, children's Morris dancing, and a mummers play performed by the children of First Parish. It is inspired by the annual Cambridge Christmas Revels in which several members of First Parish participate. Spring Revels is a similar Sunday service celebrating the coming of May or Beltaine. It culminates in the Morris dancers leading the the congregation in dance outside to the Maypole.