First Church and Parish in Dedham Unitarian Universalist

Spring Meeting

Do You Need A Silver Bowl to Baptism or Dedication?

Our speaker will be

The Rev. Dr. Thomas R. McKibbens

of the First Baptist Church in Worcester

Thursday, May 26, 2011

10 am to 1 pm

At the First Church and Parish in Dedham

Cost $12 per person includes coffee and lunch.

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History

The Massachusetts Convention of Congregational Ministers as we know it began between 1692 and 1694 when Ministers in the Massachusetts Bay met to consider issues afoot in the land.  The roots of the Convention go back to the Stour Valley in Suffolk England south of Cambridge.  This Valley winds through towns bearing names like; Haverhill, Sudbury, Hadley, Sutton, Ipswich and Harwich with Dedham, Needham and Hartford nearby.  These places cultivated a learned ministry and were noted for preaching and good local schools.  The 1721 Convention met to hear a Convention sermon in May followed by a Dinner with members of the Great and General Court Popularly know as the Feast of Moses and Aaron. In 1949 Professor George Williams ardently pled that the MCCM not fold its tent, since it was the only Massachusetts clergy configuration not to split in the Unitarian Controversy. 

Save the Date: June Mon 13- Tues 14

Barth Session for Pastors

“Barth’s Elusive Universalism” 

  Dr. William Klempa from The Presbyterian College in Montreal who in the summer of 1960 studied Calvin, II/2 and Baptism with Barth in Basel.