Park Street Church

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Great first day for the Park Street Church Freedom Trail Site! If you are downtown Mon–Sat from 9:30am-3pm, our guides w...
06/12/2026

Great first day for the Park Street Church Freedom Trail Site! If you are downtown Mon–Sat from 9:30am-3pm, our guides would love to see you. Take a look at our new displays...maybe you'll discover something you didn't know!

World Relief (originally called the War Relief Fund and currently the humanitarian arm of the National Association of Ev...
05/28/2026

World Relief (originally called the War Relief Fund and currently the humanitarian arm of the National Association of Evangelicals) was co-founded at Park Street Church in 1943. Matthew Soerens leads the organization's advocacy work and serves as National Coordinator of the Evangelical Immigration Table. He's a thoughtful evangelical voice on immigration, refugee policy, and what it looks like for churches to engage the hardest questions of our moment without losing their witness. We are really looking forward to hosting him for an evening of conversation, Q&A, and dialogue.

Join us at 5pm on Sunday June 14 at Park Street Church.

On Easter Sunday we begin a time of joyful celebration and feasting as we glory in Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. In...
04/03/2026

On Easter Sunday we begin a time of joyful celebration and feasting as we glory in Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. In our sanctuary, the mournful purple and blood-red of Lent and Holy Week have been replaced with white and gold; somber hymns give way to our most joyous anthems and we reintroduce alleluias into worship. Alleluia simply means, “Praise the Lord,” and the Christian family around the globe resounds in praise: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously” (Exodus 15:1).

Eastertide is a season that focuses on new life. In the resurrection, new life springs forth from the grave by the power of God. We celebrate the historical, bodily resurrection of our Lord as evidence of the fact that life has indeed conquered death. The resurrection proves unambiguously that God is the final victor in the battle between light and darkness. Our greatest enemy is vanquished and the new life we see in Jesus on Easter morning has come (in part) and is coming (in full) to all those who trust in him. There is a reason to shout alleluia! Jesus is alive!

Sun, Apr 5 • Easter Sunday
Worship Services • 9am & 11 am
parkstreet.org/easter

Art: The Porter-Adams stained glass window inside Park Street Church

Good Friday serves, with MaundyThursday and Easter Sunday, as one continuous service commemorating the passion and resur...
04/02/2026

Good Friday serves, with MaundyThursday and Easter Sunday, as one continuous service commemorating the passion and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of the continuity of the service over multiple days, there is no benediction pronounced until Easter. The word tenebræ is Latin for “shadows” or “darkness,” recalling the apparent triumph of darkness on Good Friday and Matthew’s reference to the increasing darkness that covered the earth as Jesus hung on the cross. During the service, the sanctuary will progressively darken. As an act of solemnity, the congregation remains seated or kneeling for the service, except during the reading of the Passion Gospel. The seven candles represent the seven last words of Christ and are extinguished to symbolize the sacrificial death of Jesus for our sins. The concluding drum signifies the earthquake that occurred after Jesus died.

Fri, Apr 3 • Good Friday
Tenebrae Service • Noon & 7:30 pm
parkstreet.org/easter

Art: “The Three Crosses,” Rembrandt (1653)

Maundy Thursday (from the Latin, mandatum, meaning “commandment” as found in John 13:34) serves with Good Friday and Eas...
03/31/2026

Maundy Thursday (from the Latin, mandatum, meaning “commandment” as found in John 13:34) serves with Good Friday and Easter Sunday as one continuous service commemorating the passion and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Because of the continuity of the service over multiple days, there is no benediction pronounced until Easter. Clergy wear stoles which signify the servant towel worn by Christ as he washed the feet of his disciples at the Last Supper. Red reminds us of the blood of Christ shed for our sin. As the High Priestly Prayer of Jesus Christ is read from John 17, the church will be “stripped” to signify Christ’s moving from the celebratory meal of Passover toward the barrenness of Calvary where, as the Lamb of God, he takes away the sins of the world (John 1:29). The crown of thorns recalls Christ’s trial and crucifixion, and the bare church reminds us of the grave into which Christ descended on Good Friday. Portions of this service are derived from practices over the centuries.

Thu, Apr 2 • Maundy Thursday
Communion Service • 7:30 pm
parkstreet.org/easter

Art: “Jesus washes the feet of Peter,” fresco in the Church of St. Matthew the Apostle, Štitar, Croatia

Each week during Midday Lenten Services, we're joined by voices from across the city and beyond. This week, come hear fr...
03/30/2026

Each week during Midday Lenten Services, we're joined by voices from across the city and beyond. This week, come hear from three of them — Tue, Wed, and Thu, 12:15–12:45 PM at Park Street Church.

Tuesday: Ray Hammond, Senior Co-Pastor of Bethel AME Church, has degrees in both medicine and religion from Harvard, where he focused on Christian and medical ethics. He co-founded Bethel in 1988, is a co-founder and chairman of the Ten Point Coalition, and has spent decades at the intersection of faith, medicine, and justice in Boston.

Wednesday: Mary Frances Giles is our own Wilson House Resident Director here at Park Street Church. She works in faith-based spaces helping others think through larger questions of what it means to be human and how to help diverse communities thrive.

Thursday: Enoch Liao, Lead English Pastor of the Boston Chinese Evangelical Church, oversees English-speaking ministries across their Chinatown and Newton campuses, He serves as the Co-Chair for The Chinatown Coalition for Boston’s Chinatown and is a founding board member for the Boston Center for Biblical Counseling.

See the full list of speakers at parkstreet.org/lent. We'd love to see you there!

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, during which Christians commemorate the events leading up to Jesus’ death ...
03/27/2026

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, during which Christians commemorate the events leading up to Jesus’ death on the cross for the salvation of the world. Palm branches were used that day by the crowd to salute Jesus (John 12:13), and they also represent victory and peace ( cf. Rev. 7:9). The beginning of the Palm Sunday service is joyful, permeated with the Hebrew praise-shout Hosanna, which means “Save [us]!” In churches around the world, this grand procession into Jerusalem is re-enacted yearly in worship, accompanied, for the past 1,200 years, by the hymn “All Glory, Laud, and Honor.” In this service, the joy of the triumphal entry quickly gives way to a sober contemplation of the Passion of Christ which remains our focus for the duration of Holy Week. The liturgical color red is used during Holy Week to represent Jesus’ blood.

Sun, Mar 29 • Palm Sunday
Worship Services • 8:30 & 11 am
parkstreet.org/easter

Art: "Triumphal Entry", J. Kirk Richards, 2019. Oil on canvas.

Each week during Midday Lenten Services, we're joined by voices from across the city and beyond. This week, come hear fr...
03/23/2026

Each week during Midday Lenten Services, we're joined by voices from across the city and beyond. This week, come hear from three of them — Tue, Wed, and Thu, 12:15–12:45 PM at Park Street Church.

Tuesday: Dave Friedrich, Rector of Church of the Cross Boston — an Anglican priest who spent a decade at L'Abri in Switzerland and was, in a former life, a professional firefighter and paramedic.

Wednesday: Mark Booker, our Senior Minister here at Park Street Church — we're glad to have him join us in the midday.

Thursday: Brian C. Greene, Senior Pastor of Pentecostal Tabernacle in Cambridge and International Bishop of the United Pentecostal Council of the Assemblies of God.

See the full list of speakers at parkstreet.org/lent. We'd love to see you there!

Each week during Midday Lenten Services, we're joined by voices from across the city and beyond. This week, come hear fr...
03/16/2026

Each week during Midday Lenten Services, we're joined by voices from across the city and beyond. This week, come hear from three of them — Tue, Wed, and Thu, 12:15–12:45 PM at Park Street Church.

Tuesday: Garrett Smith, Lead Pastor of Newton Covenant Church, was raised Jewish, embraced both atheism and Buddhism before coming to faith in Jesus, and spent twelve years as a missionary with Jews for Jesus.

Wednesday: Adam Herndon, our own Minister of Discipleship here at Park Street as well as a Chaplain, Lt. Col. in the US Air Force Reserve.

Thursday: Samuel Acevedo, Lead Pastor of Congregación León de Judá and a longtime leader in Boston's work at the intersection of faith, education, and community transformation.

See the full list of speakers at parkstreet.org/lent. We'd love to see you there!

We are thrilled to welcome Michael Oh to Park Street Church. As Global Executive Director and CEO of The Lausanne Moveme...
03/13/2026

We are thrilled to welcome Michael Oh to Park Street Church. As Global Executive Director and CEO of The Lausanne Movement — a network of Christians across 200 nations — Michael brings one of the broadest perspectives on the global church of anyone alive today.

Join us for an evening of learning, Q&A, and dialogue.

Sunday, March 29 | 5–6:30 PM
Park Street Church | Boston
Free and open to all.

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1 Park Street
Boston, MA
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