Old West Church

01/09/2024

Some big news about a new thing happening in the city.

12/17/2023

Join us this Thursday at Union Church for Blue Christmas, a service of longing, loneliness, and remembering loved ones.

11/14/2023

The FIRST Combined Parish Worship is THIS Sunday, November 19th at 11:15am. Join us in person at Union Church (485 Columbus Ave) or online at https://unionboston.org/worship/.

If you need a ride from your home or from Old West Church, please let Pastor Jay, Pastor Sara, or Pastor Kyle know before Friday so we can coordinate that for you.

See you at Union on Sunday!

10/31/2023

Stop by Old West Church today from 5-8 PM. Rev. Robinson is opening up the sanctuary to give away candy to children AND adults! The sanctuary is also open for prayer and to light a candle at the altar.

10/05/2023

Old West Church participated in Banned Book Week by collecting banned books over the last few weeks and giving them away yesterday on the street corner. All the books were gone in less than 30 minutes!

09/22/2023

Join us this Sunday at 11 am as we welcome our guest preacher, Rev. Bria Belim!

Reverend Bria affectionately known as Rev. Breezy, is a truth seeker and preacher. Raised in the Church, she has walked in faith not just by sight, and has made it her mission to be not only her sister and her brother’s keeper, but the keeper of her church & larger Boston and global community.

Reverend Bria has attended Mount Ida College where she earned her Bachelor of Applied Sciences focusing on Bereavement and Funeral
Services. Reverend Bria is a graduate of Payne Theological Seminary where she received her Master of Divinity degree. She focused her
thesis work on Clergy Bereavement. She is currently a Doctoral Student at Payne Theological Seminary focusing on Transforming Traditional Churches with one semester left.
Reverend Bria is a fourth-generation AME church member. In April of 2019, Reverend Bria was elected and ordained an Itinerate Deacon in
the AME Church. On June 25, 2020, she was elected an Itinerate Elder and ordained in December of 2020. Rev. Bria is the former pastor of Delaine Waring AME in Buffalo NY where she served as their youngest pastor in history. Rev. Bria is the associate pastor at Charles Street AME Church.

A true millennial, multitasking, and innovation are embedded in her DNA. When she’s not ministering or mentoring to the youth she is working with an organization called FAMILY MOVEMENT, and you can also find
her giving workshops and presentations on the importance of social media in the churches.
The passion behind her purpose, “Im just out here in these streets trying to change lives”... or as her grandmother used to say…”If I can help
someone along the way... my living won’t be in vain!”

09/13/2023

09/09/2023

Join us tomorrow for Sunday worship at 11 am as we hear a message from Rev. Shea Thompson!

Rev. Shea Evan Thompson is a scholar, preacher and activist with his motto being
“Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian”. Shea is a lifelong member of Trinity
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, Indiana where he actively participated in the following ministries: Young Adult Fellowship, Mass Choir, Male Chorus, James F. Nelson Missionary Circle and served as a Local Preacher. He was the Immediate Past President of the Ohio-Central Indiana Region and Cincinnati-Dayton-Indianapolis District Christian Youth Fellowship and the Second Episcopal District Representative on the Connectional Youth Vice President’s Council of the CME Church. Shea aspires to the ministry, and he received his license to preach on September 20, 2015. On August 14, 2021, he was ordained with his traveling deacon orders in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. He has shared his gift as the 2012, 2014, and 2015 Youth Day speaker at Trinity C.M.E. Church; the 2014 Youth Day speaker at Murchison Temple C.M.E. Church, Youth Representative Speaker for the 2014 C.M.E. Indianapolis Ministerial Alliance MLK Day Observance, Worship Leader for the 2015 C.M.E. Indianapolis Ministerial Alliance MLK
Observance, Participant in the 2013 and 2014 Youth Community Prayer Breakfast at Bethel
A.M.E. Cathedral and 2013 MLK Program Participant for the MLK Observance of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service-Indianapolis Center where he recited the “I Have a Dream” speech for a crowd of over 1200 persons.

He was the pastor of Denmark CME Church, Rock of Ages CME Church, and Jones Chapel CME Church from 2021-2022. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Lane College after three years where he graduated Cum Laude. Currently, he is pursuing his Master of Theological Studies degree at Boston University School of Theology with his concentration in Theology. After completing his MTS degree, he plans to pursue a PhD in Theology with a specialty in Liberation Theology.

09/01/2023

It’s Banned Book September at Old West Church

As there's an attempt to ban books across the country from children that highlight diversity, that involve truth telling and simply promote just being a good human being, I hope that we all during the month of September can collect several "banned books" that we can give away to the public at the end of the month. During the month of September, donate a "banned book" or as many books as you like to the "Banned Book Box” that will be in the sanctuary. Also during service, we will highlight a banned book.

09/01/2023

Starting next Sunday, September 10th at 12:30 pm, join Rev. Redeem Robinson for conversations and fellowship AFTER CHURCH! With this, please order "Christians against Christianity" by Dr. Obrey Hendricks. You will enjoy this book and the conversations we will have around it. Don't be surprised if we move our conversations from the church to a local spot near by to eat.

Link to order book: Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith https://a.co/d/ilQSzMt

If you’re not able to purchase a copy, let us know and we’ll take care of you.