First Parish Church in Taunton

03/28/2026

Update:
Hunt will take place after services Next Sunday. Details to come.

Please join us tomorrow, March 29th, for our Easter Egg Hunt, at 10am.

This is open to the public.

Please meet us inside the sanctuary first!

10/29/2025

FYI on food resources in Taunton/MA with SNAP benefits not being paid out in November. Check in with friends and neighbors to see what support they might need next month.

10/25/2025

In lieu of our regular service, please join us for Halloween and Harvest at the Market tomorrow Sunday October 26! This Sunday 10/26 is the second to last Market of the 2025 season and we are celebrating with Halloween and Harvest fun. Our Director of Faith Formation, Cathy Cobbett-Walden, will be leading a Community craft on the lawn at the Market between 10AM-11AM, during our regular service hour. There will be live acoustic guitar music and free face-painting at the Market between 11AM and 1PM. You are welcome to come in costume and trick or treat among the vendors as some of them will be offering treats. The Market runs 9AM-1PM and you can shop for local fresh fruits and veggies, artisan craft goods, and of course, our own Star Spirit Candles!

We are so excited for Halloween and Harvest at the Market! this Sunday 10/26 from 9AM-1PM! 🥳 Please feel free to come in costume or festive fall clothes. 🎃 🍁 Aside from our usual amazing local vendors, we have the following *FREE* activities planned for the day:
🍂 Community Fall Craft with First Parish Church in Taunton from 10AM-11AM
🎨 Face Painting with Silly Faces with Sarah from 11AM-1PM
🎸 Live Acoustic Guitar from 11AM-1PM
🍫 Some of our vendors will also be offering trick-or-treat goodies throughout the Market ☺️

We will post our full vendor list for 10/26 soon! And don't forget - this is the second to last Market of the season! A great day to come by and stock up for the winter.

07/24/2025

Stop by this Sunday July 27 and bring-your-own white or light-colored item for our Community Tie-Dye at the Market, located on the lawn at First Parish Church! The tie-dye is open to all. It will run from 10AM until supplies run out. After getting your tie-dye on, you can pick up fresh fruits and veggies, baked goods, self care products, fine art prints, and more! This week our vendors will include:
🥬 Humble Hands Farm MA
🕯Star Spirit Candles & More
🥒 Coutinho's Farm
🐇 Hare's Paw Farm
🫐 Happy Hollow Farm
🐦 Blue Chickadee Folk Art and Americana
🧂 Canvas_Salt
🎨 Field & Fire Artisanals
🐝 Dolan Family Angry Bee's Apiary

07/05/2025

Join us outside tomorrow 10am!

04/17/2025

Stop by for our free, community Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday April 20! We will start searching for goodies at 11:30AM on the lawn at First Parish Church in Taunton (76 Church Green).

The Easter Egg Hunt follows our 10AM service, which will be led by Reverend Rob Kinslow. Everyone is welcome!

04/04/2025

Looking for a way to show up and make your voice heard? Consider joining Hands Off Boston tomorrow Sat April 5, partially organized by UUMass Action. There are many other locations as well if another is more convenient to you.

RSVP, Info, and Access Info here! Note about event messaging: We at UU Mass Action recognize that the flyer for this event contains nationalist messaging, and that some of the images used represent systems that cause real harm. We want to name that UU Mass Action is committed to fighting for

03/31/2025

March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility! Today we celebrate the joy and resilience of trans and non-binary people everywhere by elevating voices and experiences from these communities.

March 31 marks Transgender Day of Visibility, dedicated to recognizing the transgender community for their accomplishments and challenges.

03/08/2025

Join us in Religious Ed tomorrow! We will discuss and practice putting our trust in others when we need to, and that it’s ok to need others (I promise, no trust falls!). There will be a choice to make and decorate your own chalice if you missed last week, to plant seeds to go along with our story, or both. And of course, our weekly dance party!

03/01/2025

The kids will be making their own take home chalices tomorrow in Religious Ed. Hope to see you!

02/16/2025

If you are needing some spiritual material today (our second week canceled due to winter weather in a row!), check out Rev. Rob Kinslow's message that was intended to be shared in church today, which he has kindly posted on his blog. You can read it or listen to it here: https://robkinslow.substack.com/p/random-acts-of-inclusion

Let's pray for more inclusive weather for this coming Sunday!

February 16, 2025

02/15/2025

Our 10AM Service is cancelled tomorrow February 16 due to the city-wide parking ban and impending snow storm. Stay safe everyone!