This time of year, Bedford High School senior Fahad Alden sometimes finds it hard to focus in the afternoon if he has…
Read MoreThursday was Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Temple Shalom Emeth held its annual Interfaith Holocaust Memorial Service on Friday, April 9. According to…
Read MoreRabbi Susan Abramson has uploaded Temple Shalom Emeth's 2021 complete Passover seder on YouTube, led by many members of our temple community,…
Read MorePassover ~ A Sense of Time
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The first Passover seder took place hours before the Jewish people’s actual liberation from Egypt. And just prior to that ritual event,…
Read More“I would never wish a pandemic on anyone, but…” I often hear this from colleagues, parishioners and people in the community.…
Read MoreThe 70th annual Easter Dawn Service, an ecumenical, lay-led worship service, will be modified this year to abide by current public-health protocols.…
Read MoreThe First Parish Sanctuary Project ~ Part 1: From Immigrant to Family Member, Dedication Pays Off
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After more than three years of protecting an undocumented immigrant who has become part of their family, volunteers at the First Parish…
Read MoreAsh-less Wednesday ~ A Reflection ~ The Rev. Chris Wendell ~ St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
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This week marks the beginning of the Lenten season for many Christians, a time of preparation, repentance, and renewal. But unlike every…
Read MoreThe Rev. Clifford Maung of Bedford is pastor of the Overseas Burmese Christian Fellowship in Allston, a branch of the Baptist Church.…
Read More"Bring a candle in a jar and stand with us on the Common this Friday, Jan. 22, at 5 pm," noted organizer…
Read MoreOver 125 virtual attendees gathered on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday for a timely discussion about social injustice, achieving equality as…
Read MoreThe Blinn bell at First Parish in Bedford will sound come noon Friday, Jan. 22 to celebrate the entry into force of…
Read MoreBedford’s MLK Day Observance to Feature UMass Lowell Historian, Dr. Elizabeth Herbin-Triant
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A timely address by an award-winning University of Massachusetts Lowell historian will keynote Bedford Embraces Diversity’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day…
Read MoreA new Christmas Eve tradition may have begun in Bedford when La Posada was observed at First Church of Christ, Congregational.
Posada celebrations…
Read MoreHigh Holy Days in the Time of Pandemic
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The holiest days on the calendar begin Friday, September 18, at sundown. Because of the danger of Covid-19, the observance of Rosh…
Read MoreCordial Rallies on Bedford Common
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Some two dozen demonstrators arrayed themselves at the north boundary of the town Common at 6 pm on Friday, facing The Great…
Read MoreI haven’t been to a political demonstration in a few years. Having been distressed by the news in recent months, I decided…
Read MoreEarly autumn is surely one of New England’s favorite seasons—the weather is mild and often sunny and the trees are beginning to…
Read MoreFirst Parish Unitarian Universalist Church on Bedford Common was among the more than 500 churches tolling their bells on Thursday, July 30,…
Read MoreIn a Thursday evening email to members of First Parish Unitarian Universalist on Bedford Common, senior minister the Rev. John Gibbons reported…
Read MoreBedford Observes Juneteenth
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At the behest of First Parishioner Dorothy Africa, a small group gathered on Bedford Common to observe Juneteenth, on Friday morning, June…
Read MoreAs protests continue in every major city around the country, local communities have begun to hold protests of their own. Bedford has…
Read MoreMany organizations, agencies, faith communities, and other groups have issued statements decrying racism and acts of violence against black people and people…
Read MoreWith thanks to three of Bedford's environmentally active organizations, including links to a pair of Sunday morning church services to commemorate the…
Read MoreFriends:
Over the past several weeks, Bedford has been plagued by several incidents of hate speech involving swastikas, unfortunately, scrawled around Town…