First Parish Search

On Sunday, May 5, 2013, members of First Parish in Concord voted overwhelmingly (99.6%) to call

If you missed last Sunday's sermon by our candidate, Rev. Howard Dana, it's now available

Candidating Week Begins Sunday, April 28, 2013!!! See the Schedule <http://www.firstparish.org/cms

A message from Howard: Dear First Parish members and friends, I was saddened and dismayed by the

Candidating Week is less than 3 weeks away! Come to First Parish between April 28th – May 5th to meet

Just Three More Days: April 5th – Friday is the deadline for becoming a member of First Parish if you

REMINDER: Approaching quickly - the April 5th deadline for becoming a member of First Parish if you

I apologize if you are receiving this again. I received a message that my first attempt to send did

Today at noon, the Ministerial Search Committee made an official offer to the Senior Minister

The MSC is thrilled to announce that we unanimously selected a candidate to be our next Senior

We hope you have all heard by know that Candidating Week is April 28 – May 5th. This is your week to

Three Questions & Three Answers 1. Why does the congregation only get to meet one candidate

Your Ministerial Search Committee continues to call references, review materials, and discuss our

The MSC has completed hosting our three pre-candidate weekends. Now, the difficult work begins. We

The MSC uses several terms taken from the UUA Settlement Handbook. In case these terms are unclear,

Most of you know that during January and February, members of the MSC are hosting each of our three

This week the Ministerial Search Committee officially asked the UUA to close applications for First

For those of you who enjoy statistics, the eight members of the MSC collectively spent approximately

As we start the new year, your Ministerial Search Committee is busy arranging details for pre-

Happy Holidays! The Ministerial Search Committee is pleased to let you know that we have completed

We continue digging deep into ministerial packets, listening to sermons, and we interview our first

We are busy, busy, busy! As of today, we have 24 ministers who have expressed interest in the

The UUA gives us a list of interested ministers this Friday, Nov. 30th. On that day we will restrict

This past Sunday the Ministerial Search Committee interviewed Elaine via Skype as practice for

The Ministerial Search Committee is thrilled to unveil to you our FINAL Packet Web site at www.

November is the month ministers in search spend reviewing Congregational Records and deciding which

The UUA publishes our FINAL Congregational Record THIS WEEK! The CR is the first information

Our Congregational Record is NOW complete! We encourage you to read this FINAL 16-page document, the

Our ministerial settlement rep, Rev. Keith Kron, has reviewed both our Congregational Record and

When: Sunday, October 21st, 1- 4 PM. Who: The head of the UUA's Transitions office, Rev. Keith