ambach scholarship
An opportunity for graduating seniors
(preference given to those applicants with a demonstrated connection to First Baptist Church in Needham)
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2022 AMBACH RECIPIENT, MASON FULLER!
Creative Callings at FBC Needham: Raised to a Newness of Life
Click the link below to learn more about First Baptist’s participation in the Creative Callings Initiative.
Image attribution: “Baptism” oil on canvas, by Daryn Stylianopoulos
needham bricks for justice
First Baptist Church in Needham is honored to host and bear witness to this recent art installation on our lawn. This NeedhamBricksforJustice art installation is a memorial to the 90 black lives lost to police excessive force and violence so far in 2020. Ninety bricks were laid out on our front walk and steps, each bearing the name or picture of an individual lost to the same in our recent past.
When church is at its best, it holds the stories, witness, and testimony of its communities and allows space for those stories to speak, to engage, and transform hearts, attitudes and bodies toward a more loving and healing presence and witness in the world. We hope this installation does just that - that it bears witness to the stories of our communities, that it calls hearts and minds to engage and be transformed toward more loving policy, loving action, and loving encounter in all that we do, and is done in and through us. We are honored to hold space for the witness for justice of these artists, and especially to hold space for the stories of the lives memorialized in and through their art. Thank you, Charlotte Caron, and to your team of artists and all those who contributed to this witness for justice in our community. #Needhambricksforjustice
Click the link below to learn more: https://bricksforjustice.wixsite.com/needham
Photo: Local artist, Charlotte Caron, and Rev. Daryn Stylianopoulos stand in front of the recently installed NeedhamBricksforJustice memorial
One Year of COVID-19: a commemorative service holding hardship, blessing & encouragement
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor (Luke 4:18-19, NRSV).
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