News & Announcements

By Kate Silfen, Church Historian | March 2025 Council Meeting Report The Reverend Rachel Barton opened our busy March meeting with a reading from First Corinthians Chapter 16. We welcomed several new members of Council, including new committee…

By Rev. Donald A. Wells, Theologian in Residence This journey of ours often takes us in new and challenging directions: a different slant on a text, a new life experience, another year added to our lives or, as Robert Frost would have it --- ‘…

By Kate Silfen, Church Historian | February 11, 2025 Council Meeting Report The February Council meeting was “chock full o’” business due to news about our finances, updates from the HR Committee, and Leadership Committee nominations. Treasurer Bill…

Friday Mar 7, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the Congregational Library & Archives (14 Beacon St) Old South members are warmly invited by our friends at the Congregational Library & Archives to join an in-person workshop led by Dr. Julia M.…

By Kate Silfen, Church Historian | January 2025 Council Meeting Report The Reverend John Edgerton opened our January Council meeting by reading the poem “Prayer” in the Poet’s Quest for God. Treasurer Bill Bulkeley discussed the state of the church’…

Old South Church in Boston Presents Documentary Film Series: Holding Up the Sky BOSTON, MA — Beginning Sunday, January 12, Old South Church in Boston invites the public to a five-week forum series engaging with the powerful documentary film Holding…

By Kate Silfen, Church Historian | December 10, 2024 Council Meeting Report The Reverend Ashley Popperson opened our December Council meeting with a reading of "An Avent Poem" by Mary Oliver. Treasurer Bill Bulkeley offered an update on Old South's…

By Kate Silfen, Church Historian | November 11, 2024 Council Meeting Report Church moderator Maren Batalden opened the November Council meeting with a reading of Marge Piercy’s poem “The Low Road.” Council members broke into small groups to reflect…