News & Announcements
April 20, 2014
Media coverage of Old South Church, the "Church of the Finish Line", over the weekend of the 118th Boston Marathon™ includes our Marathon Scarf Project and Blessing of the Athletes services.
Boston: One Year LaterSports Illustrated (Video)
Blessing…
April 16, 2014
On Saturday, April 12, 2014, 3000 people crowded Boylston Street in front of Old South Church for a Sports Illustrated cover shoot at the Marathon finish line. View Boston Strong: One Year Later (April 16, 2014). Scroll down to the GigaPan to view…
April 16, 2014
NPR's Tell Me More broadcast on April 15, 2014 features Marathon Scarf Project knitter Mary Thomas. She and her fellow Cast-Offs, Old South Church's knitting and crocheting friends from Hollis, NH, sent 350 scarves. The interview also features Danny…
April 15, 2014
On Tuesday, April 15, 2014, New England Cable News broadcast Old South Church's Remembrance and Hope gathering on the one year anniversary of the Marathon tragedies. Watch a clip of our first blessing of the 2014 athletes, and distribution of…
April 13, 2014
Read Unity of faith marks marathon anniversary (USA Today, April 13, 2014) by Senior Minister Rev. Nancy S. Taylor.
April 12, 2014
Watch Old South Knitters Wrap Marathon Runners In ‘Love And Courage’ (April 10, 2014), a CBS Boston report on Old South Church's Marathon Scarf Project.
April 8, 2014
New England Cable News reports on the memorial installation of our tattered blue and gold tower banners which overlooked the 2013 Marathon finish line. The banners bore witness to the ensuing tragedies and, behind FBI crime scene barriers, they…
March 26, 2014
March 26, 2014
We offer up a prayer in the wake of this afternoon's fatal fire in our Back Bay neighborhood.
O God, Gracious God, for Boston firefighters whose lives were lost today, hear our prayers. Welcome those who departed this life into…