On Sunday, April 21, 2013, at 12:30 in the afternoon, the Back Bay houses of worship gathered at the makeshift memorial at the corner of Boylston and Berkeley Streets for the victims of the Marathon bombings. We prayed. We sang. We blessed. We came…
And from the church’s tower, this is what I saw that day - I saw people run toward, not away from, toward the explosions, toward the chaos, the mayhem, toward the danger, making of their own bodies sacraments of mercy.
On Thursday, April 18, 2013,…
The members of Old South Church in Boston voted last December in overwhelming numbers to transform a treasure — a rare and precious hymn book printed in 1640 — into 21st century ministries.
Old South Church is delighted to report that after careful…
March 12, 2013
Council opened the March meeting with Old South Church’s very own “Prayer for God’s Guidance & Still Speaking Voice. “ We promptly moved into one of the main discussion points of the evening – Rev. Nancy Taylor’s upcoming…
Climate RevivalAn Ecumenical Festival to Embolden the Renewal of Creation Saturday, April 27, 2013Copley Square, 10 am - 4 pm
Come together for an inspirational day of preaching, worship, prayers, and music as we celebrate the splendor of…
February 12, 2013
The first meeting of the 2013-2014 Church Council was brief yet chock full of exciting news. We opened by praying together a Prayer for God’s Guidance and God’s Still Speaking Voice (aka the “Vision Prayer”). This was followed with…