Want to go caroling? We do too! On Sunday, December 15, meet at Bombyx with members of Florence Church to go caroling! Meet us at 12:30 for some introductions to your fellow carolers and a warm up or two over hot cider, coffee, and treats. Then we'll head over to Linda Manor to entertain residents with our not-even-remotely professional voices. (But pros can come too!)

No singing ability required besides enthusiasm! A great event for all ages. Please register so we know how many to expect, and whether we'll need to split into groups. Carpooling encouraged from FCC/Bombyx to Linda Manor, if you've got a car with seats for new friends!

Any questions? Falalala-email Pastor Marisa: pastor@fccnorthampton.org.

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.

In a time of fear and urgency, many of us want to take action but struggle to figure out where to focus our energy. How do we prioritize when we already feel stretched thin? How can we address the coming challenges while we’re still playing catch-up?

This workshop offers the tools many of us need to make thoughtful, intentional decisions about how we participate. Instead of letting anxiety drive us, we’ll explore "discernment"—a practice of tuning into the wisdom of our mind, body, and community to align our actions with our purpose.

We're continuing our Practical Spirituality series and combining these workshops with potlucks! Generally on the first Sunday of the month, we'll host a potluck at 6 and then a workshop at 7. Come for one, the other, or both!  Sunday Suppers & Spirit are a chance to get to know your neighbors and have interesting conversations with folks you may have seen at other events around Bombyx. We provide fun, meaningful conversation starters! Registration encouraged for both events so we know how many tables & chairs to put out. We'd also love to have volunteers for setup & cleanup! Email pastor@fccnorthampton.org if you'd like to volunteer. 

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.

A couple of hundred million years ago, what became West Africa and Massachusetts were in the same place. The plates shifted, a fissure opened in the proto-continent and became the Atlantic ocean. We and our ancestors have crossed that ocean many times for better or for worse. This project brings together two folkloric musicians, GRAMMY nominated Cuban pianist Omar Sosa and GRAMMY nominated New England multi-instrumentalist specializing in native and adopted American musics Tim Eriksen. Together, they trace the connections between seemingly disparate worlds.

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Experience this breathtaking collaboration between Cuban jazz pianist Omar Sosa, and local ethnomusicologist and multi-instrumentalist Tim Eriksen in a new way.

Omar Sosa’s 88 Well-Tuned Drums, directed by Soren Sorensen, captures much of Sosa’s oeuvre. The film is a frenetic and nonlinear narrative that follows Sosa’s sinuous trajectory from his birth and upbringing in Camagüey, Cuba’s third-largest city, his education at the prestigious Escuela Nacional de Música in Havana, military service in Angola during that country’s long civil war, and subsequent relocation to Ecuador where, for a time, he wrote, arranged, and performed commercial jingles.

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.

Pop Up Choir!

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.

Resurrection is a community practice! Come celebrate Easter at Florence Congregational Church. Featuring dancers, brass, organ, guitar, vocalists, hope, community, and you.

Inclusive, all-ages service!

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.

DEEPENING INTO SPIRIT AND THE ENERGIES OF THE SPRING EQUINOX THROUGH CREATION, COMMUNITY, AND RITUAL, WITH M RUDDER

As we approach the Spring Equinox, we’ll gather as a small community to prepare to intimately engage with the energies of this annual turning. Through individual reflection, earth-based readings, meditation and visualizations, listening circles, creativity, and ritual, we will immerse ourselves in an exploration of our relationship with Spirit/God/the Divine, the natural world, and the mid-point of awakening into longer days and shorter nights. All beliefs and non-beliefs are warmly welcomed.

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.

FACES OF MEDICINE is a documentary project celebrating the paths of Black female physicians both throughout the United States and in Massachusetts specifically.

In sharing these diverse experiences, the filmmakers' hope is that any young Black or brown woman can find herself in one of the stories, and feel empowered to pursue medicine if it is her passion. Everyone who watches will leave with a better understanding of what their next doctor may have experienced along their journey.

Post-screening panel discussion featuring: Khama Ennis, MD, Director and Executive Producer. Audience members will be invited to share their reactions and ask questions.

This event takes place on the cusp of All Saints/All Souls, Halloween and Samhain when spiritual energy shimmers powerfully. It is invitation, portal, encounter, veneration, hospitality, medicine, remembrance. It is the gift of creative process and sacred space, to call forth deeper stories that want and need to be told. These stories will unfold through a guided process of creating a vintage found object personal altar or shrine, making this time spiritual practice in contemplative reflection, prayer, play and creative imagination.

Deep Listening, the radically inclusive practice developed by Pauline Oliveros, explores the difference between the involuntary nature of hearing and the conscious nature of listening. The practice includes bodywork, sonic meditations, and interactive performance, as well as listening to the sounds of daily life, nature, one’s own thoughts, imagination, and dreams. It cultivates a heightened awareness of the sonic environment, both external and internal, and promotes experimentation, improvisation, collaboration, playfulness, and other creative skills vital to personal and community growth. This workshop is led by longtime Oliveros collaborator Ben Richter in cooperation with Ghost Ensemble and the Center for Deep Listening.

Sermon by Rev. Dr Marisa Egerstrom.