Hiking Group 9:00 a.m.  Friday Mornings
Hikers meet at the upper parking lot.

Women's Circle Alliance-- This group meets regularly on the 2nd Wednesday of each month in the Parish Room.  The May 14th  program will be "Put some MYSTERY into your summer --and all seasons' reading. Anne Speyer, former high school English teacher and currently a teacher of community education courses, will offer clues for finding good mystery and detective stories.  All are invited to come to one or all of our monthly meetings held in the Parish Room beginning at 1:00 with social time and program at 1:30 p.m.

Humanists of First Parish  will meet on May 18th at 3 p.m. in the Parish Room. Three outstanding theologians will discuss the topic What Is a Christian? The participants in the panel discussion are:  The Rev. Lawrence Stone, Interim Minister, Wellfleet Methodist Church, The Rev. Kent Moorhead, Retired Minister, Orleans Methodist Church, and The Rev. Erik Wikstrom, Sr. Minister, First Parish Brewster.  Please join us for a stimulating discussion.  Light refreshments will follow the meetings.

Mondays With the Mystics
Continuing last year's very successful program, Rev. Erik is once again facilitating an on-going weekly encounter with some of the great mystics of the Christian traditions.  No need to sign up.  No way to prepare.  Just come to the Winslow House on Mondays at noon with an open heart. 

Helping Hands
If you ever need a ride to the doctor, a ride to church, your furnishings rearranged, flowers from the altar, restorative soup, finding a specialist...or whatever, CALL ON HELPING HANDS--

End of Life Issues   Thursday afternoons 4:00-6 p.m. This is an on-going group.  Join at any time.

COMMON VOICES WOMEN'S CHORUS
Benefit for the Wampanoag Homes for 7 Generations
Concert Friday, May 16th at 7:30 p.m. 
Suggested donation: $10

Back for the 7th year at First Parish, Common Voices is directed by Jane Lowey.  We learn by "ear", and are dedicated to the idea that ALL people can sing.  We gather songs from many cultures, including Ghana, Middle East, African American gospel. South Africa, Jewish, and some from closer to home! 
Please join us, as we share our songs and our hearts. (You'll recognize many FPB members in the chorus!)

Why did the chicken cross the street?
How many Unitarians does it take to change a light bulb?  Learn the answers to these and other important questions here at first Parish on Saturday evening, May 10th at 6 p.m.
"LAUGHING TOGETHER" is your invitation to gather with friends in the Fellowship Hall for food and merriment!  For no good reason at all, we will share a potluck dinner, some good conversation and a bundle of laughs.
*** The price of admission is a JOKE.  All attendees are required to bring a joke (keep them clean, if you please!)
and a covered dish. Prizes will be awarded for best and worst and everything in between!  Sign ups are required and seats are limited, so please sign up soon at the counter on Sundays.

Cape Cod Community Daré
Everyone is once again invited to the monthly community Daré (pronounced Dar-ray) to be held at Chuck Madansky's and Wilderness Sarchild's on Sunday, April 27th, from 1-9 pm Daré is an African Shona word meaning a sacred gathering for healing purposes.  A welcoming of Spirits and intergenerational event geared towards the children will begin at 2 p.m.  A group sharing circle begins at 4 p.m., focusing on how we can help sustain one another and bring healing to ourselves, our families, our communities and our world.  At 5:30 p.m. is a group hands-on healing circle.  At 7:15 p.m. is a dream circle.  Folks may participate in meditation, sauna, fire circle, drumming, dancing, singing, discussion, nature walks, swimming, and different forms of group or one-on-one healing work.  All ages are welcome and there is no charge.  Bring food and drink (no alcohol, please) to share, a towel.

and appropriate clothing for the sauna, warm clothes for outdoors, light clothes for indoors, and musical instruments.  Come or leave anytime between 1 and 9 p.m.  For more information and directions, go to www.capecoddare.org or call 508-896-9489.

Compassionate Communication Workshop
Nonviolent Communication based on the work of Marshall B. Rosenberg and the Center for Nonviolent Communication (www.cnvc.org) helps people connect compassionately with themselves and one another; it awakens empathy and honesty, and is sometimes described as "the language of the heart".
Saturday Afternoons: 4-5:30 p.m. at Winslow House
Session 1, Part I--Saturday, May 24th
Part II Saturday, May 31st
Session 2  Part III Saturday, June 7th
Part IV Saturday, June 14th
Presenters: Diane Pansire and deer Sullivan.  Sign up for one or both Sessions at the desk, or call (Diane or deer) at 508-896-0017.

Art Exhibit in the Parish Room
Please be sure to see the art exhibit in the Parish Room starting May 11th and continuing to June 8th: Paintings and Drawings by Santino Governale (father of FPB member, Sandra Woodson).  Most are for sale, and 10% of the sale's price will go to First Parish.  Biographical information about this lifelong artist will also be hanging in the Parish Room.

The End Torture Now Committee of FPB
(and beyond) will be meeting on May 3rd from 10- 11:30  in the addictions ministry/library room.  Everybody is invited!
We are meeting to plan our action steps for this spring/summer.  Some actions that we are considering are: a vigil, special event with guest speakers, the showing of a play, some type of service, a walk… and we would love to get more people involved.  If you believe that torture is a violation of basic human rights, and want to work towards ending torture now, please come to this meeting and we will work together!  Call Chuck Madansky 508-896-9489 or deer Sullivan 508-896-0017 for more info.