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August 2019
Open Position: Passport to College Coach
Open Position: Passport to College Coach with the Boston Higher Education Resource Center Shift: Full-Time (35 Hours) Purpose of Position: To coach 1st generation students of color, attending non-exam BPS high schools, for success in college and beyond. Contact: Carolina De Jesus, Program Director cdejesus@bostonherc.org 617-442-5608 Only 1 in 3 black males (36.1%) and Latino males (33.6%) graduating from Boston Public Schools are completing college within six years . The Boston Higher Education Resource Center (HERC) equips first generation youth…
Find out more »Spiritual Conversations Group
People are still asking questions, they just may not be seeking their answers at a church. Would you like to feel more comfortable engaging in spiritual conversations with the people at work, friends, and family? Would you like to be able to share something about God that people can receive? Would you like to stop going it alone? Then come out to the Spiritual Conversations group! Andrew Fassett, Boston Healthcare Fellowship Director (MDiv), will be facilitating and using material from God Space by Doug Pollock and…
Find out more »September 2019
Peace by Piece
Peace by Piece (for post-traumatic healing) provides FREE monthly trauma support programming using a community-based approach to foster recovery and healing from all sources of post-traumatic stress, grief, or losses of all types. This is for all adults from all backgrounds, faiths, and orientations - just show up! On the first Monday of every month, we offer dinner at 6:30pm. We then shift to our program at 7:30pm, in which we offer an open space in which people can share…
Find out more »Perspectives on the World Christian Movement – Fall Classes
Perspectives is a profound 15-week journey that is taught across the nation and around the world. Perspectives will thread you so deeply into God’s story that it might just change your life. The class can be taken for undergraduate or graduate credit. It can also be taken for certificate or key reading. The class is being offered in the locations below: -New Haven, CT at Trinity Baptist on Sundays at 6:00 -Cranston, RI at Cranston Christian on Mondays at 6:30…
Find out more »Fresh Expressions: Massachusetts Vision Day
Recapture Your Passion • Connect with Subcultures • Energize Your Congregation Do you struggle to connect with people outside your church community? Is Sunday worship your only method for introducing your neighbors to Jesus? Do people in your church have non-Christian friends? Are you struggling to connect with outsiders? Did your last outreach effort fall flat? Do you need a common passion to unite your staff? Is it time to rethink your strategy? Does the state of the church fill…
Find out more »Esther: For Such A Time As This
New Life Fine Arts Musical Theater presents the premiere production of an original musical theater adaptation of ... Esther: For Such A Time As This The story of a girl with two names; one hidden. The story of two kings; one hidden. A story of two decrees: one to destroy a people, the other to save a people. That which is hidden comes to light in this new musical adaptation of the Biblical story of a Jewish orphan who becomes Queen to the Persian Emperor,…
Find out more »“May We Forever Stand”: Massachusetts Commemorates 400 Years of Black Resiliency
The year 2019 marks 400 years since the first enslaved Africans set foot in Jamestown, Virginia. Since then, Black communities have demonstrated remarkable resiliency in the face of cruelty, terror, and systematic oppression. African Americans have not only created pathways to survive but, in many instances, to thrive. Through it all, the Black Church has endured as a beacon of hope and testimony to resurrection. On September 20, 2019, people of faith will gather to honor ancestors, commemorate 400 years…
Find out more »October 2019
Archdiocese of Boston Justice Convocation
Do Justice. Love Mercy. Walk Humbly with God. Saturday, October 5th, 8am – 3:00pm, Boston College High School, 150 Morrissey Blvd, Boston 02125. Registration Fee $25 including lunch. Plenty of free parking. Come join us to deepen your understanding of injustice and inequality in our community and to learn about local Catholic efforts to bring about change. Learn from our speakers, exhibitors and other parishioners about ways they are promoting Catholic Social Teaching in their parishes/collaboratives, local communities, workplaces and…
Find out more »Faith In Fashion
We are thrilled to announce our third annual Faith In Fashion event which marks the collaboration between Roxbury Presbyterian Church Social Impact Center and iconic Boston fashion designer David Josef. This extraordinary fundraising event includes some of Boston’s top designers and models. AND it is our biggest fundraiser of the year! There will be great food, wine, fantastic entertainment and this year, we are thrilled to welcome our special guest singer/actor Nik Walker, currently starring as Aaron Burr in the…
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