Zoom meeting, contact Steve Carhart at 978-407-8454 for the link.

A number of members are organizing a Stephen Ministry at First Parish.  The Stephen Ministry—named for Stephen, who in Acts 6 was appointed to assist members of the community suffering acute hardships—is a 50-year-old interdenominational Christian tradition.  The service trains lay members of the congregation in psychology and theology to be a Christian presence with any in the community suffering acute challenges.  Typical examples would include bereavement, divorce, terminal illness, substance abuse, or mental illness.  Fully details of the program are here:   Stephen Ministries