First Parish Unitarian Church

The First Parish in Cambridge, The First Church (Unitarian Universalist), "An Old Church for a New World" in the middle of Harvard Square. We seek to meet the religious needs of people in and around the Square, throughout Cambridge, and in neighboring communities.

We are a growing, liberal congregation of 400-plus adult members and friends with 120 children and youth. We strive to make First Parish spiritually nurturing, socially diverse, and socially responsible through a shared, gifts-based ministry of generosity and deepening spirituality.

We hold no creeds or dogmas; we encourage the pursuit of personal religious vision. The congregation is determined to become a welcoming, more inclusive congregation in areas of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, economic status, and ability issues. The ideal that inspires us is "Walking Together in our differences as a Beloved Community of Memory and Hope."

On May 19, 2002, First Parish became a Welcoming Congregation, committed to welcoming bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender people and celebrating the lives of all people and their ways of expressing their love for each other; committed to including bisexual, gay, lesbian and transgender persons at every level of congregational life.