The First Parish Auction was a huge success. However, we still have available seats at some of the events – this is a wonderful way to help raise money for First Parish and get to know people!

Walking Tour of Mt. Auburn Cemetery – April 27th
Mount Auburn is more than just a cemetery: it’s a botanical garden, an arboretum, and a wildlife sanctuary. America’s first garden cemetery, Mount Auburn became the model for cemeteries everywhere. And, back in the day, everyone who was anyone wanted to be buried in Mount Auburn; it’s a virtual “Who’s Who” of Boston’s nineteenth-century luminaries. Join First Parishioner Tod Hibbard for a two hour walking tour of this extraordinary local treasure and meet some of its most fascinating “residents.” We’ll visit the grave sites of William Ellery Channing, Hosea Ballou and John Murray, Transcendentalist authors and Fireside Poets, slave traders and formerly enslaved persons, abolitionists, suffragists, feminists and other reformers: “the Flowering of New England,” as Van Wyck Brooks called them, amidst the springtime flowering of that magnificent botanic garden that is our own Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Mt Auburn is accessible by MBTA bus. Walking over mostly level ground. We will adjust tour as necessary to accommodate all.
Date and time: Sunday, April 27, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Meet at Mount Auburn Cemetery main entrance (The #71 or #73 MBTA bus from
Harvard Square takes you right to the cemetery’s main entrance).

This event was originally $25 but a generous donor is covering the cost of 11 spaces! The first 11 people who email  auction@firstparishcambridge.org will get to join this wonderful event for free.  If you have questions, email auction@firstparishcambridge.org. 

First Parish in Cambridge History Walk – May 3rd
Join a walking tour of Harvard Square to visit historical sites connected to the history of First Parish in Cambridge, including its five meeting houses. The tour will include undertold stories about our history with indigenous people, slavery and abolition, and the social movements of the 1960’s.
Accessibility: No stairs, but there are bricked sidewalks and curbs.
$15 (9 seats remaining)
Date and Time: Saturday, May 3, 2025, 11 a.m. (rain date May 10)
Location: Meet at First Parish

To place a bid, email auction@firstparishcambridge.org.  If you want more than one space, just state in the email how many spaces you would like to purchase. If you have questions, email  auction@firstparishcambridge.org.

Evening of Song with Music Director Jen Hayman – May 18
What’s better than an evening sharing sweets, stories and songs together? Join music director Jen Hayman for an evening of music and the stories that accompany some of our collective favorite songs in an impromptu, low-key sing-along, complete with dessert! You provide the stories and the company; Jen will provide the musical accompaniment!
$25 (3 seats remaining)
Date/Time: Sunday, May 18, 2025, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Location: First Parish in Cambridge

To place a bid, email auction@firstparishcambridge.org.  If you want more than one space just state in the email how many spaces you would like to purchase. If you have questions, email auction@firstparishcambridge.org.

Summertime Sangria Happy Hour – June 28th
Come celebrate summer with sangria and tapas in Jennifer Griffith’s yard in East Arlington. Red, rose and white sangria will be available along with mocktails. Hosted by Jennifer Griffith, Michele Sprengnether, and Eileen Sullivan. Event will be held outside. Bathroom is on 2nd floor and not accessible. Parking available and location is a short walk from public transportation.
$30 (3 seats remaining)
Date/Time: Saturday, June 28, 2025, 4:00 p.m.
Location: East Arlington

To place a bid, email auction@firstparishcambridge.org.  If you want more than one space just state in the email how many spaces you would like to purchase. If you have questions, email  auction@firstparishcambridge.org.

Bon Appetit! Julia Child Dinner – August 15
Join us to share in a celebratory dinner on the birthday of Julia Child (1912–1994), iconic chef and local culinary heroine. The entire meal will be a Julia affair! Pescatarian and vegetarian options available; please inform hosts of any allergies.
$50 (5 seats remaining)
Date/Time: Friday, August 15, 2025, 6:00 p.m.
Location: Strawberry Hill in Cambridge

To place a bid, email auction@firstparishcambridge.org.  If you want more than one space just state in the email how many spaces you would like to purchase. If you have questions, email  auction@firstparishcambridge.org.

Art print by Pierre Doutreleau
This print of the landscape painting “Reflections of Silence” by contemporary French painter Pierre Doutreleau “investigates the dispersion of light and movement ….and is mostly populated by gradients of subtle color contrasted by [the] central representational image.” Dimensions 35.5″ x 26.5″.
$20