News & Announcements
March 22, 2023
By Kate Silfen, Church Historian | March 14, 2023 Council Meeting Report
The Reverend Rick Spalding opened our busy March Council meeting with a reading of Marge Piercy’s poem “To Be of Use.” Rick said that this eloquent poem is an apt description…
February 27, 2023
By Kate Silfen, Church Historian | February 14, 2023 Council Meeting Report
Council members gathered for a busy Valentines Day meeting on February 14, 2023. It seemed fitting to welcome our new Associate Minister Ashley Popperson on this festive…
February 16, 2023
February 16, 2023
After months of preparation and diligent review of profiles and letters of interest, the Search Committee has spent the last six weeks in the joyful work of meeting candidates in virtual interviews. We have had the privilege of…
January 23, 2023
January 20, 2023
This month, the Old South Church Senior Minister Search Committee has started interviewing candidates in discernment about our Senior Minister position. As you know, we spent the fall reviewing profiles and letters of interest and…
January 19, 2023
By Kate Silfen, Church Historian | January 10, 2023 Council Meeting Report
The first council meeting of 2023 began on a sorrowful, tender note. The Reverend Katherine Schofield announced that our beloved Reverend Elinor Yeo had passed away on the…
January 18, 2023
Dear Old South Church,
I write today with bittersweet news: our colleague, friend, and fellow church member Helen McCrady - Senior Administrator Extraordinaire and, in so many ways, weaver of the many-stranded, richly complex, ingeniously patterned…
January 11, 2023
Dear Old South Church,
I write to share with you some very poignant news: the Rev. Elinor Lockwood Yeo, our dear friend, beloved partner (for 62 years) of the Rev Dick Yeo, long-time member of Old South and social justice leader for several…
December 21, 2022
By Kate Silfen, Church Historian | December 20, 2022
The last Church Council meeting of 2022 began on a festive note as members shared what they were most looking forward to about the Advent season. Many are looking forward to the first in-person…