News & Announcements

On Saturday, June 8, the historic Old South Church in Boston will present the Open Door Award to Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC), one of New England’s largest and most successful community-based choruses. The organization will be honored during Pride…

On May 12, 1669, the founders of Old South Church in Boston first gathered. Since then, the church has become known as the church of Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, Phillis Wheatley, the Boston Tea Party, and the many bold social justice stances it…

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Erik Gustafson composed a new hymn entitlted "Circle of Life: A Hymn for the Earth", which we sang in our Earth Day-themed worship service on Sunday, April 28, 2019. The hymn aspires to observe Earth Day 2019 and to help usher in a “new normal”: not…

Old South has achieved Level One of the Massachusetts Conference’s Green Congregation Challenge, joining more than 25 other churches statewide.  The recognition was announced at the Earth Day Festival Worship service, as flags of planet earth taken…

Moderator Deb Washington welcomed Council to its March 2019 session with inspiration, derived from Matthew 7:7 and Patricia K. Suggs (and appearing in The Choice:  Living Your Passion Inside Out by Frank A. Thomas):  If you do not ask, The answer…

Old South Church in Boston salutes the Boston Marathon, one of the oldest and greatest races in the world. The blue and gold flags flying from the church’s Boylston and Dartmouth Street facades located near the Finish Line are a salute to the race,…

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