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We are now well into the Lenten Season; a very important time in the life of the Christian Community worldwide. It is a time for deep reflection as well as honest repentance. It is a time to begin shaping responses that will lead us in new and creative directions as we live out our discipleship in the midst of a rather cruel, hateful and divisive world. Indeed, it is a time to take stock of where we are and where we need to go as we journey towards Holy Week, the Cross and beyond. No small order.

We declare our 350th Anniversary a Year of Jubilee. In our sacred texts, every 49th year the ram’s horn was sounded to signal the occasion of the Jubilee: a time of penitence, social transformation, and daring acts of ethical imagination (the release of prisoners, forgiveness of debts, redistribution of land, and relief to the poor).

Find out what happened at the first Church Council meeting of 2019.

South End residents Richard Spada and Bob Childers tell their story of how they became members of Old South Church nearly 9 years ago.

Old South members Carol and Amy shared their story of how they first came to Old South and why they support us.

In honor of an unhoused man who was found dead on Old South's steps, community members created a memorial blanket.

Rev. John Edgerton traveled to Houston, Texas to bring attention to a proposed immigrant detention center.

On the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, Rev. Don Wells reflects on Dr. King's incredible legacy.

Old South Gospel Choir performed at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast in Boston, the nation's longest-running event dedicated to honoring Dr. King.

This year for All Saints Sunday the Festival Choir present Gabriel Fauré’s poignant Requiem in a ‘chamber’ version for organ, harp, violin, and cello. Despite the fact that the majority of his career was spent in the service of the church, Fauré is not known as a composer of sacred music. In fact, the Requiem is his towering contribution to the genre, and had a lasting impact on the settings of later composers.