News & Announcements

On April 24th at both First and Festival Worship, we welcome guest preacher Reverend Mariama White-Hammond, Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space for the City of Boston and founding pastor of New Roots Church. Join us at 9am or 11am as we…
Easter Sunday & Blessing of the Athletes Services will be held on April 17th at 9am, 11am and 1pm On April 17th, we celebrate both Easter Sunday and the Boston Marathon. Join us for one of our three exuberant services: 9am, 11am and 1pm. The…
On March 13 we will return to our 'normal' Sunday schedule: First Worship at 9am Community Hour at 10am Festival Worship at 11am We are excited to resume the fullness of our worship lives. Our stone Chapel and exuberant Sanctuary have missed you.…
Olly olly oxen free! Olly olly oxen free is a term used in children's games to indicate that players who are hiding can come out in the open because the game is over! Okay, the pandemic isn't entirely over but, we are in a better, safer place. It is…
Dear Old South Church: As Moderator, I am writing to provide an update on our pastoral transition plans, following up on the communications we sent immediately following Rev. Taylor’s announcement that she plans to retire in May of this year. Two…
Dear Old South Church: With considerable input from wise leadership, and due to the apprehension of some of our volunteers, we are reluctantly moving our Christmas Eve services to remote only. The spiking numbers in infections, the alarming…
We are very excited to announce that Reamogetje (Amo) Ngoepe, who has served among us for over two years as our Pastoral Resident in the Urban Pastoral Ministry Programming (funded by a grant from the Lilly Endowment), will be ordained to Christian…
Dear Church: Some of us only know Old South with Nancy Taylor as the Senior Minister. For us, her retirement, which she communicated to the Church Council at its October meeting and announced to the congregation this week, seems unimaginable. …