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Tag: Union United Methodist Church

  • Saturday, May 22, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm – Victorian Spring Jubilee at Titus Sparrow Park

    Join The Friends of Titus Sparrow Park for an all day Victorian Spring Jubilee on Saturday, May 22. In honor of Randolph Fuller, whose generous donation made the new fence around Titus Sparrow Fence and the Union United Methodist Church possible, The Friends of Titus Sparrow Park is hosting its grandest event ever!

    Inspired by Boston’s 1872 World Peace Jubilee, you will travel back in time and celebrate the official unveiling of the fence with a Victorian festival. Come and learn how to dance to a Johann Strauss, Jr. waltz and be awed by magic tricks from this era. Sensational live music and dance groups will delight the audience  throughout the day while The Wheelmen dazzle you with their historic bicycles. Mayor Menino will make a special appearance to honor Randolph Fuller and his continued dedication to the preservation of Boston’s arts and historic beauty.

    10:30-11:00 – Union United Methodist Church Choir
    10:30-1:30 – Pony Rides
    11:00-12:00 – Period Games
    11:00-1:00 – Richard Potter Victorian Magic Act
    11:00-1:00 – Wheelmen Association on Vintage Bicycles
    11:00-1:00 – Face Painting
    11:00-1:00 – Horse Drawn Carriage Rides
    11:00-2:30 – Victorian Society Members in Costume
    12:00-1:00 – Waltz Lessons & Demonstration
    1:00-1:30 – Official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
    1:00-2:30 – The Orchestra of Opera Boston, conducted by Gil Rose, Music Director

    The Park is located on 1.5 acres on West Newton Street in the South End, was reopened in 2005.  For a fascinating history of the Park, and its saving, log on to www.titussparrowpark.org.

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  • Saturday, October 24 – Boston CROP Hunger Walk

    The Union United Methodist Church is hosting the first ever CROP Walk (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) on October 24. It’s a six-mile walk through the South End, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain to raise funds for local hunger relief and anti-poverty programs, including The Food Project! For more information, or to donate online, visit http://www.churchworldservice.org/bostonma.

    CROP Hunger Walks help children and families worldwide — and right here in the U.S. — to have food for today, while building for a better tomorrow. Each year some two million CROP Walkers, volunteers, and sponsors put their hearts and soles in motion, raising over $16 million per year to help end hunger and poverty around the world — and in their own communities.