A church with a group of intelligent and loving people! Great activities for all...come for…read morecommunity hour, holy donuts, Sunday school for parents and the best Choir for both children and adults

I have been a member since 1990. Wonderful community, inspiring senior minister, great music!read more

We have tried several times to post this positive review on Yelp and each time it is blocked by…read moretheir review filter. We had a genuinely positive experience and it is unfair to exclude our review. My husband and I had our wedding and reception at First Parish Church in September 2014 and we could not have asked for a better venue! The church was beautiful and provided the perfect backdrop for the ceremony. We also hired the church organist and the music was amazing! The newly renovated reception hall was just as beautiful as the church and easily handled the 90 guests in attendance. The stage in the reception hall worked perfectly for our wedding band and left plenty of room on the floor for dancing. Everyone we worked with was very friendly and patient! The church administrator was extremely helpful. She answered all of our questions and helped us coordinate with our vendors. The church Reverend was also great! She helped us create a personalized ceremony that really suited us. We highly recommend hosting your wedding and reception at First Parish Church!

This facility is well-maintained & historical - beautiful for a wedding - but it was VERY difficult…read moreto conduct business with the people. It turned out to be a bride's nightmare! First: They were extremely pushy about getting our non-refundable deposit (even though we had not even seen their building yet). Second: When we arranged to see the building, the administrator left early that day and got upset when someone else showed us the building and took our check (which they cashed within a week). Third: When we went back to meet with the minister, there was a gaudy-looking pipe organ in the front & blocking several front pews. The minister claimed to know nothing about it, so we called the church administrator and were told it would be moved before the wedding. When we arrived for the rehearsal, the organ was still there blocking several front pews. The minister still claimed to be clueless and gave us the Music Director's number. When we called him, he said that he had been told to get an organ & put it there, and that it could not be moved by the next day. So we had to alter the seating for our guests and the positions of the bridesmaids at the front. Fourth: The minister's required "welcome" in our ceremony was more of an advertisement for their "liberal congregation" and facility that they rent out for "those without a church home." We have a church home - we just wanted their building to use. We didn't appreciate their advertisement during our wedding ceremony! Unless you don't mind a lot of difficulties with your wedding facility, do NOT rent this facility!

Church of the Good Shepherd is an Episcopal church located in Dedham, MA. But I was not visiting…read morefor a Sunday church service, which is held weekly at 9am. Their church hall is available for rent for receptions and functions, and other activities, such as CLUE: The Musical, as performed by The Dragonfly Theater, which was what led me out here, to Dedham, one weeknight. According to their website, there is a small parking lot for the Church off Cedar Street, and street parking is also allowed. We managed to find a spot on the opposite side of Cedar, along a line of storefronts, without any trouble, and made our way to the church entrance through their small parking lot. There were a few steps up leading to their regular entrance, but I spied a ramp to the left as an alternative. The hall where the show took place was up and to the left. It was good sized for our crowd of perhaps 35 audience members, and had a stage, so everything was pretty close and we could easily see the entertaining facial expressions of the actors. While there was a handicap accessible individual bathroom available to the left of the stage, a two stall ladies room was located in the basement, which was rather small and there was no lock on the one I entered. While I was in the basement, I noticed a long meeting room and a spacious basement hall that was pretty much open for what you want to do with it, except for the pillars spaced about doing its support thing. If you like, food donations to the Dedham Food Pantry may be deposited in the wicker basket on the bench in the entrance hallway.

Beautiful church and chapel. Warm and friendly people. Sunday services at 10am. Looking forward to…read morethe Coffee Haus on April 29 @ 7. Went to the last performance. Wonderful musicians.

A lovely century-old church dedicated to an affirming Christian faith and service to the community…read more Fabulous preaching and choral music.

Lovely old stone church, warm and welcoming congregation. A very high musical…read morestandard--breathtaking, really, at a recent Evensong service. It's kind of ideal, actually. Worth a detour if you're in the area.

We have been coming to Trinity Episcopal Church since '22. Trinity Bridgewater is a lovely South…read moreShore parish. The Reverend Suzanne Wade is just awesome as the parish priest. The Vestry is great as well; they use compassion, logic and reason when considering the needs of the parish. Lots of activities, for example we are always looking for Lay Readers, Ushers, Choir, and Celebrants. So there is always a way to get involved. A lot of friendly people too! A great choir and musical director. Community outreach as the parish collects paper goods and dry goods for the local food pantry. Mercy Street, Bible Study, Men's group, and a book club. Plus more! Learn more about us at: www.trinitybridgewater.com Watch our livestream service too! Better yet, come by for a service, a smile, and then join us for our well-known and highly-regarded Coffee Hour!! "Do not be afraid of the task in front of you..." +

I just celebrated St. Patrick's day. A beautiful church more like a cathedral. The interior has a…read morebeautiful Celtic ornate design inside the church. They have a lot of weddings and other Catholic sacramental celebrations. All are welcome here. They have an upper level for mass and lower level which can hold smaller Mass groups and celebrations. I enjoy going to the 11am Mass each Sunday because the early mass is more like the family Mass... AKA lots of small children. This church is also shared with the Holy Name parish School ideal for kindergarten to 8th grade.

Just had my wedding ceremony here on Sunday (09/04/2016) and have been to many masses and I truly…read morewouldn't recommend another Catholic Church. Father George Carlson (now retired) did our wedding and it was a beautiful unforgettable experience. Masses are fun and make you actually wanna pay attention.

Emmanuel is a very progressive and welcoming community. I have only been once, but they seem to…read morepromote tolerance and understanding among all kinds of people. I went for the Easter service because I heard there was going to be a crazy musical performance in the middle of the service and there was! Almost 45 minutes of a Bach cantata. Oh, and there is also a rabbi in residence - very cool.

Walking down the streets of Boston one day, my friends and I were confronted with a ten-foot-tall…read moreblack banner with bold white letters: "Get Your Ass To Church". How do you say no to that? I mean, if that's not a Sign... (heh.) I don't think any of the three of us had set foot in an Episcopalian church before -- I was raised alternately Unitarian and UCC Protestant, one friend is Catholic, the other I think Christian in the I-celebrate-Christmas sense. But I don't think any of us felt uncomfortable there. We attended the 5pm service -- I can't tell from the website if they're still doing it -- a low-key, intimate affair in the smaller chapel beside the church. The demographic was young and diverse, and the reverend and the folks helping with the service were friendly. We didn't end up going back, but that was no fault of Emmanuel's. I found the service meaningful. I think my Catholic friend was a little startled at the sermon's emphasis on social action and ministry -- I thought it was pretty great (and, okay, reminded me of home). I actually had no idea that Emmanuel did music in such a big way, or else I think I would have pushed for dragging ourselves out of bed for the main service. I'll have to go back for their concerts sometime.

After a recent move to the area, we were finding a hard place to "fit in" with our need to…read morefellowship and dive deep into the word and find a church family that had been well established in the area. Pastor Max on our first day made us feel welcomed, relaxed, and right at home. Even though this is a non denominational church, My husband and I are surrounded with god loving young families, seniors, single...just the right mix for us. We are in our early 50's and we as though we can contribute to the church family and get our spiritual cups filled. The music worship is so awesome, exactly what I am used to... A nice mix of contemporary worship with a great worship team to deliver it. In our first week we went to church on Sunday, bible Study on Weds, then felt so at home we went to game night on Saturday and had a blast! We could not wait to go back the following Sunday!

The Truth of the Bible is preached every Sunday and in a way that is applicable to your life. There…read moreare around 15 different countries represented at Elevation which shows that it's a true place of gathering to worship God.