February 2018
Art and Inspiration: Eric Smith Photography
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with Eric Smith, whose "Nature of New England" photography will be on exhibit at the Sanctuary Gallery throughout February. Hear from Smith about his inspiration and process – and join the conversation about your own experience of his creativity. BYOB: Bring your own beer, wine or soda. The Sanctuary Gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and by appointment.…
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Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents its monthly Faith and Film program. Bring your own beer, wine or soda and experience the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. This month's film tells the story of a precocious 6-year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure…
Find out more »April 2018
Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents its monthly Faith and Film program. Bring your own beer, wine or soda and experience the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. This month's film is based on a true story — an unlikely romance in which a recluse hires a fragile yet determined woman to be his housekeeper. Bright-eyed but hunched with crippled hands,…
Find out more »Art and Inspiration: SMFA at Tufts Students
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with first-year master's students from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. Their work on display at the Sanctuary UCC Gallery in April touches upon a variety of subject matter as these artists explore and experiment in different mediums as they work toward developing a thesis in the fall. Hear from the students about their inspiration and process – and join the conversation about your own…
Find out more »May 2018
Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents its monthly Faith and Film program. Bring your own beer, wine or soda and experience the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. This month's film, a “gut-twisting, cinder-black comedy,” was nominated for Best Picture and deftly balances black comedy against searing drama — and draws unforgettable performances from its veteran cast along…
Find out more »June 2018
Art and Inspiration: Rita Ortolino-Dioguardi
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with Rita Ortolino-Dioguardi, whose work is being displayed at the Sanctuary Garllery throughout May. A talented collage and quilt artist, Rita has been creating collage art since she was a young girl. What started as childhood art projects has bloomed into unique and colorful pieces of art. These stunning images are spontaneous creations. Her paper collages are created by ripping, not cutting, simple splashes of color from magazines and glossy advertisements…
Find out more »Art and Inspiration: Gay Cox
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with Gay Cox, whose work will be displayed at the Sanctuary Garllery throughout June and July. An artist and Episcopal Deacon, Cox infuses her work with an active, vibrant, sensuous love of existence. "The physical solidity of all true spirituality is at the heart of all my work. I find color particularly delicious and prefer to capture it 'in motion.'” Hear from Gay about her inspiration and process – and…
Find out more »September 2018
Art and Inspiration: Thaer Abdallah
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with Thaer Abdallah, whose work will be displayed at the Sanctuary Garllery throughout September. Thaer’s personal biography: “I am Palestinian from Iraq. I grew up in Baghdad. My people have lived in Iraq for 60 years, but have neither citizenship nor freedom. Since 2003, they have been attacked by various militias and have suffered kidnapping, torture, imprisonment and assassination. I am a human rights worker and torture survivor. I left…
Find out more »Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents its monthly Faith and Film program. Bring your own beer, wine or soda and experience the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. In this month's film, when scientists discover how to shrink humans to 5 inches tall as a solution to over-population, Paul (Matt Damon) and his wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide…
Find out more »October 2018
Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents its monthly Faith and Film program. Bring your own beer, wine or soda and experience the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. This month's film offers an inventive and singular exploration of legacy, loss, and the essential human longing for meaning and connection through an unmoored ghost’s journey of memory and history. An…
Find out more »Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents its monthly Faith and Film program. Bring your own beer, wine or soda and experience the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. This month's film offers an inventive and singular exploration of legacy, loss, and the essential human longing for meaning and connection through an unmoored ghost’s journey of memory and history. An…
Find out more »November 2018
Art and Inspiration: SMFA at Tufts
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with students from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, whose work is displayed at the Sanctuary Gallery this month. The exhibit centers on how our artistic practices, concepts, and subject matter revolve around repetition or cyclical acts that connect to our own personal or core narratives. This theme is meant to be broad as to incorporate all art practices while at the same time encourage…
Find out more »Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents its monthly Faith and Film program. Bring your own beer, wine or soda and experience the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. In this month's film, a wife and her husband are excitedly planning a party to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary. However, one week before the celebration, a letter arrives for…
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Lakota YouthStay Holiday Cookie Walk
Sanctuary UCC in West Medford Square is the site for the fourth annual Holiday Cookie Walk, a fundraiser for the Lakota YouthStay program. There will be 13 bakers making a variety of delicious homemade holiday cookies. People can make their own plate of holiday cookies as they walk along and select their favorites. Prices are $15/pound of holiday cookies and $3 for hot cider, cocoa, coffee or tea and two holiday cookies. The event begins at 11 a.m. and continues until the…
Find out more »Art and Inspiration: Sally Chapman
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with photographer Sally Chapman, whose work is displayed at the Sanctuary Gallery throughout December. Chapman earned a BFA in ceramics and photography from Michigan State University. For over 20 years she worked as a ceramic artist in Colorado showing extensively in New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. Moving to California and Massachusetts her attention went to spiritual pursuits seeing that the desire to create art is the same as the desire…
Find out more »January 2019
Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents its monthly Faith and Film program. Bring your own beer, wine or soda and experience the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. This month's film tells the story of a father and daughter living in the forest off the grid -- until society "intervenes" in their idyllic life. Their journey is profound…
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Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents its monthly Faith and Film program. Bring your own beer, wine or soda and experience the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. This month's film is an entertaining, animated fantasy that reviews say has "intellectual ballast, but it's cleverly disguised. Beneath the easy slapstick, there's a timely moral too: Don't fear the unknown,…
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Art and Inspiration: Haleh Fotowat
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with artist Haleh Fotowat, whose paintings are displayed at the Sanctuary Gallery throughout March. Haleh was born in Tehran, Iran, and obtained a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering there before moving to the United States to pursue master's and a PhD in Neuroscience. Art has always been an integral part of her life, and she has played the musical instrument called the Kanun for 29 years. She studied creative painting…
Find out more »Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents its monthly Faith and Film program. Bring your own beer, wine or soda and experience the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. This month's film is described as "an essential film for now" and "an emotional powerhouse, too powerful to resist...impossible to forget.” Screening and discussion led by Rev. Anastasia Kidd and…
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Art and Inspiration: Youveline Joseph
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with artist Youveline Joseph, whose paintings are displayed at the Sanctuary Gallery throughout April. Youveline is a visual artist, born in Haiti but raised in Brockton, Mass. While on her journey to understand and grow as an individual and as an artist, she began to develop her Afrocentric painting style. She uses a combination of cowrie shells, crystals, and glitter to personalize her artworks. Working mainly with acrylic paint on…
Find out more »Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents its monthly Faith and Film program. Bring your own beer, wine or soda and experience the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. This month's film asks viewers to take another look at what they think they know about politics, religion and other things we like to argue about, and asks nothing more than…
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Art and Inspiration: Nancy Earsy
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with artist Nancy Earsy, whose quilts are being displayed at the Sanctuary Gallery throughout May. Earsy’s art quilts depict America’s long struggle for equal rights and racial justice. Her goal is to spotlight events and hidden heroes from the past, as well as contemporary leaders, to inspire understanding and positive action for change. Her exhibit at Sanctuary Gallery focuses on civil rights issues from long ago as well as modern times.…
Find out more »Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents its monthly Faith and Film program. Bring your own beer, wine or soda and experience the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. This month's film tells the courageous story of the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town who must overcome the fallout of being outed to his parents.…
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Exhibit Opening: Freedom Through Art Collective
Sanctuary United Church of Christ invites you to view work from the Freedom Through Art Collective, which are on display at the Sanctuary Gallery throughout June. The aim of the collective is to give incarcerated artists a chance to share their work, collaborate with each other, make space for conversation, and financially benefit artists by selling their work. It has been shaped by 26 incarcerated members. The Sanctuary Gallery is open on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon, and Tuesday…
Find out more »Art and Inspiration: Freedom Through Art Collective
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with Megan Smith and Rachel Corey, facilitators of the Freedom Through Art Collective, from which pieces are on display at the Sanctuary Gallery until July 21. The aim of the collective is to give incarcerated artists a chance to share their work, collaborate with each other, make space for conversation, and financially benefit artists by selling their work. It has been shaped by 26 incarcerated members. Hear from Megan and Rachel about…
Find out more »July 2019
Gallery Reception: Lakota Youth and their Photography
Sanctuary United Church of Christ invites you to an art gallery reception celebrating the Lakota Youth Stay Program through the eyes of the participants. Come view an exhibit of photos taken by 11 Lakota Youth from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, during this year's third annual cultural exchange program with their Medford host families. The pictures will highlight their experiences around Greater Boston. Following the reception, the photos will remain on view through July during regular gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.…
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Art and Inspiration: Astrid Reischwitz
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with photographer Astrid Reischwitz, whose images from her project "Stories from the Kitchen Table" will be on display at the Sanctuary Gallery from August 19 through September 22. Reischwitz created “Stories from the Kitchen Table” to preserve and honor a fading way of life in her childhood home, an old farmhouse in a small village in northern Germany. Connecting past and present, her composites include old family photos combined with…
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Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ resumes its monthly Faith and Film program, with the fall series "Mortality at the Movies" exploring the value of life through the vantage point of death. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. In this month's film, in the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen…
Find out more »Exhibit Closing: Stories from the Kitchen Table
Sanctuary United Church of Christ concludes the exhibit of photographer Astrid Reischwitz's project "Stories from the Kitchen Table." Reischwitz created “Stories from the Kitchen Table” to preserve and honor a fading way of life in her childhood home, an old farmhouse in a small village in northern Germany. Connecting past and present, her composites include old family photos combined with images reflecting how she perceives her heritage today. Astrid is a Boston-area photographer whose work explores the possibilities of storytelling from…
Find out more »October 2019
Art and Inspiration: Christina Chang
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with artist Christina Chang, whose contemporary paintings are on display at the Sanctuary Gallery from through October 27. Chang is a Boston native who received a BFA in Painting from Texas Christian University and a MAT from Rhode Island School of Design. She has worked as an art educator for many years, in public and private schools, teaching children and adults. Chang is currently working on a series of abstract paintings that…
Find out more »Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ continues its monthly Faith and Film program, with the fall series "Mortality at the Movies" -- contemporary films that explore the value of life through the vantage point of death. Thought-provoking and often funny, these films remind us that while dying is a part of life, it need not keep us from living well. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders.…
Find out more »November 2019
Women’s Guitar Workshop: Total Beginner Class
If you've been wanting to learn guitar, here's your chance. Medford Music Studio is offering a six-week Women's Guitar Workshop: Total Beginner Class this fall at Sanctuary UCC in West Medford. This Level 1 workshop is for people with no experience with guitar. Medford Music Studio strives to create a supportive and relaxed learning atmosphere. The workshop will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the following Mondays: November 4, 11 and 18, and December 2, 9 and 16. Cost per…
Find out more »Art and Inspiration: Unearthing Traces
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with first-year graduate students from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University whose group exhibition, "Unearthing Traces," is on display at the Sanctuary Gallery through December 5. Approaching with diverse practices, participating artists came together in an intimate space of Sanctuary UCC, creating an environment for converging ideas and relations. "Unearthing Traces" is a site of connecting explorations that fuel individual artists' research. From works that…
Find out more »Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ continues its monthly Faith and Film program, with the fall series "Mortality at the Movies"— contemporary films that explore the value of life through the vantage point of death. Thought-provoking and often funny, these films remind us that while dying is a part of life, it need not keep us from living well. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders.…
Find out more »December 2019
Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ concludes its fall Faith and Film series "Mortality at the Movies"— films that explore the value of life through the vantage point of death. Thought-provoking and often funny, these films remind us that while dying is a part of life, it need not keep us from living well. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. In this film, a…
Find out more »January 2020
Exhibit Opening: Angels In Human Skin
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents the exhibit "Angels in Human Skin" with Dirkje Legerstee, which will be on display in the Sanctuary Gallery until February 16. Legerstee created her installation, with an accompanying story presentation, to honor and remember her family’s survival through World War II as “Nazi War Victims.” Her father was a Dutch Christian who was forcibly taken by the Nazis as a Labor slave; her mother, a Polish Jew, survived the Shoah by hiding in the…
Find out more »Art and Inspiration: Dirkje Legerstee
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a reception and reflection with Dirkje Legerstee, whose exhibit "Angels in Human Skin" is on display in the Sanctuary Gallery from January 7 until February 16. Legerstee created her installation, with an accompanying story presentation, to honor and remember her family’s survival through World War II as “Nazi War Victims.” Her father was a Dutch Christian who was forcibly taken by the Nazis as a Labor slave; her mother, a Polish Jew, survived the…
Find out more »Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ begins its 2020 Faith and Film series, which explores the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion led by Chad and Anna Kidd about themes of morality, faith, and humanity. In this month's film, a Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live, and decides to keep her in the dark, battling with the ethical decisions they’re forced to confront. Note: While…
Find out more »February 2020
Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Sanctuary United Church of Christ's Faith and Film series explores the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion led by Chad and Anna Kidd about themes of morality, faith and humanity. In this month's film, a man dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of gentrified San Francisco, but as he struggles to reconnect with his family and reconstruct the community he longs for, his hopes blind…
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Postponed: Art and Inspiration – Julie Williams-Krishnan
Based on the recommendation of the local health department, its denomination and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sanctuary United Church of Christ is eliminating onsite gatherings for at least two weeks, including this reception and reflection with Julie Williams-Krishnan, whose exhibit "The Threshing Place," is on display in March at the Sanctuary Gallery.
Find out more »Postponed: Faith and Film at Sanctuary UCC
Based on the recommendation of the local health department, its denomination and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sanctuary United Church of Christ is eliminating onsite gatherings for at least two weeks, including this month's Faith and Film series program. Instead, it will present the Faith and Film program online at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, March 27.
Find out more »Sanctuary UCC Faith and Film Online
With Sanctuary United Church of Christ closed due to the coronavirus outbreak, the church is offering this month's Faith and Film series program online (Note: Access to Netflix is required.) The series explores the places where pop culture meets faith. Viewers watch a current film, followed by a discussion led by Chad and Anna Kidd about themes of morality, faith and humanity. In this month's film, an internationally renowned pastor risks his church, family and future when he questions church…
Find out more »April 2020
Faith and Film Online: The Two Popes
With Sanctuary United Church of Christ closed due to the coronavirus outbreak, the church is again offering this month's Faith and Film series program online (Note: Access to Netflix is required.) The series explores the places where pop culture meets faith. Viewers watch a current film, followed by a discussion led by Chad and Anna Kidd about themes of morality, faith and humanity. Tonight's film is "The Two Popes." Predominantly set in the Vatican City in the aftermath of the…
Find out more »May 2020
Faith and Film Online: Paddleton
With Sanctuary United Church of Christ closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the church is again offering this month's Faith and Film series program online (Note: Access to Netflix is required.) The series explores the places where pop culture meets faith. Viewers watch a current film, followed by a discussion led by Chad and Anna Kidd about themes of morality, faith and humanity. In tonight's film, "Paddleton" (2019), an unlikely friendship between two misfit neighbors becomes an unexpected emotional journey…
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Faith and Film Online: Jojo Rabbit
With Sanctuary United Church of Christ closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the church is again offering this month's Faith and Film series program online (Note: Access to Netflix is required.) The series explores the places where pop culture meets faith. Viewers watch a current film, followed by a discussion led by Chad and Anna Kidd about themes of morality, faith and humanity. Tonight's film is "Jojo Rabbit" (2019) starring Roman Griffin Davis. Jojo is a lonely German boy who…
Find out more »December 2021
Faith and Film Online: Together
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents an online discussion version of its Faith and Film series program, which explores the places where pop culture meets faith. This evening's film is “Together,” in which a husband and wife are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of the COVID-19 lockdown. Please watch the film at home on Hulu, Amazon Prime or Apple TV, then join the Faith and Film discussion to consider our own experience of grief during…
Find out more »April 2022
A Lasting Look: Cairn Stacking, Candles & Connection
After two years of being closed due to COVID-19, the Gallery@Sanctuary is reopening with an exhibition honoring our collective experience and celebrating all we’ve created in response to how our lives have been altered during this *$#%* time. Organizers are creating a multi-media gallery installation and multiple interactive moments to memorialize and share our joys and sorrows remembering the last two years. What brought you sorrow? How did you/do we find our way through? What do you remember most? How…
Find out more »A Lasting Look: Craft Your Own Collage
After two years of being closed due to COVID-19, the Gallery@Sanctuary is reopening with an exhibition honoring our collective experience and celebrating all we’ve created in response to how our lives have been altered during this *$#%* time. Organizers are creating a multi-media gallery installation and multiple interactive moments to memorialize and share our joys and sorrows remembering the last two years. What brought you sorrow? How did you/do we find our way through? What do you remember most? How…
Find out more »A Lasting Look: Opening Reception
After two years of being closed due to COVID-19, the Gallery@Sanctuary is reopening with an exhibition honoring our collective experience and celebrating all we’ve created in response to how our lives have been altered during this *$#%* time. Organizers are creating a multi-media gallery installation and multiple interactive moments to memorialize and share our joys and sorrows remembering the last two years. What brought you sorrow? How did you/do we find our way through? What do you remember most? How…
Find out more »May 2022
A Lasting Look: Gallery Hours
After two years of being closed due to COVID-19, the Gallery@Sanctuary is reopening with an exhibition honoring our collective experience and celebrating all we’ve created in response to how our lives have been altered during this *$#%* time. Organizers are creating a multi-media gallery installation and multiple interactive moments to memorialize and share our joys and sorrows remembering the last two years. What brought you sorrow? How did you/do we find our way through? What do you remember most? How…
Find out more »A Lasting Look: Gallery Hours
After two years of being closed due to COVID-19, the Gallery@Sanctuary has reopened with an exhibition honoring our collective experience and celebrating all we’ve created in response to how our lives have been altered during this *$#%* time. The program, called “A Lasting Look,” continues gallery hours today from 4 to 7 p.m. Additional gallery hours this week are Thursday, May 12, from 4 to 7 p.m.; Friday, May 13, from 4 to 8 p.m.; and Saturday, May 14, from…
Find out more »A Lasting Look: Gallery Gathering
After two years of being closed due to COVID-19, the Gallery@Sanctuary has reopened with an exhibition honoring our collective experience and celebrating all we’ve created in response to how our lives have been altered during this *$#%* time. The program, called “A Lasting Look,” tonight features a facilitated and interactive gathering where you can experience the installation, make your own “How You Made It” collage, participate in meditation/memorial cairn stacking, or reflect on how you found your way, how you…
Find out more »Film Screening: Don’t Look Up
As part of its monthlong multimedia exhibition "A Lasting Look," the Gallery at Sanctuary UCC presents a Faith & Film screening and discussion of the 2021 film "Don't Look Up." In the apocolyptic comedy, two low-level astronomers, upon discovering that a meteor will strike Earth in six months, go on a media tour to try to warn the world but find an unreceptive and unbelieving populace. The film will be shown from 5:15 to 7:45 p.m., followed by a discussion…
Find out more »A Lasting Look: Gallery Hours
After two years of being closed due to COVID-19, the Gallery@Sanctuary has reopened with an exhibition honoring our collective experience and celebrating all we’ve created in response to how our lives have been altered during this *$#%* time. The program, called “A Lasting Look,” continues gallery hours today from 4 to 7 p.m. Additional gallery hours this week are Thursday, May 19, from 4 to 7 p.m.; Friday, May 20, from 4 to 8 p.m.; and Saturday, May 21, from…
Find out more »A Lasting Look: Gallery Hours
After two years of being closed due to COVID-19, the Gallery@Sanctuary has reopened with an exhibition honoring our collective experience and celebrating all we’ve created in response to how our lives have been altered during this *$#%* time. The program, called “A Lasting Look,” continues gallery hours today from 4 to 7 p.m. Additional gallery hours this week are Thursday, May 26, from 4 to 7 p.m.; Friday, May 27, from 4 to 8 p.m.; and Saturday, May 28, from…
Find out more »A Lasting Look: Gallery Hours
After two years of being closed due to COVID-19, the Gallery@Sanctuary has reopened with an exhibition honoring our collective experience and celebrating all we’ve created in response to how our lives have been altered during this *$#%* time. The program, called “A Lasting Look,” continues this week with gallery hours today from 4 to 7 p.m.; Thursday, June 2, from 4 to 7 p.m.; and Friday, June 3, from 4 to 7 p.m. The exhibit has been extended until July;…
Find out more »February 2023
IAmMigration Gallery Opening: City of God
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a facilitated and interactive art gallery opening for “City of God,” the first installation in its winter-spring Arts and Inspiration series, IAmMigration. This multi-media gallery installation with multiple interactive experiences is designed to get at our migration stories — and be transformed by them all. City of God is an ongoing documentary project that celebrates the immigrant church in the city of Lynn, Massachusetts. As a gateway city with over 70 nations represented, Lynn…
Find out more »March 2023
Faith and Film: The Swimmers
Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents a screening of "The Swimmers," a Faith and Film event as part of its winter-spring Arts and Inspiration series IAmMigration. The film tells the true story of two Syrian sisters who flee their war-torn home in Damascus and swim for hours in choppy Mediterranean seas to reach Greece as asylum seekers before going on to compete at the Rio Olympic Games on “The Refugee” team. They use their swimming skills — along with kindness, compassion and selflessness — …
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