How to Join

Are you interested in making First Church in Boston your spiritual home?  Speak to one of our Ministers.  The procedure for joining is simple: just fill out a membership card and return it to a Minister or the Administrator. 
Though there is no membership fee or other minimum requirement, congregants are encouraged to be generous with their time and resources, because the Church is what the members make it.  The Membership Committee can assist you in becoming involved in areas of interest to you.  Chairs of all our committees are listed in the Directory of Members and Friends which is available to all members, and committees are described here on the Web site under Committees. 

Twice each year at a Sunday service new members are formally welcomed into the life of the congregation and invited to sign our membership book.  It has become a tradition at First Church for new members’ names to be calligraphed on a copper strip which is then inserted into the grooves of the Sanctuary wall, symbolizing that our members are the life of the Church.  This brief ceremony is followed by a welcoming luncheon for all members, both new and longstanding.