Easter services in Natick

March 30, 2021 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Easter falls on Sunday, April 4 this year, and a happy one to those who celebrate the holiday. This time last year all church doors were closed due to the pandemic. For Easter 2021, some churches are holding in-person services, some are worshipping online only, while others have taken a hybrid approach. Make sure you check their websites for all the Holy Week details.

You can find links to Natick churches on our Where to Worship in Natick page.

First Church Natick, UCC, 2 East Central St.

Don’t see your Natick house of worship on our Where to Worship page? Contact us at natickreport@gmail.com for inclusion.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Natick

March 17, 2021 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

Our easiest post of the year: Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Natick.

MLK Day 2021 events schedule—Natick, Massachusetts

January 17, 2021 by Admin Leave a Comment

Everyone is invited to enjoy a live pre-recorded program from 10am-11am, streamed online and through Natick Community Access TV (see more details below), featuring:

student performances and reflections
MLK Day Creative Contest winners from the Middle and High School
Interfaith Clergy representatives
special guests including local dignitaries and community leaders
a keynote reflection by The Rev. Dr. Gregory Groover, Pastor of the Historic Charles Street A.M.E. Church in Roxbury, MA

Immediately following the program, from 11am-12pm special MLK Day activities for all ages will be offered by community partners (via Zoom links).

More information on how to attend

You can watch the 16^th Annual Natick MLK Day Community Celebration on Natick Community Television (Natick Pegasus) channels: RCN 3, Comcast 99, and Verizon 29.

Or stream on YouTube via link here:

https://youtu.be/_Aul98Rr2sE

(with a live chat during the program!)

The 2021 program will be live on Monday, 1/18 at 10am.

MLK events are co-sponsored by Greater Natick Interfaith Clergy Association, Natick Is United, the Natick Board of Health, Natick 180, Town of Natick, Natick Public Schools, METCO, and SPARK Kindness.

Save the date: Martin Luther King Day 2021 activities in Natick, Massachusetts

January 5, 2021 by Admin Leave a Comment

Natick’s 16th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community (Virtual) Celebration

Everyone is invited to join the 16th Annual Natick MLK Day Community Celebration in recognition of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The program runs 10am – noon. Zoom and Pegasus links will be available closer to Jan. 18th. Here’s the breakdown:

Date: Jan. 18, 2021
Time: 10am-11am

Natick student performances and reflections
MLK Day Creative Contest winners from the Middle and High School
Interfaith Clergy representatives, local dignitaries, and community leaders
A keynote reflection by The Rev. Dr. Gregory Groover, Pastor of the Historic Charles Street A.M.E. Church in Roxbury, MA

Date: Jan. 18, 2021
Time: 11am-noon

Special MLK Day activities for all ages will be offered by community partners (via Zoom links).

Time to say goodbye to your Natick Christmas tree

January 4, 2021 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Here’s an epiphany for you: there’s absolutely no disposing of Christmas trees and other holiday greenery in parks and conservation areas in Natick. It might seem like tossing nature into nature, but it’s actually illegal and bad for the environment. It’s also aesthetically displeasing. You know it’s going to take that tree about ten years to break down into the soil, right?

Natick Christmas tree disposal — This Natick Christmas tree awaits pick-up by the DPW.

How to say good-bye, fine firs

Fortunately, the Natick Department of Public Works makes it super-easy to dispose of your tree properly, with the curbside collection program. Curbside collection of Christmas trees is scheduled for the first two full weeks in January on your regular trash collection day (the weeks of January 4th and January 11th). Trees should be bare, free from ornaments, and with no bags. Follow those simple rules, and the DPW will make your tree disappear.

Fire it up

At our house we observe a highly personalized Christmas tree ceremony each year. First, we take the tree away from the only field it’s ever known, and we set it up in our heated house. Next, we lavish the tree with ornate trappings. After a few weeks we declare that we “need our living room back.” We then strip the tree of its ornate trappings and evict it from our home. Months later, we set the Christmas tree on fire. A merry tradition, indeed.

You can do the same starting this month. Just make sure you get an open air burning permit. Stop in to the Natick Fire Department headquarters at 22 E. Central Street to fill out the easy paperwork. The burn season runs Jan. 15 through May 1, and you must obtain permission from the NFD each day that you wish to burn. Weather conditions are taken into consideration when determining if burning will be allowed each day.