COS Reaches Out
We have received more cards of thanks from community groups. Contributions to these agencies and services are part of our mission work. One gift went to an animal shelter in the Boston area, MSPCA....
View ArticleKnit One, Pray Too: Knitterly Giving
What is it about knitters that makes them so generous? Is it that people high on the altruism trait pick up the needles so they can wrap warmth around everyone they know? Or is it that nothing they...
View ArticleReach Out: An Opportunity
Have you ever considered giving the gift of time to a patient in their final stages of life by becoming a hospice volunteer? It may be one of the most appreciated gifts you will give. If you are...
View ArticleIn the Neighborhood: Walk for Affordable Housing
Every year COS participates in the Walk for Affordable Housing sponsored by the Housing Corporation of Arlington. Join us for the fun on Saturday, April 26th as volunteers from COS set up a table with...
View ArticleFuture for Farato
I don’t know about you but I am often left dismayed and distressed when I read in the daily newspaper about all the suffering and poverty in the world. It is too much to bear sometimes and I will admit...
View ArticleRefreshing and Refinishing!
This summer at COS has being anything but a staycation! Even so, it has been very refreshing. Pictured here is the fresh summer sign that welcomed old and new members to worship and community. In June,...
View ArticleCOS Surfs: Gleaning
Fallen Fruit is a mapping and manifesto for fallen fruit—free food lying about unclaimed and unused in a world filled with hunger. Search your neighborhood for neglected trees. Gather up those apples...
View ArticleCOS Kids Read: The Searcher and Old Tree
At Robbins Library last month, I noticed a children’s book with a raccoon and a tree on the cover, The Searcher and the Old Tree by David McPhail. I was drawn to it because we have a big tree in front...
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