First Parish Church

First Parish Church is a church at 76 Church Grn in Taunton, MA 02780-3445. It is one of 50 churches in Taunton.

Our mission is to - in living our faith as Unitarian Universalists - INSPIRE spiritual growth, CONNECT with one another, and SERVE the larger community in love.

Our progressive congregation has been established here on Church Green for 375 years.

Serving since 1637 · Ramp access · Part of Unitarian Universalist Association

76 Church Grn, Taunton, MA, 02780-3445

Service times

  • Sunday 10am

Phone: +15088222107 · Website: https://www.firstparishtaunton.org/

First Parish Church is part of the Unitarian Universalist family of churches in The American Church Story. 16 congregations of the Unitarian Universalist family gather across Massachusetts — 82 across the United States on The Church Map.

Ministries at First Parish Church

  • Food pantry

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The community around First Parish Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Social Isolation: 36.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
  • Food Insecurity: 22.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.4%
  • Depression: 25.4%
  • Child Poverty: 22.6% (8.2–37.1%)
  • Poverty Rate: 19.6% (13.0–26.1%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.8%
  • Unemployment: 6.1% (2.6–9.6%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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