Parking Spaces: Yet Another Way to be Welcoming

Happily we are seeing more new faces in our Sanctuary these past few months. These are the lucky ones who find First Parish and ALSO find a space in the lot. But some folks haven’t quite made it into the Sanctuary because they could not find a place to park and didn’t know about the alternative options. Hence a request that we leave the two spots we have reserved for newcomers and visitors in the lot available. And, if it is not a hardship for you, please park in the other places available to us (see note at end) to leave even more spots open for those who need to park closer to church. And now that it’s winter, our parking lot is further shrunk when we get plowable amounts of snow – it’s got to go somewhere and unfortunately we lose a few spots. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

Alternative Parking Areas: Please do NOT park at the Grace Point church on the corner of Academy Street and Westford Street; and please only park in the designated spaces on the Common side of Westford Street – do NOT park on the sidewalk/church side, even at the top of the street by the crosswalk. Double parking presents safety and access issues for emergency vehicles. Overflow parking is available in any of the town public lots (including behind the CCA, as long as they have no events taking place), and the folks at the Eliopoulos building at 9 North Rd. have graciously allowed us to use their parking lot on Sundays as well.