UniteBoston

Bridging Divides Across Christians for the Flourishing of the City

Showing Up Well: A Training for Volunteers on Genuine Engagement

Every volunteer engagement that involves another person is a relationship. And like any relationship, what we bring into it shapes what’s possible.

Often volunteers’ biggest challenges aren’t logistical, they’re invisible. The unspoken expectations we attach to our help, the moments when our instinct to fix things gets ahead of what someone is asking for, how our own cultural lens can shape — and sometimes distort — how we show up.

UniteBoston is partnering with Sarah Blumenshine, Director of Intercultural Ministries at the Emmanuel Gospel Center, to offer a zoom training where we can all take an honest, non-judgmental look at the mindsets that can quietly undermine the very relationships we’re hoping to build. We’re especially encouraging congregations and volunteers who have been part of our spring “Love Thy Neighbor” initiatives to join this opportunity!

Expect honest conversation, relatable scenarios, and practical tools to help you engage with love and care.

Sign up here to receive the zoom link and help us spread the word!

Journey To Greatness Celebration

The Boston Higher Education Resource Center invites you to support and celebrate the success of first generation students of color at our Annual Journey to Greatness Celebration.  More than ever, this year’s fundraiser is critical to ensuring we can continue to provide programming to support students from 7th grade through college. This once a year evening brings together our students and alumni, supporters, advocates, volunteers and members of the community in the common goal of telling our Black, Latino and immigrant students that we stand behind them. The majority of the Boston HERC’s students are immigrants or come from immigrant families, and especially now, they need to know that there are people who are cheering them on to their dreams of a better future.
Join us on May 14th, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at the State Street Building on One Congress Street, Boston, MA 02114.  Buy your ticket to support students at: Journey to Greatness.  Sponsorship opportunities are also available through the same page.
This is an evening you won’t want to miss.

FaithWorks Conference 2026: An Urgency for Holiness: From Repentance to Deliverance

Join us for FaithWorks Conference 2026! The theme this year is An Urgency for Holiness: From Repentance to Deliverance.

We are thrilled to invite you to an extraordinary opportunity to attend the annual FaithWorks Conference! Faithworks is dedicated to inspiring and equipping Christian professionals to glorify God and excel in their industries.

Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

James 2:17

This premier event encourages Christian professionals in the Greater Boston Area and beyond to deepen their faith in Christ within their respective industries. Our focus spans various sectors: Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Finance, Technology, Arts and Entertainment, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Education, and Business.

These sectors drive our economy, but as Christians, we know the ultimate glory belongs to God.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:1

FaithWorks aims to deliver impactful programming that strengthens connections within the Christian professional community in Greater Boston and beyond. Our attendees will benefit from unique opportunities to network and engage with an untapped network of Christian professionals and entrepreneurs. Our next conference is on Saturday, April 25, 2026, which will be a catalyst for a network of powerful industry experts.

Love Thy Neighbor Opportunities with Care Portal & Welcome NST

Exciting news! Boston-area churches have two powerful new ways to put “love your neighbor” into action: CarePortal and Neighborhood Support Teams.

By combining digital tools with personal connection, these initiatives empower our community to come alongside vulnerable children and families in tangible ways. Read the full details on our blog here.

Pastors, ministry leaders, and compassionate neighbors across Greater Boston – Join us for an upcoming Zoom Interest Call to hear how you can get involved with CarePortal and the Love Your Neighbor Project.

If you’re not able to make either of these times but would still like to be involved, please reach out! For questions regarding the Love Your Neighbor Project, contact Kasey Dillon at kdillon@welcomenst.org; for questions regarding CarePortal, contact Beatriz Acevedo at ​​Beatriz.Acevedo@careportal.org

Christians have always stood on the front lines, extending our hearts and hands in extravagant love to the most vulnerable—and our public witness matters now more than ever. Together, as we follow Jesus to unleash the power of community, may we rebuild infrastructures of care so that our whole community can flourish.

Boston Sankofa Storytelling Showcase

The Boston Sankofa Journey is working to cultivate a common memory and nurture the spiritual vitality that has sustained the Black freedom movement—past and present—rooted in the liberating heart of the gospel.

This year, our team has been working to record the stories of twelve Black Christian leaders whose faith in Jesus has shaped their own faith journeys and fueled the work of racial justice and reconciliation in our beloved city. 


This gathering will bring these testimonies to life through a powerful evening of film premier, spoken word, art, and communal reflection. This gathering is co-hosted by Twelfth Baptist Church, which is known as a “Fugitive Slave Church” for its central role in the abolitionist movement and as a key stop on the Underground Railroad.  

Join us on Thursday, March 26 at Twelfth Baptist Church as we honor and learn from the testimonies of:
– Rev. June Cooper
– Rev. Dr. Willie Bodrick and Twelfth Baptist Church
– Rev. Valerie Copeland
– Rev. Dr. David Wright and Tenpoint BMA
– Bishop Larry Ward and Rev. Dr. Virginia Ward
– Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond and Rev. Dr. Gloria White-Hammond and Bethel AME Church Boston
– Mrs. Karen Haywood and The Historic Myrtle Baptist Church in Newton
– Dr. Geoffrey Hicks Sr.
Video testimonies from the above leaders will be interspersed with live elements of spoken word poetry with Rose Piercy, Storyteller Sister Alma Wright, Storyteller Rev. Charmayne Cook, a song by Minister Isaiah Briggs and Jaronzie Harris, and Storyteller Deacon Robin Nobles, with Dzidzor Azalgo as the event host.
*Note that only some of the storytellers will be present at the showcase itself. The rest of the stories are viewable on our Boston Sankofa Journey website here.*
Through spoken word, art, and storytelling, this evening will bridge past and present—inviting us to listen deeply, honor the wisdom of these elders, and discern how we carry the work of truth, healing, and reconciliation forward in our city.
Dinner begins at 5:30 PM | Showcase at 6:30 PM

We invite you to sit at the feet of these elders as we look back together to shape a faithful future together—for Jesus, toward shalom.

Registration is not required, but helpful for our planning purposes. This is a free event – Please help us spread the word!

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