<p>Hi! I’m moving to Boston for school next year and am very involved in my church locally and would like to continue to be involved in the church during college. I’m looking for a nondenominational church with a good youth group that I can volunteer with. Thanks!</p>
<p>Are you seeking an Evangelical church?</p>
<p>This one is very popular (in Lexington):</p>
<p>[Grace</a> Chapel: Home](<a href=“http://www.grace.org/]Grace”>http://www.grace.org/)</p>
<p>Grace Chapel is great–there are also some Vineyard outlets in the area. You might want to connect with someone at Gordon College or Gordon-Conwell Seminary for more advice.</p>
<p>Harvard’s Memorial Church:</p>
<p>[The</a> Memorial Church—Home Page](<a href=“http://www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu/]The”>http://www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu/)</p>
<p>The church building is very beautiful, especially at night.</p>
<p>Park Street Boston is worth a look</p>
<p>maybe you’re a good fit for unitarian universalism: <a href=“http://www.firstchurchboston.org/[/url]”>http://www.firstchurchboston.org/</a></p>
<p>Do you know in which neighborhood/town in Boston you live? The is Unitarian church in Brookline about 1/2 mile from some parts of Boston.</p>
<p>Agree with Zetesis about Park Street. They have 4 services and an active ministry to college students as well as high school students.</p>
<p>[Park</a> Street Church: Home](<a href=“http://www.parkstreet.org/]Park”>http://www.parkstreet.org/)</p>
<p>Ditto Park Street–great history of terrific student fellowship, and lots of opportunity for service</p>
<p>Grace Chapel is nondenominational, but is also evangelical and extremely oriented to God and Jesus and being saved, etc. (They have immersion baptisms, which I’d never seen before and which are kind of wonderful in a metaphorical “being born” sort of way.) If that’s what you are looking for, it is an extremely nice church with a lot of activities and groups, adult and young adult Sunday school, and very nice people. I went there for a little while a very long time ago in a “religious exploration” part of my youth, and it is a comforting place, but I’m way less religious than that! </p>
<p>It’s in Lexington and is not easy to get to on public transportation. I’m not even sure it’s possible, but buses may run out that way.</p>
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<p>In addition to bus lines, if you like biking, the Minuteman Bikeway (a wonderful paved 11-mile bike/hike trail) will get you there - looks like it passes within a quarter-mile of the chapel.</p>
<p>Here is a page with an alleged list of non-denominational Boston-area churches: [Boston</a> Non-Denominational Churches in Boston MA Yellow Pages by SuperPages](<a href=“Best 29 Non Denominational Churches in Boston, MA | superpages.com”>Best 29 Non Denominational Churches in Boston, MA | superpages.com) - I’m an atheist, so I don’t have much useful to tell you about the actual churches.</p>
<p>Also note that your college will probably have a chapel with services, and chaplains who can help you find a good church. In fact, if you know where you are going to school, you could contact the chaplain (or, if they don’t have a head chaplain, the one from whatever denomination is closest to what you believe), and see if they have recommendations.</p>
<p>You probably need to clarify what you mean by “non-denominational.” Do you mean an independent evangelical Christian congregation, or something like Unity, or non-creedal?</p>
<p>Also, just in case you might get confused, do note that the “Unification Church” is the moonie cult, not the same thing at all as Unitarian Universalist, although both are on Beacon Street! :)</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for your responses! In Boston I’m going to Emmanuel College, its a catholic affiliated school, and I’m not catholic so I’m trying to find an alternative to going to mass. The school is located in Fenway Park. The church I go to in FL is actually a methodist church in doctrine, but we tend to be nondenominational in a lot of our practices. I will definitely be taking some of your suggestions, and I really appreciate all your help. Moving so far away is really scary, especially if you don’t know anyone, and its nice to know that there are some nice churches up there.</p>
<p>Another suggestion would be to contact the campus ministries at the other schools in Boston. Campus Crusade, InterVarsity, Reformed University Fellowship would all be good contacts in finding a church.</p>
<p>seg09, do you think that the chaplains at Emmanuel would be willing to recommend non-Catholic churches to you? Or do you think that they would be annoyed that you’re seeking a non-Catholic church? I don’t know what their attitudes are. But if you think they will be nice about it, they can probably point you in the right direction.</p>
<p>There’s an Episcopal church near Porter Square that several of my Christian friends have really liked (including people who came in with non-Episcopalian Protestant backgrounds), but that might be a little out of the way for the Fenway.</p>
<p>Most colleges whose websites I’ve perused have a section in their “student life” with many near by religious places of all types listed, regardless of the college’s affiliation. Check that site and see which churches might appeal to you- those located near your school are likely to have other students attending and be tuned into your campus’ events.</p>
<p>I’m sure they would be nice about it, but I don’t know how much they’d really know about any of the other churches. I’m just trying to hear about some churches form people who go to them or know someone who does. Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll be sure to check it out. :)</p>
<p>Colleges list churches their students may want to attend for the convenience of their students, check out that website. The churches may have a link or email address for students to contact- it is your job to investigate further- of course the academic institution won’t know about the off campus places in depth. Nothing to do with being “nice”- even public schools list this sort of info, the details depend on the school and what information the organizations choose to give.</p>