Benefit Concert at First Church

The members of First Church in Salem are thrilled to welcome to their space, Ingrid Jacoby, for a benefit concert to support both the church and the North Shore Lions Club. The performance begins at 4pm on Saturday, September 9th  in the Meeting House of the First Church located at 316 Essex Street. A reception will follow. The event is open to the public. Tickets are $25 online and at the door. To purchase online go to https://bit.ly/fcbenefitconcert. 

Ingrid Jacoby, internationally acclaimed as both a recording and performing artist, was awarded a Career Life Award by the National Society of Arts and Letters in the United States, is a “Steinway Artist,” and a member of The Steinway Hall of Fame, and she has recorded for its new Steinway Label in Hamburg, Germany. She is a triple United States, United Kingdom, and German citizen and performed at venues across the globe. Ms. Jacoby lives in London and has played piano for the world's best conductors, including Yehudi Menuhin. She has played with the London Symphony, the St. Louis Philharmonic, and the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, in addition to a variety of international venues.  She has also recorded a number of CDs, several of which made critics' "best of" lists in the classical music press.

Ingrid’s sister, Helen Jacoby, has been integral to the planning of this event. Helen is a member of the North Shore Lions Club as well as the Standing Committee of First Church. She has been happy to arrange such a wonderful event, “It's a special trip she's making to do this.”

Homecoming Weekend

On Saturday, September 9 The members of First Church in Salem are thrilled to welcome to their space, Ingrid Jacoby, for a benefit concert to support both the church and the North Shore Lions Club. The performance begins at 4pm on in the Meeting House of the First Church located at 316 Essex Street. A reception will follow. The event is open to the public. Tickets are $25 online and at the door.

On Sunday, September 10 we begin our church year with our annual Homecoming Service which includes a Water Communion. Religious Education classes resume. Service begins at 10:30am and we hope you will join us. If you are able feel free to bring a bit of water from your travels - whether from your own tap or garden hose, the local beach, or across the world.

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