In March, we will continue to worship in our homes via Zoom; we will reconsider this decision in upcoming council and congregational meetings. Contact us to get the Zoom meeting ID and password Sunday, March 7 at 10:00am Holy Communion, Luke 12:6-7 Nesting, Singing, Soaring, Part III: In HarmonyRev. Dr. Debbie Clark preaching Sunday, March 14 […]
Holy Week Preview
Holy Week plans are in the works! It will be an unusual one, and it will be meaningful and inspiring. Watch for: Palm Sunday parade and outdoor celebration Origami birds in the sanctuary, along with an opportunity to spend time safely in the sanctuary A virtual Maundy Thursday service A virtual Ecumenical Good Friday Service […]
The Palm Sunday Parade Returns!
Sunday, March 28 at noon, outdoors on our campusLocket the pony is back! Join us on Zoom for a festive virtual Palm Sunday service, then hop in your car and come to campus for an outdoor, socially distanced Palm Sunday parade and campus-wide celebration. Our friends from El Toque del Maestro and Comunidade Crista Paraiso […]
Home by another way: Caring for Body, Mind and Spirit
Mark 6:30-34 February 7, 2021 Today’s gospel lesson is easily overlooked. Often we read it as the set-up for the much more dramatic feeding of the 5000. Today, we separate it from the miracle and ask what wisdom this deeply human story has for us. Throughout Mark’s gospel, Jesus goes away by himself—or with his […]
Transition
Romans 8:17-27 January 31, 2021 “We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now…” The apostle Paul wrote in brilliant, vivid and sometimes convoluted language as he tried to help the early church in Rome make sense of their experience. They were living in complicated times, full of suffering and […]
“Purpose and Passion”
I Samuel 3:1-10 January 17, 2021 Samuel heard a voice—three times. A child assisting in the temple, he assumed the voice was the aging priest Eli asking for a cup of water. Finally, with Eli’s help, he realized he was being called to holy work. Hard work, for his first task was to bring a […]
Realigning
Genesis 1:1-5; Mark 1:4-11 It happened on Epiphany—the Christian holiday whose name means “awakening.” It was certainly an awakening—to truths we have known for a long time but may have been tempted to ignore. On Wednesday, January 6th, I watched in horror as a mob stormed the Capitol. The images of angry men and women […]
Virtual Epiphany
Dear friends, For the last twenty-four years, we have celebrated Epiphany in a joint worship service with our friends at Plymouth Church. This year, of course, it will look different, as we join together in a combined Zoom worship service on Sunday, January 3. We have invited Rev. Liz Garrigan-Byerly to preach in her […]
Softly, Listen
Luke 2:8-20 Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark December 20, 2020 It was a deceptively peaceful scene, at least as it is depicted in children’s books and Christmas pageants: shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. From our urban and suburban vantage points, we envision gentle people sitting quietly on a […]
Living Bridges
Isaiah 40:1-11; Mark 1:1-8 Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark December 6, 2020 On a sunny afternoon in late October, Jeannie and I leapt into my car and headed to Nobscot Reservation for a hike. The day before, in our staff zoom, we had brainstormed creative ways to make scripture come alive–like reading a stormy scripture […]