In the coming months, many of our worship services will center on a sermon series “Life in a Time of COVID-19.“ The sermons will be based on conversation with members of our church (parents, teachers, mental health providers, musicians, and more). If you have a suggestion for a focus for one of these sermons, please […]
Small Group Gatherings
The Church Council and the staff of Edwards Church invite you to sign up for one of these small group, virtual congregational gatherings. They will all be held on the Zoom platform, so you can enter using a computer, tablet, or even your landline phone. Sign up here or call Nicola. We will send you a link […]
Planning for the Future
Dear friends, “When can we go back to the way it used to be?“ That question has been on my mind since mid-March. It’s a question for which we don’t have an answer. And I’m beginning to realize that it’s not even the right question to ask. Our lives have changed drastically in the […]
Breaking Zoom
Luke 24:13-35 No one has found the village of Emmaus. The scripture suggests it is about 7 miles from Jerusalem; other historical documents make no mention of a place with that name at that distance from the city. Archeologists have dug up evidence of several small communities within that radius, but they are all known […]
Thoughts and Prayers
An Easter Devotion by Debbie Clark Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise. Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them…. James 5:13-14a On Monday, the Framingham Interfaith Community Association, along with Mayor […]
A Story for our Times
John 20:1-18 “The surge is coming. Be prepared–it’s going to get worse before it gets better. This is the week to not leave your home.” The warnings have been dire. For the last few weeks, we have been told to expect a surge in diagnoses of COVID-19, a surge in people needing machines to breathe […]
New Life Emerges
An Easter Devotion by Debbie Clark On this mountain our God will make for all peoplesa feast of rich food, a feast of well-matured wines,of rich food filled with marrow, of well-matured wines strained clearAnd God will destroy on this mountainthe shroud that is cast over all peoples,the sheet that is spread over all nations;God […]
A Quiet Easter
Dear friends, Trumpets! Organ! Introits! Lilies and daffodils and tulips! Easter eggs half-hidden in the pews! Throw-back bonnets! Smoky clothing from standing near the fire-pit at sunrise! A flowering cross carried in by Nils Arnheim! When I think of Easter at Edwards Church, I think of all these things. Mostly, I think about all the […]
Leaves of Healing
Jeremiah 8:21-22; Revelation 22:1-2 John was in isolation, cut off from his community. It was not a self-imposed quarantine to protect him from a deadly virus. It was exile, imposed by the Roman empire because John, as a first-century Christian, was considered a threat. The book of Revelation reflects a time of persecution–for the early […]
A Balm in Gilead
A Lenten Devotion by Debbie Clark Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor people not been restored? Jeremiah 8:22 During this season, the Tuesday morning Gentle Yoga class has opened each session by seeking inspiration from different kinds of trees, drawing upon the […]