A dialogue Pentecost sermon by Karen Nell Smith and Debbie Clark When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, […]
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Drinking from the Waters of Remembrance
Drinking from the Rock of Remembrance Exodus 17:1-7 Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark May 29, 2022 War is hell. I speak these words with renewed conviction after three months of watching the evening news. War is destructive: we’ve seen so many pictures of entire cities reduced to rubble. War is brutal: we’ve heard interviews […]
One Egg at a Time
“One Egg at a Time” Isaiah 65:17-25, Luke 24:1-12 Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark April 17, 2022 Christ is risen! The tomb is empty! The cross is flowering! Hope is alive! Love is more powerful than hatred and greed, fear and even death! I love that we make bold proclamations on Easter, […]
More Beautiful than Rose
“More Beautiful than Rose” Mark 1:9-11 Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark April 3, 2022 A wash cloth. A watering can. A water bottle. An eye dropper. A snorkel mask. In my favorite children’s message about baptism, I use these objects to introduce our young people to the many layers of meaning behind […]
Chat, Pray, Love April
Sunday Morning WorshipSundays at 10:00am, In person and/or via ZoomJoin us for worship every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. We will email a bulletin each Sunday morning for anyone who would like to follow along from home. Sunday School with Karen NellIn April, Christian Explorers will gather with their Sunday school friends in the Tent of […]
Kermit’s Korner: Earth Day
Keep Framingham Beautifulkeepframinghambeautiful.org facebook.com/groups/keepframinghambeautiful “Keep Framingham Beautiful” is a community of folks who live or work in Framingham and want our city to be as beautiful as possible. Their mission is, “Taking action to make Framingham a cleaner, greener, litter-free place to live, work, and play.” Several church members participate in the group, including Joe Hudock who […]
April Announcements
Easter Fellowship Hour—Help Needed!On Easter Sunday, following our worship service, we hope to have an outdoor fellowship hour. There will be chalk for drawing, circles of chairs for visiting, a fire pit for warming our hands, and tasty treats. We need volunteers to bring treats; even more, we need volunteers to help with a simple […]
Worship April
In April, we continue our Lenten theme, “Out of the Waters…” and we celebrate Easter! Join us in person and on Zoom on Sunday mornings. Sunday, April 3 at 10:00amReaffirmation of Baptism and Holy CommunionMark 1:9-11, “More Beautiful than Rose,” Rev. Dr. Debbie Clark preachingUsing water that has melted from our “wave” ice sculpture, we will […]
Music Opportunities for April
Happy Spring! It’s been such a pleasure the past few weeks to see newer faces participating in our music making on Sunday mornings and Thursday nights. I’m happy that we are offering opportunities that are short-term in nature and which invite people who have never been able to commit to a ten-month choir season. Most […]
Christian Explorers April
Christ is risen, risen indeed! Christian Explorers had a busy Lent learning about God from water. We saw ice being sculpted, made rain sticks, fired clay pots and planted sunflower seeds, made tornados in jars, and ocean waves in water bottles! This month we remember what Easter is all about as we celebrate the new […]