Category: SERMONS, WORSHIP, MEDITATIONS
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The Widow and the bad Judge 10/20/19
Today’s reading from the Holy Scriptures tells of the unjust Judge. As the Parable goes there was a judge who answered only to himself, couldn’t give a rip about spiritual things and worst still did not care one hoot about or for the poor widow. Mosaic Law prescribed that the husband’s immediate family and the…
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Sept.22,2019 Parable of the Shrewd Manager
This introduction to the worship service gives a broad outline of the sermon themes. Chilmark Community Church 9 Menemsha Crossroad, Chilmark, MA Sunday, September 22, 2019 The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Worship Service of Praise & Thanksgiving Rev. Ernest Belisle, Pastor Thought for the week: “We live in a cheating culture, one that encourages us…
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“There be giants in the land” by Vicky Hanjian
“There be giants in the land…” Numbers 13:1-3a;17-33 Matthew 28:5-10 Chilmark Community Church June 30, 2019 Perception is a really curious human phenomenon. There is the old cliché observation that if four people witness an automobile accident, there will be four different descriptions of what happened – each person believing that they saw accurately. Moses…
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“The Cost of Discipleship” Armen Hanjian 6/23/19
THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP 87, 128, 421 92362 Luke 14:25-33 …
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Figuring Out The Blueprint
Figuring Out The Blueprint Deuteronomy 4:9-14 Acts 2:1-21 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 Chilmark Community Church June 9, 2019 Rev. Vicky Hanjian I love the story of Pentecost. What drama! The early band of followers of the Way all gathered together in one place 50 days after the resurrection when all heaven breaks loose with roaring wind…
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On Blessing..June 16 by Armen Hanjian
INCOMPLETE UNTIL…. CHILMARK COMMUNITY CHURCH June 16, 2019 PSALM 104 AND LUKE 6:27-28 ARMEN HANJIAN I have just the prayer for you in case people have started eating before the prayer: “Bless the Lord , O my soul, and all that is within me bless God’s…
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“off the Beaten Path” , June 1,2019
Off The Beaten Path (or The Spiritual Practice of Getting Lost) Chilmark Community Church June 2, 2019 Genesis 12:1 Numbers 10:11-12 Luke 4: 1-14 Rev. Vicky Hanjian …
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May 26 Blessing of the Fleet/Memorial Day
Blessing of the Fleet May 26,2019 Memorial Day Weekend Menemsha Harbor Chilmark Community Church Rev. Vicky Hanjian This is perhaps the 3rd time I have been involved with a service of Blessing The Fleet. Each time I prepare for this ritual, I become aware of the gift of grace of living in an environment where…
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Prodigal Parent
synonyms for “Prodigal”..generous, lavish, liberal, unstinting,unsparing , bountiful… Also , as with the ” prodigal son” ..wastefully extravagant. Rev. Charlotte shared this poem written by her friend,..Maren Tirabassi Maren Tirabassi Prayer for a parent when a prodigal departs (Somehow, I thought I knew all the turns and twists of this parable, but God always has…