Category: SERMONS, WORSHIP, MEDITATIONS

  • Bishop Devadhar’s Christmas Message

      Dec. 23, 2020 Beloved in Christ: Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Charles Wesley’s hymn, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” is based on Luke’s account of the angel’s announcement of good news to shepherds— shepherds, who had no formal education or social standing, who were terrified by the appearance…

  • Pastor’s greeting for 4th Sunday in Advent

    Welcome to Chilmark Community Church. We are happy God has led you to be with us. Today is the fourth and last Sunday in Advent. It is the Sunday before Christmas Day – the Day of our Lor d’s Nativity. Our reading for the Psalm    and the Gospel both rejoice in the steadfast love of God for his people. In t he Gospel reading,…

  • 3rd Sunday in Advent

    Welcome to Chilmark Community Church of Martha’s Vineyard, MA. We are happy to have you worshipping with us in this season of Hope and Peace when we remember with Joy that Jesus Christ is the ETERNAL LIGHT who is coming into the world to restore God’s LOVE to the world. Today is the third Sunday…

  • Pastor’s message Dec.6,2020

    Chilmark community CHURCH 9 Menemsha Crossroad, Chilmark, Martha’s Vineyard, MA 02535 December 6, 2020 Welcome to Chilmark Community Church of Martha’s Vineyard, MA. We are a group of Christ’s disciples who strive to share our faith journey and our peace of soul with you. Again: Welcome! Today is the second Lord’s Day in Advent, or the third…

  • Thanksgiving greeting from Rev. Belisle

    Chi l mark Community Church 9 Menemsha Crossroad Chilmark ,  MA 0 2535 Dear Friends in Christ, I believe most of us know the song , entitled : “What a Wonderful World?” It says:   “I see trees of green, red roses too .   I see them bloom, for me and for you. And…

  • Examen..R.R. Meditation for 7/28/20

    Take Your Time Tuesday         Balance.  With all that presses upon us, many of us seek balance, a place where we are centered, that spiritual space where we can hold together the blessings and challenges of 2020 and find peace.  In this week’s Take Your Time Tuesday video, author and retired pastor, Steve Garnaas-Holmes, offers us the…

  • RR Tuesday..Aramaic Lord’s Prayer

    In this week’s Take Your Time Tuesday video, Douglas Koch leads a chant with singing bowls of the first word of the Lord’s Prayer, “Abwoon,” followed by Jean Chandler explaining the fullness of the meaning of “Abwoon.”

  • A Taize of Thanks from Rolling Ridge

    This is beautiful music.  Recommend.

  • June meditation from DS Foster

    Hello RISEM Clergy & Laity, The following devotions are taken from the book, The One Year Praying the Promises of God by Cherri Fuller and Jennifer Kennedy Dean. I pray these devotions will increase your hunger for God’s Word. JUNE 2020 Pure Promises The LORD’S promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified…