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March 15, Worship from Home
Chilmark Community Church Sunday, March 15, 2020 Third Sunday in the Lenten Season “In nearness shall Thy voice be heard; Spirit to spirit Thou doth speak.” (Alfred Henry Vine) Scripture Reading for the day is from St John 4: 5-42 We are happy you are reading, reflecting and worshiping from home. Our Scripture…
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March 22, 2020 Worship from Home
Chilmark Community Church Sunday, March 22, 2020 Fourth Sunday in the Lenten Season “Through the night of doubt and sorrow, on ward goes the pilgrim band; Singing songs of expectation, marching to the promised land.” (Bernhardt Ingemann, translated by Sabine Baring-Gould) Scripture Reading for the day: St John 9:1-41 Welcome to the Chilmark Community…
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Rear wall Sanctuary gets new shingles.
They were very tired old shingles that came off easily.Seth Gauley did the wall around the corner a few years ago and returned to tackle this high wall.Shingle by shingle the wall turned gold.Finished Wednesday practically in the dark.Thank you, Seth. The photographs don’t quite capture how high that peak is.
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February 2020 Bishop’s message
Feb. 1, 2020 Dear Beloved in Christ: Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. A few weeks ago, 16 youth and eight adults returned from India, having taken part in the Mission of Peace sponsored by the Northeastern Jurisdictional Youth Ministries. These annual pilgrimages were born out of the vision cast by the late Bishop…
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Rolling Ridge Taize
For Christians, Advent and Lent are typically seasons of spiritual preparation. For years, Rolling Ridge has offered an Advent Quiet Day to prepare hearts for Christmas with a core of regulars who find rest amid the holiday hustle and bustle. Last year, we offered our first Taizé Lenten Retreat, and were so blessed by the…
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November 26 Italian Night
Tom Ruimerman once more produced the grand finale to the Pizza Night season. (People always look awkward eating..my apologies)..but there were 4 tables of happy eaters.Many thanks to Julie Flanders for fetching pizza from Rocco’s in her nifty red insulated bag for the past many Tuesdays. Onward to 5:30 pm Tuesday “Community Suppers”. From soup…
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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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August 23, 2019 Union Chapel
Many familiar faces at the reading of the new script of 1854 (no longer an opera). Front and center was Pastor Ernest Belisle as Frederick Douglas. The Slave Song Choir with Chilmark members Corrie Stone and Lorna Andrade. Lorna also was instrumental in the entire production. Claire Ganz played a child. Phil Dietterick accompanied the…