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“What Shall We Tell The Children?” Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Luke 4:14-21 January 31, 2016 Chilmark Community Church Rev. Vicky Hanjian Bruce Feiler is a popular American writer.  He has recently published a best selling book entitled Secrets of Happy Families.  In the book he makes a rather interesting point.  He writes: “The single most…

Home By Another Way Matthew 2:1-12 Chilmark Community Church January 3, 2016 Rev. Vicky Hanjian All week long as I worked with today’s text, images of “Where’s Waldo” and images of the search for Luke Skywalker kept invading my imagination. If you are a grandparent or the parent of young children, you may have spent…

Dec. 31, 2015 My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As we celebrate the arrival of 2016, I recall with gratitude that I began 2015 with a group of teenagers from the Northeastern United States, fellow bishops, and other lay and clergy leaders in…

“So – Now What?” Isaiah 60:1-3 Luke 2:41-52 Chilmark Community Church December 27, 2015 Re. Vicky Hanjian Quite few years ago now, Armen and I spent a wondrous Christmas in Toronto when our grandchildren were 2 and 4 years old. Most of the activity around the holiday centered on their church’s celebration of Christmas. On…

“Getting Down To Earth“ Micah 5:2-5 Luke 1: 39-45 Chilmark Community Church December 20, 2015 Rev. Vicky Hanjian I love the story of Mary and Elizabeth. In my memory banks there is a painting of the two women, one slightly stooped, older, with somewhat wispy, scraggly graying hair, visibly pregnant, reaching out to embrace a…