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“HELPING, FIXING, SERVING” August 23, 2015
“Helping, Fixing, Serving” John 12:1-8 Chilmark Community Church August 23, 2015 Rev. Vicky Hanjian Many years ago my Sunday School teaching partner and I were preparing for our 4th grade class. That year we were blessed with 8 boys between the ages of 8 and 10. The lesson that morning had to do with the…
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Let the Healing Begin, August 16, 2015
“Let The Healing Begin” Chilmark UMC August 16, 2015 Numbers 21:4-9 John 3:14-22 Dr. David Carlough was a very diminutive figure with snowy white hair and he could walk into a room and make you feel better just by being there. When I was a little kid he came to the house when I was…
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In Everything God Works for Good: August 9, 2015
Romans 8:28-39 In Everything God Works for Good August 9, 2015 Chilmark Community Church United Methodist Rev. Armen Hanjian A women dies. Her grief-stricken husband sits at the funeral home as friends and relatives pass by to offer words of sympathy. A few religious folk often share: ”All things work together for the good to…
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2015 Mission Trip to Ghana
October/November 2015 Mission Trip to Ghana The Following Are Approximate Costs for the Following Itineraries Depart Boston, Miami, Tampa or Toronto – Tuesday October 27, 2015. Transfer in Heathrow, London, or Amsterdam for 7 hour flight to Accra, Ghana, West Africa. Arrive at Accra, the next evening and immediately depart for Ho. This trip will…
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Living With Abundance 8/2/15
Living With Abundance Ecclesiastes 8: 8-16 Luke 12:13-21 Vicky Hanjian August 2, 2015 Well, this is a doozy of a parable – one that causes us to question “What did he mean by that?” This is Jesus – speaking to his disciples apart from the crowd of thousands who are literally trampling on one another…
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1854 A Folk Opera
1854 is about and inspired by, the Vineyard mid-19th century abolitionist movement . Friday, August 23, 2019 at 5 pm at Union Chapel. See the links below to learn more. Listen to sample here. Beautiful! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jack-schimmelman/creating-1854_b_5566216.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jack-schimmelman/back-to-the-future-1854_b_6868298.html http://www.mvtimes.com/?s=1854+slavery http://www.mvtimes.com/2015/05/22/new-yorks-new-whitney-museum-features-work-by-thomas-hart-benton/
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WHEN YOU PRAY…July 26, 2015
“When you pray….” Luke 11: 1-13 Chilmark Community Church July 26, 2015 Vicky Hanjian Jesus’ disciples said: “Lord, teach us to pray” – – and Jesus gave them a prayer that has sustained and nurtured human beings for 2000 years. It is so much a part of the fiber of our being that we take…
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A Prayer for our church in summer
Spirit of the Living God, be with our kaleidoscopic little church,. We are many faceted and multi-shaped, with fragments that focus and focus again, always in different patterns as we turn to the light of Your Presence. Help us to love those patterns and the turning, and to trust in the beauty of the wholeness…
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Breaking the Cycle July 12,1015 by Vicky Hanjian
Context for 2 Chronicles 28: 8-15 The history of the people called Israel is pretty splintered and tortuous. For generations they were a loose conglomeration of twelve different tribes descending from Jacob the patriarch of Jacob’s Ladder fame. The great King David managed to pull the 12 tribes of Israel together during his reign and…