Church Blog
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August 16 The perils of Out-door Worship
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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…
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Sacred Ground: film and dialog on race
The churches on MV are viewing this movie, SACRED GROUND, for island discussions.Below you will find a description of the program. To register, visit: http://tiny.cc/sacredground-mv2020. Sacred Ground is a film (and readings) based dialogue series on race, grounded in faith. Small groups are invited to walk through chapters of America’s history of race and racism, while weaving…
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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.”
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Haiti School Community Update 6/2020
In Haiti, Mother’s Day is the last Sunday of May, so this year, it was last weekend on May 31st. Usually there is a big production at the Filles de Marie Reine Immaculèe school that the Chilmark Community Church sponsors in Lilavois, Haiti. All the parents come to watch the kids put on performances that they…
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May 27,2020 MV Times letter to editor..Arlene Bodge
The very day I am starting to write this little note, my wife and I were scheduled to fly to the States, ride the bus to Woods Hole, and hopefully catch the last ferry for our yearly six-week visit to the Vineyard. Somehow, this fact has brought us to reminisce about the many experiences…
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A Taize of Thanks from Rolling Ridge
This is beautiful music. Recommend.
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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…
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D.S.Foster’s Mothers Day Prayer
A Mother’s Day Prayer… “Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” Psalm 127:3 (NLT) “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; Before you were born, I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5 (N KJV) Gracious God, As this new day unfolds, I want to pause…