Church Blog
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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…
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D.S. Foster July greeting
Subject: Interesting quote from “God Moments: A Year in the Word” Greetings! – I’m reading “God Moments: A Year in the Word” by The writers of Encouraging.com and wanted to share this quote with you. “July 1 Who is the Boss of You? There is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.—1…
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“There be giants in the land” by Vicky Hanjian
“There be giants in the land…” Numbers 13:1-3a;17-33 Matthew 28:5-10 Chilmark Community Church June 30, 2019 Perception is a really curious human phenomenon. There is the old cliché observation that if four people witness an automobile accident, there will be four different descriptions of what happened – each person believing that they saw accurately. Moses…
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“The Cost of Discipleship” Armen Hanjian 6/23/19
THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP 87, 128, 421 92362 Luke 14:25-33 …