Church Blog
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Christianity’s Struggle for New Beginnings: The Rebirthing of God
Lent 2017. We’ll be reading this book by John Philip Newell and pick it up again after Easter. All Welcome to discussions whether you’ve read the text or not.
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Easter Sunrise meditation
“What do we do with an unfinished story?” Mark 16:1-8 Easter Dawn Squibnocket Beach April 16, 2017 Rev. Vicky Hanjian Mark’s gospel is the earliest one written. It ends abruptly – the two Marys visit the tomb where Jesus crucified body was hastily laid in order to conform to Jewish law that a body must…
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After the Egg Hunt
4/16/17 After a sunrise service, a breakfast, a 9 o’clock service and an egg hunt..A picture to remember Easter morning. A joyful day!
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“Knowing the Risen Christ” 4/16/17
KNOWING THE RISEN CHRIST JOHN 20:1-18 APRIL 16, 2017 CHILMARK COMMUNITY CHURCH REV. ARMEN HANJIAN “To know him is to love him.” That truth applies not only to some of our dearest friends. It applies to Jesus Christ. To know someone is quite an interesting process. You have heard statements such as these: “After 18…
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“I Am Not One of Them” 4/9/17
“I Am Not One of Them” Matthew 21:1-11 John 15:15-27 Chilmark Community Church April 9, 2017 Rev. Vicky Hanjian Preaching and worship on Palm Sunday is something of a spiritual juggling act. The task is to worship with integrity and to move from the joyful celebration of Palm Sunday to the persecution and passion of…
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“The Bread of Presence” 4/2/17
The Bread of Presence 1 Samuel 21:1-6 Mark 2:23-28 April 2, 2017 Chilmark Community Church Rev. Vicky Hanjian A number of years ago, my beloved niece, Molly, whom some of you have met, came down to the island for a visit. Molly is the youngest daughter of my sister who died back in 1999. We…
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“Ancestry.com” 3/19/17
Ancestry.com 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Matthew 1:1-17 March 19, 2016 Chilmark Community Church Rev. Vicky Hanjian In June of the summer before Armen and I “retired” to move to the Vineyard we spent three weeks living on several of the Lakota Sioux Reservations in South Dakota with a group exploring “Learning Nonviolence With the Lakota”. …
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Between Two Gardens 3/5/17
Between Two Gardens Genesis 2:15-17 and 5:1-7 Matthew 4:1-11 Chilmark Community Church March 5, 2017 Rev. Vicky Hanjian It would seem that whether one finds oneself in a lush and primal garden or in the middle of the wilderness, there is danger and temptation in the Bible. There be serpents and devils abroad! I love…
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HOW DOES GOD GUIDE? Feb. 26, 2017
HOW DOES GOD GUIDE? MATT. 7:21-28 REV. ARMEN HANJIAN FEB. 26, 2017 A man moved out West and joined a Lutheran Church; a drought came and ruined his crops. He concluded God didn’t want him in that Church. So he joined the Baptist Church; lightning struck his barn and it burned down. So he joined…