Church Blog
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Painting the Parsonage
December 23, 2015: Doug Shine has finished stripping and patching the upstairs. Is starting on downstairs. Prime and paint to come. The Parsonage will be fresh and clean for what comes in June.
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GETTING DOWN TO EARTH 12/20/15
“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…
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It’s Hard to Stay in Exile 12/13/15
“It’s Hard To Stay In Exile” Zephaniah 3: 14-20 Isaiah 12:2-6 Chilmark Community Church Rev. Vicky Hanjian December 13, 2015 Across the past week, as I have immersed myself in the rhythms of Advent, I have been impressed by how closely this time of year in the Christian tradition resembles the dynamic time that leads…
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Advent 2015
Greens party December 9.. DECEMBER 12 LOBSTER ROLL AND CHRISTMAS SALE THE CREW Judy Mayhew, Emily Broderick, Marilyn Hollinshead, Kathy Teel, Kim Cottrill, Kathie Carroll, (Pam Goff photographer)
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What are we waiting for? 12-6-15
What Are We Waiting For? Luke 21:25-36 Chilmark Community Church December 6, 2015 Rev. Vicky Hanjian What are we to do with the dire warnings of the end times that appear in the 21st chapter of Luke? Why do we read these warnings and admonitions right before Christmas? I have never like these apocalyptic scenarios…
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November 2015 Report
Chilmark Church – November 22, 2015 Endi- in the language of the Ewe people of Ghana West Africa – Endi – good morning. It is good to be with you this morning, Just this past Wednesday, we returned from Ghana after almost three weeks there. It was a busy and God blessed time for us.…
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Prepare the Way of the Lord by Armen Hanjian
Prepare The Way of The Lord Perhaps some of you watched the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in the early fifties on TV. You may have missed this aspect of it – just before the service in Westminster Abbey, right after the congregation was seated, there suddenly appeared a whole squad of workers with brushes and…
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And Why Do you Worry?
“And why do you worry…….? Matthew 6:24-34 Chilmark Community Church United Methodist Rev. Vicky Hanjian November 22, 2015 Way back in 1988, a simple song flooded the airways for a period of time – Bobby McFarrin’s – – “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”. Some days, just listening to it would lift my spirits. But on other…
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Helen Stratford writes:
Keeping Time Sunday I was seated on a park bench, beneath the branches of an elm tree, playing the squeeze box. I had been sitting there for quite a while. It was that intermediary point between late afternoon and dusk. The amber street lamps ignited almost imperceptibly. Their soft glow accentuated the golden hues of…