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  • May 8 Order of Worship

    Chilmark Community Church May 8, 2011 Prelude: #9 in E Major by J.S. Bach Gathering and Announcements Peace Introit : #328 “Surely the Presence”  seated Call to Worship Today we celebrate our mothers, grandmothers, aunties, and all the women who have loved us. Thank you God for giving us mothers. We remember with deep gratitude…

  • “Batter My Heart” by Dan Cabot

    See Poem and talk below: Sonnet #14 by John Donne (1572-1631) Batter my heart, three-person’d God, for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new. I, like an unsurp’d town to another…

  • “BATTER MY HEART”

    On Sunday May 8, Dan Cabot is speaking on John Donne’s sonnet, exploring how a deeply religious person feels.  See poem below: Sonnet #14 by John Donne (1572-1631) Batter my heart, three-person’d God, for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend…

  • April 19 Pizza Night

  • Palm Sunday

    “To Whom the Voice of Children Made Sweet Hosannas Ring”..

  • Dear Abbey on April 9

    Impromptu concert by B.U. men.  Larsen Clan at Fellowship Hall.

  • Prayers From the Ark

    Below is one of the 7 prayers by Carmen Bernos De Gaszold that were part of a beautiful performance at the Chilmark Community Church on Feb. 27.  After each prayer, the musicians,  Phil Dietterich, Martha Child, Barbara Lopes and Dorian Lopes, played and sang a musical response. The voices and harmonies were wonderful.  The animals,…

  • February 27 ORDER OF WORSHIP

    Chilmark Community Church February 27, 2011 Prelude:  Invention #9 J.S.Bach Gathering and Announcements Peace Introit :  p.328  “Surely the Presence of the Lord” Call to Worship   Psalm 8 p. 743vs.3-9  (Response 1) *Hymn :  p.147  “All Things Bright and Beautiful” Prayer (unison) Love Divine, whose mercies are fresh with the morning and whose grace amazes…

  • Prayers from February 20, 2011

    Epiphany Seven O God of eternal light, we come into your presence because you have illumined the paths of our searching.  Accept us and meet us now, as faithful yet still seeking sojourners who must, this day, find sustenance for our journey.  Lead us into a fuller recognition of your Spirit which forever goes before…