Category: News
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Letter from RISEM re. Charge Conference
Church Conference 2013 Greetings Pastors and Laity, Conditions change but fundamentals continue! “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” (Hebrews 13:6,8) Time flies. The church conference season is coming soon and it will create for us…
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Chilmark’s early Abel’s Hill church by Sam Carroll
Sam Carroll I have a copy of an old map showing a church at Abel’s Hill, beside the cemetery. It wasn’t Methodist, but it predates the middle road locations. Experience Mayhew preached there in the early 1700s, his father, John Mayhew (number 32 in Banks history) was the first circuit minister who lived in Quansoo…
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Report by Marilyn Hollinshead re. Annual Conference
REPORT OF THE NE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH JUNE 6-9, 2012 Prayer: O God, Open our minds to hear this news and our hearts to find ourselves in it. Through Jesus Christ we pray. Amen Every year the Methodist Church of New England, comprising all the congregations in six states, convenes…
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Carol and David Christensen return to Ghana
Dear all: Carol and I are returning to Ghana March 19-April 3 and hope that you will place us on your prayer list- We ask for travel mercies and our mission will be a blessing – thank you- Peace and Blessings David
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Community Corrections
Saturday, February 11: If you got near to the Fellowship Hall you’d hear rock music playing and smell sausage or bacon and paint fumes in the air. Brian Kennedy and his crew of eight painters were in action. After a community breakfast, the Community Correction crew will be finishing the main room today and have…
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EMAIL ACCOUNT HACKED
BEWARE of strange communications from strangers. Our email account was hacked. Not only did they send everyone an Email asking for money for Ann, stranded in England, but they stole all the addresses and contact information. We are so sorry!
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Ghana Ministry Update
You’ll remember that as a result of our church posting Rev. Christiansen’s sermon on his Ghana Ministry on our web site, he received an inquiry from a person in California who wanted to provide “Talking Bibles” to the church there and to the leper colony. Talking Bibles most often serve the blind. The last week…
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Lia Kahler to sing August 18th
Sunday, August 18th, Lia, a member of our congregation and professional opera singer and voice teacher, will sing Virgil Thompson’s ” My Shepherd Will Supply My Needs”. Also on the 18th, she’ll sing Arlene’s favorite, “His Eyes Are on the Sparrow”.
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Boston Sting Quartet, Aug. 28th at Chilmark Community Church
7 pm, August 28th at Chilmark Community Church. Come see and hear the Boston String Quartet. Tickets $15. Boston String Quartet Since its formation 2004, the Boston String Quartet has been a creative leader in contemporary classical music in New England. Having made their professional debut at Weil Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, the…