Category: SERMONS, WORSHIP, MEDITATIONS

“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…

“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…

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…

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…

“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…

“Harmonizing With Hannah” Chilmark Community Church United Methodist Church November 15, 2015 1 Samuel 1:4-20; 2:1-10 Rev. Vicky Hanjian Rev. Dawn Chesser, Director of Preaching Ministries for the United Methodist Church reminds us that there are many things to admire about Hannah.  What she finds most compelling is Hannah’s audacity before God. “Hannah is frustrated…

A Grandmother’s Story Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 Chilmark Community Church United Methodist November 8, 2015 Rev. Vicky Hanjian I have come to love the story of Ruth as a story about one of my grandmothers. Indeed, I have met her in the lives of my actual grandmothers. So I wonder if we can imagine that kind…

“You Are Cordially Invited” Luke 14:12-24 Rev. Armen Hanjian Chilmark Community Church November 1, 2015 This will be a good sermon because I am dealing with an area in which I am quite an expert – that of making excuses. It would have been a great sermon – – but I was pretty busy this…

“Attending to The Margins” Mark 9:30 – 37 Chilmark Community Church October 18, 2015 Rev. Vicky Hanjian When I was a kid, I used to hate getting book reports and tests back from my teacher. There were always those annoying and sometimes downright upsetting little comments in the margins – – written in red ink…