Category: Stories from Our Church

  • May 21, 2017

    Spring Work Day, Work done with spirit!It always starts with the terrace.  Gabby was on it! Genc was also dedicated to the terrace.  Vicky took a break from preparing lunch to weed . Claire and Emily weeded all the beds on the sunny side of the Ed. Building. Chris and Danny dragged weeds and clippings…

  • 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!

  • February 14../17 Tuesday Supper

    Everyone had plenty and looks what’s left…Shepherd’s pie, peppers and sausage, frittata,   American chop suey, chili bean soup with roasted kernels of corn, salad, bread.. Desert was Valentine fluff( cherries and whipped cream and pineapple) and undercooked brownies, ice cream and home made sugar cookies. Bananagrams after supper.  Good company.

  • December 9 and 10, WOW

    Friday evening.  Making centerpieces for the Holiday Flea Market. Kim inspires! Meanwhile Julie and Jen were busy in the Sanctuary decorating for Christmas. DECEMBER 10..Ready and Waiting for lunch customers. In the lunch room…. And then the orchestra started playing!!  What a job Annette, Katy and Kathy did organizing the day!  They set the course,…

  • Fall Work Day a success

    Gutters on Fellowship Hall cleaned:  Pam and Clark Goff and Julie Flanders Terrace shrubs pruned: Katy Upson Terrace raked:  Kathie Carroll and Pam Leaves Blown off driveway and handicapped ramp:  Tim Carroll N.E. boundary walls weed whacked: Clark MORE LEAVES TO HANDLE.  “One Day at a Time”.

  • Letter from the Bishop November 12,2016

    A message from Bishop Devadhar   Nov. 12, 2016 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Just last Monday, I wrote you a letter in which I quoted John Wesley’s words from Oct. 6, 1774: “I met those of our society who had votes in…

  • Open Ad. Council Meeting

    Such serious business at Chilmark Community Church.  Not really, but we were taking our job seriously.  Getting ready for Nov. 20 Church Conference.

  • Lia and Friends Sept.11,2016

    What a fabulous concert!  Pictured in front of the church, left to right, Armen Hanjian (musical saw), Lia Kahler (mezzo- soprano),  Phil Dietterich (organ) and Richard  Gordon  (piano).  Photo by Lynn Cristoffers The concert and silent auction before it raised almost $10,000 for the Food Pantry and the All Island Clergy winter homeless shelter program.

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