{"id":8844,"date":"2026-03-02T15:17:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/?p=8844"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:47:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:47:52","slug":"march-1-offering-of-music-and-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/2026\/03\/march-1-offering-of-music-and-light\/","title":{"rendered":"March 1st, 2026 Offering of Music and Light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The night was special, the last &#8216;Offering&#8221; of the year and a special tribute to Warren Doty, who has participated with his musical group, the Loon Lane Players since the inception of the Offerings. Warren organized the offerings this year as well. With failing health, Warren watched the evening on Zoom and his daughter, Laura, stood in for him and his banjo with her flute and lovely voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/E0A19586-AEA3-441B-8E3E-A6CB2C48CFEB_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/E0A19586-AEA3-441B-8E3E-A6CB2C48CFEB_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/E0A19586-AEA3-441B-8E3E-A6CB2C48CFEB_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Before they closed the evening with the traditional &#8220;This Little Light of Mine&#8221; there were four other performances: &#8220;The Stragglers&#8221; with Merilee Fenner, Dan Whiting and Mark Mazer. (Mark and his great guitar are behind the hat..)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/453D46CD-62A6-4A8F-88B4-6EC6EFFD9FEC_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/453D46CD-62A6-4A8F-88B4-6EC6EFFD9FEC_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/453D46CD-62A6-4A8F-88B4-6EC6EFFD9FEC_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Adele Dyer played her nifty electric piano sounding like a concert grand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/B0A3EFCA-9BCB-4528-8F33-951E30B9DC00_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/B0A3EFCA-9BCB-4528-8F33-951E30B9DC00_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/B0A3EFCA-9BCB-4528-8F33-951E30B9DC00_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sean McMahon sang 3 original songs from his early career in NY with his usual fabulous guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald Nitchie read 3 of his poems, After Labor Day,  Early Winter and The Garden Girl<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After singing &#8220;Passing Through&#8221; with audience participation, the Loon Lane Players led the gathering in &#8220;This Little Light of Mine&#8221; the traditional closing of Offerings of Music and Light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"March 1st, 2026 Offerings of Music and Light\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1169680563?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a reception after the gathering ..Soups by Claire,  sandwiches, fruit cookies, chocolate covered strawberries&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2169-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2169-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2169-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2169-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2169-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_2169-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Clean up crew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The night was special, the last &#8216;Offering&#8221; of the year and a special tribute to Warren Doty, who has participated with his musical group, the Loon Lane Players since the inception of the Offerings. 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