Author Archives: Nancy

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  Tri-Conference Annual Meeting

  Posted on June 29, 2017 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire link

  Pastor Will Burhans and Bill McCarter attended the first ever Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island conferences of the UCC on June 16 & 17 in Hartford, Connecticut. Approximately 1,000 people attended the joint meeting. Each of the three states, in separate plenary sessions, voted decisively to form a new combined conference […]

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  Spring Leadership Team Update

  Posted on June 29, 2017 by Nancy in Community, Latest News

  This spring, the Leadership Team welcomed three new members – Deirdre Giblin, Patricia Kuchma and Peter Woolford – and said thank you and farewell to Bruce Alexander, Kim Farina and Elizabeth Page. We have been so grateful for the contributions of those now stepping off and look forward to building on their work in new ways. […]

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  Seasons of the Spirit: Reckless Generosity

  Posted on May 30, 2017 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire link

  As we move into the season of Pentecost, we remember the story of those gathered long ago in Jerusalem, all of whom were given the “gift of the Spirit.” All had access to the reality of being created and loved by the Eternal One. Each carried the breath of the Holy Spirit within them. In […]

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  Cantata Sunday: The Wound in the Water

  Posted on April 28, 2017 by Nancy in Latest News, Spire link, Worship

  May 21, 2017, 10:00 AM Worship Spirit, the cry has erupted and now falls away into the silence of the seeking deaths In the warm, bright waters. Lord, have mercy. Lord, say we knew you. Lord, that you knew us. —Euan Tait Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, […]

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  Building Up with the Leadership Team

  Posted on April 26, 2017 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire link

  As the Leadership Team gathered this month to address many decisions coming before us a congregation, we began by turning to Ephesians 4 for some inspiration: So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors, the teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may […]

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  Seasons of the Spirit: Practicing Resurrection

  Posted on April 26, 2017 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire link, Worship

  We are in the season of Eastertide—the fifty days between Easter Sunday and Pentecost. In the wisdom of the liturgical calendar, Easter does not just last for one day. Instead, it is an entire season. The resurrected life takes time to grasp, to begin to understand, to bring more fully into our conscious being, and […]

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  Seasons of the Spirit: From Life to Death to Life Again

  Posted on March 26, 2017 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire link, Worship

  April continues our journey through the Lenten season, a time inviting us to deeper self-examination and spiritual introspection leading us into the events of Holy Week and Eastertide, with its shadows and light, its losses and triumphs, its grief and joy. As Lent helps us deepen our faith, we live further into the great revelation […]

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  Springing Ahead with the Leadership Team

  Posted on March 26, 2017 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire link

  Spring is always an exciting time in the life of the church, as we reflect on the year so far, and begin making plans for the coming year. There is lots of change in the air as we build on our traditions while discovering new ways to work and worship. We received an update from […]

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  Signs of the Times!

  Posted on March 26, 2017 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire link

  “Ask, and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you.” —Matthew 7:7 Sometimes guests, visitors, and newcomers to our church have to do a lot of asking, seeking and knocking in order to find their way through our lovely but labyrinthine church building. […]

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