Category Archives: Ministries/Task Force News
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Calling All Singers and Ringers!
Posted on September 10, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Small Groups, WorshipIt is hard to believe that summer days are drawing to a close. I am excited to begin my twenty-second year at the church, and I look forward to another year of collaboration with the choir, organist, Jeffrey Mead, soloists, Susan K. Navien and Peter Owens, Carilloneers, the Ripley Presents roster, the youth, the ministerial team, […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am in Ripley Chapel (July 28, 2024)
Posted on July 25, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipThis Sunday, we’ll contemplate Ephesians 3:14-21 and Psalm 145:10-18 through the perspective of both Buddhist and Christian paths to equanimity. Sarah Gallop, this week’s guest preacher, will emphasize themes of self-knowledge, love, and letting go. We hope you can join us in the beautiful Ripley Chapel in person or online.
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Worship This Sunday in Ripley Chapel at 10 am (July 21, 2024)
Posted on July 18, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipJoin us this Sunday in person or online as we consider passages from Jeremiah 23:1-6, Matthew, and Mark. Julianne Zimmerman, our guest preacher this week, will share her message on the theme of “be fruitful and multiply.” We’ll pray together, sing together, and reflect together.
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Can You Serve at the Dwelling Place This Saturday (July 20, 2024)
Posted on July 16, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Community, Giving, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, YouthSaturday, July 20 4:30-6 pm The Dwelling Place is a dinner meal served three times a week at a sister church in Woburn. Forty guests take a meal and eat together. We prepare one of those meals each month on the third Saturday. Dessert can be cookies or banana bread, we would need 2 or 3 of […]
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2024 Backpack Heroes
Posted on July 16, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, YouthSchool Supply Donations & Volunteers Needed Benefitting Children and Teens through the Youth Villages Backpack Heroes program To donate school supplies, please purchase from the Amazon Wishlist. All items must be DELIVERED by Monday, August 5th. To volunteer for packing backpacks, plan to stay after Church on Sunday, August 11th Please reach out to Virginia Seay with any questions.
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Ripley Presents: Hank Wonder
Posted on April 25, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Community, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, RipleyWhere the twang of Classic Country meets the grit of Southern Soul! Saturday, April 27, 7:30 p.m., From the stunning Ripley Chapel, Ripley Presents Hank Wonder. Live in person and live streamed. Ripley Presents is pleased to welcome back Hank Wonder—a dynamic trio of musicians who return to Ripley Chapel with their special blend of […]
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Join Us for Communion Worship This Sunday at 10 am in the Sanctuary or online
Posted on April 5, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipThe first week of Easter finds us with snow on the ground, but we know what lies beneath – new life breaking through cold ground and days “full of things that have never been.” We continue our walking theme even now in this Eastertide – especially now in this Eastertide! – as we celebrate the […]
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ISA Takes on Support of a New Family!
Posted on April 4, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Racial JusticeImmigrant Support Alliance has a new family to support: an Afghan family of a dad, mom, and a boy and a girl, ages 5 and 6. We have found them an apartment in Medford, near a school and public transportation. Now we want to help them settle in at their new home. Here’s a preliminary […]
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Maundy Thursday Service of Tenebrae
Posted on March 26, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipMarch 28, 7:30 PM, Sanctuary and online Gather with us in person or through live stream as we share in the Last Supper that Jesus had with his disciples before his death and then listen to the story of the Passion according to the Gospel of John as candles are extinguished and we gradually descend […]
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Good Friday Vigil
Posted on March 21, 2024 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipThursday, March 28 9 pm – Friday, March 29 12 pm Each year we open the Sanctuary for an overnight Vigil. It has become a sacred moment in preparation for Good Friday and Easter. The Sanctuary will be darkened but still navigable. We begin at 9:00 p.m. following the Maundy Thursday service on March 28. The Vigil […]
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