
Thursday, April 14 9 pm – Friday, April 15 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 April 14. The Vigil […]

Join us this Sunday out on the Town Common at 9:15am for a Palm Parade and Celebration and then in the sanctuary at 10am for our traditional Palm Sunday worship service. We’ll move from Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem to a pivotal moment in the passion story, often passed over, when another man named “Jesus” […]

At 9:15 we will gather on the Town Common to experience our own version of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. We will hear the scripture story of this day that marks the beginning of Holy Week. Following a palm strewn path, we will sing and wave our own palm branches. This joy and hope are […]

This Sunday is the fifth Sunday in Lent. While we have one more Sunday before Holy Week, this is the last that tells of one more way Jesus is making his way to Jerusalem. The scripture is a less familiar version of a well known moment – Jesus’ meal with his friends where he is anointed with […]

On Sunday, May 1, 4:00 p.m., I will be conducting my final concert with Cantemus Chamber Chorus. We are excited to welcome Grammy Award-winner Paul Winter and the Paul Winter Consort in a performance of Winter’s jubilant “Missa Gaia/Earth Mass.” American gospel singer Theresa Thomason is the featured artist. I think the concert is going […]

Saturday, April 16 at 10 AM, Church Lawn Rain or Shine Children (babies – 5th grade) are invited to come meet the Easter Bunny and hunt for eggs. This event is held entirely outside. Please bring your own basket and gather in the Vine Street parking lot by the Reno Garden. The hunt begins when […]

We hope you will join us for the 4th Sunday of Lent either in-person or online. Our guiding scripture will be the parables of Jesus in Luke 15. The choir will be doing a beautiful piece called “When Mary Thro’ the Garden Went”. Maggie will offer another Time for the Young, we will light prayer candles for the petitions and intercessions […]

Saturday, April 2, 8:15 am – 4:00 pm Please join our crew for another Habitat for Humanity work day as we update and modify a home so the owner, a disabled veteran, can live there safely. Instead of carpooling, we will meet at the work site (48 Southside Avenue in Lynn: https://goo.gl/maps/NGWiuf65SPugxbScA) at 8:15 am. What to bring/wear: Lunch, snacks, […]

9 am-11 am in Chidley Hall Signup to Help Build Bed As part of their Bed For Every Child initiative, the Mass. Coalition for the Homeless has created Build A Bed Workshops. They bring the materials, the tools and the know how. We supply the energy, enthusiasm and elbow grease. With this combination, […]

We are at the mid-way point of this season as we approach the third Sunday of Lent. We hope you’ll join us online or in the sanctuary at 10 am for a time of praise, prayer, song, and reflection within this penitential season. The Time for the Young will be returning to our Sunday morning […]