Category Archives: Ministries/Task Force News
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NAMI Support Groups Serve Specific Interests
Posted on June 23, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Health and Wellness, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Small GroupsThe number of NAMI Support Groups offered in the Commonwealth that cater to specific interests is growing. Virtual meetings help make this possible. Check the list below to see if there is one that matches your situation. As always, NAMI’s “standard” groups welcome all and will continue to meet virtually throughout the summer. Click […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (June 20, 2021)
Posted on June 17, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipWe’ll offer a pre-recorded worship service this Sunday with Jesus’ calming of the storm in the Gospel of Mark as our guiding story. Rev. Will will preach with accompanying images of the Sea of Galilee to place us more fully into this dramatic story and Rev. Judy will share a Time for the Young based upon the same text. We […]
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Join Us for Worship This Sunday at 10 am (June 13,2021)
Posted on June 10, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipWorship this Sunday grows out of two parables – the Growing Seed and the Mustard Seed. Jesus admits that his preferred way of sharing the Kingdom of God is through parables; thus leaving us with room for interpretation and for misinterpretation. We will explore this, we will pray, we will sing, we will listen: we […]
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SUMMER READ: Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Posted on June 10, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Justice, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Outreach, Small GroupsIsabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. She examines different caste systems around the […]
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Racial Justice: Talk, Learn, Act — Juneteenth Programs
Posted on June 10, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Justice, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, OutreachJuneteenth is celebrated throughout the U.S. on June 19th to recognize the end of slavery. While many people may have recently become aware of Juneteenth (a contraction of June and nineteenth), it has long been an important day in Black culture. It commemorates the announcement in Texas that slavery had ended, two and a half […]
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Book Study: Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future by Mary Robinson
Posted on June 8, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Environment, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, OutreachWednesdays in July 10 am Postponed: Program will be rescheduled in the Fall. Reno Garden Former President of Ireland and UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, author Mary Robinson’s book, Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience and the Fight for a Sustainable Future, is described as, “Powerful and deeply humane…a stirring manifesto on one of the most pressing humanitarian […]
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Second Wednesday Bible Study
Posted on June 7, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force NewsWed. June 9, 7- 8:30 pm On the second Wednesday of each month a few of us gather for Bible Study. The group is led by Pastor Judy and varies in number and composition but it is always congenial and faithful. The approach to scripture is not as something we were “supposed” to know all […]
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Environmental Justice Newsletter: May 2021
Posted on May 27, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Environment, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, OutreachMay 2021
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Resurrection Study: 4 Gardens, 3 Trees, 2 Breaths, 1 Love
Posted on May 27, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Adult Ed, Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, Small GroupsRemember no session this coming Monday Night and Tuesday morning but we will resume Monday, June 7 and Tuesday, June 8 with our third session entitled 2 Breaths. Here is a recording of our last session on 3 Trees if you’d like to catch up with us and join.
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Join Us for Pentecost Sunday Worship (May 23, 2021)
Posted on May 21, 2021 by Sarah Marino in Latest News, Ministries/Task Force News, WorshipIt’s Pentecost!! The ‘birthday’ of the church. Each year we hear again the story of the arrival of the Holy Spirit and see Peter take on the mantle of leadership. Again this week various choir members will lead us by singing the hymns along with us. Rev. Will will share moments from two baptisms he performed last week. I […]
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