Dear friends, On a Sunday afternoon in November, about thirty people gathered in Edwards Hall and on Zoom for the first program in Open Spirit’s Multi-Faith Collaborative series, Liberating Hope: Spiritual Perspectives on Climate Change. The program, called Planting Seeds of Hope: A Gathering for Inspiration, featured beautiful slide shows created by Fran, a reading […]
Love Overflowing
John 2:1-11 Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark November 14, 2021 There was a lot going on. A lot of pain. A lot of greed and injustice. A lot of rage and despair. Rome, an overwhelmingly powerful occupying force, was brutal in the way it put down any challenge to its authority. Some people figured out […]
Roots of Love; A Canopy of Prayer
Hebrews 12:1-2 Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark November 7, 2021 On the afternoon before the Boston Marathon, I stopped by the Stewart-Morales home to drop off some carb-loading chocolate chip cookies for Jeff, who was preparing to run to support the Framingham Boys and Girls Club. Cesar, David and Daniel invited me in to see […]
Chat, Pray, Love November
Sunday Morning WorshipSundays at 10:00am, In person and/or via ZoomJoin us for worship every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Please see the “November Worship” section above for week-to-week details. We will email a song sheet each Sunday morning for anyone who would like to follow along from home. Sunday School with Karen NellIn November, as we get used […]
Caring for One Another
Special Offering for NovemberNeighbors in NeedEach year, in the fall, we participate in a United Church of Christ special offering called Neighbors in Need, which supports UCC programs for justice, healing and hope in the United States. For 2021, the offering is focused on supporting organizations and projects that are serving homeless and immigrant neighbors […]
Worship November
In November we will return to worship in our sanctuary, beginning with a procession at the end of outdoor worship on November 7. A Zoom option will be available. Sunday, November 7 at 10:00am, Holy Communion and All Saints Day CelebrationOutdoors and via Zoom, processing into the sanctuary“In Celebration of Love: Part I—A Foundation of […]
Stewardship 2021
“In Celebration of Love”As the stewardship team (Mike Ellis, Joanie White, Scott and Susan Cleveland) gathered to imagine a theme for our stewardship emphasis, we kept coming back to celebration and love. We celebrate returning to the sanctuary, for it is a place that has been built and maintained with love, a place that holds […]
Sanctuary!
Dear friends, After almost twenty months of worshipping virtually and outdoors, we are preparing to move into the sanctuary in November. What a journey it has been! It is cause for celebration—celebration of the beauty and peace of our sanctuary; celebration of the beauty and peace we have experienced through slide shows and origami cranes, […]
It’s Not About the Tent!
Exodus 35:4-29, 36:2-5 Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark October 31, 2021 I think this might be the first time, in thirty-two years of ministry, that I have preached on this story of the construction of the tabernacle. Last week’s text—the construction of the Golden Calf—I have preached numerous times. Maybe it’s because the Golden Calf […]
Holy Complaining
Exodus 16:1-3, 9-14 Rev. Dr Deborah L Clark October 17, 2021 Those Israelites love to complain. They complain when Moses’ effort to free them from slavery instead leads Pharaoh to make their work harder. They complain when they find themselves trapped between a stormy sea and an advancing army. They complain when they can’t find […]