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Here are some snapshots from this Sunday at church. The Sunday school teachers met with coordinator Kim Canning. Others helped pack books for children in the Philippines. Rowena Jimenez coordinated this project. Produce from the Peace garden was set out for … Continue reading →

The Lord God has given me      the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain      the weary with a word.   Isaiah 50:4 The first reading from Isaiah tells of a certain calling to listen, learn and … Continue reading →

 Peter Claver was born in Spain at the beginning of the African slave trade to the Spanish colonies. When he became an adult, traders were bringing large numbers of people across the Atlantic from Western Africa to work in those territories. Claver, a … Continue reading →

This Sunday, September 13, Rowena Jimenez will speak to us during the worship hour about the work she does in the Philippines to encourage children to read. A book packing activity follows the coffee hour. Many of you have registered … Continue reading →

It has been a good year for the Peace Gardens. Sunday morning vegetables are set out for members of the congregation to take home. Last week tomatoes, onions and potatoes were delivered to A Place to Turn in Natick.

…give heed to the statutes and ordinances that I am teaching you to observe…  Deuteronomy 4:1 Rules, commandments, ordinances, laws, the keeping of these and the violation of the same is a theme that runs through the readings for Sunday. Who … Continue reading →

  Moses the Black was one of the Christian spiritualists who lived in the desert of Egypt in the 3rd and 4th centuries. The Lutheran Church commemorates him today. As a young man he was a bandit, feared for his imposing … Continue reading →

  Wisdom has built her house.  Proverbs 9:1 The first reading Sunday is from Proverbs. In it Wisdom is personified as a woman who invites a young person into her house and into her world. The competing invitation that follows is … Continue reading →

This day has been kept as the feast of the Blessed Mother Mary since ancient times. Here is Mary’s song from the Gospel of Luke. My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has regarded … Continue reading →