April 2018 Sloop's Log
on April 5th, 2018
Read about Canvass Update and the Dedication of our new sign here:... Read More
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A Wrinkle in Resurrection - Easter Sunday April 1, 2018
on April 1st, 2018
"This is the good news the angels offer to the women at the empty tomb and that they, beyond the bounds of the story, offered to the other disciples. Love – love which calls them back into their stories as actors, spreaders of the good news of the power of love, beings of love incarnate, as Jesus was and every other dancer of Life. And this good news comes to us also, inviting us into the dance,... Read More
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Why Are You Weeping? - Easter Sunrise April 1, 2018
on April 1st, 2018
“Why are you weeping?” the angels ask Mary. And she answers with the facts – because they have taken away my Lord and I do not know where they have put him. But it seems the answer isn’t good enough, because Jesus asks her the same question in his guise as the gardener. He’s standing right there, so he’s obviously heard her first answer. But he asks again, “Why are you weeping?” This time she... Read More
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Listen to What Breaks your Heart - Palm Sunday, March 25, 2018
on March 25th, 2018
Type your new text here. "Black Panther and the story of Palm Sunday are ultimately both about power and suffering – how we use our power to respond to a suffering world. Do we let our hearts break open or do we keep them closed? Do we place ourselves in the midst of the suffering or above it?" Read the whole sermon here:
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Paying Attention = Prayer
on March 18th, 2018
"Pay attention. When you listen deeply to someone, so deeply that you feel what they are feeling, so deeply that you are not thinking about what you will say next but only holding them in your love, you are praying. When you feel grateful for a kindness offered to you or for a luxury or privilege you enjoy, you are praying. When you regret something hurtful you said or did – or something helpfu... Read More
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Revelation Is Not Sealed - March 11, 2018
on March 11th, 2018
"Revelation is not sealed." That insight today lies at the core of our good news: each of us must cultivate that inner voice, that communion with sheer silence, that relationship with God – whatever word you use. The name doesn’t matter. What matters is that truth not be limited or shut off because we didn’t hear it, didn’t understand it, or didn’t communicate it. Truth speaks through us. R... Read More
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March 2018 Sloop's Log
on March 1st, 2018
Read about the Blue Boat Coffeehouse, Stewardship, the Community Book discussion, the Unity dinner, and the new knitting/fiber arts group: http://conta.cc/2t6S08j... Read More
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We Worship with our Lives - February 11, 2018
on February 11th, 2018
"I rejoice in giving to this church because this church is doing things I rejoice in!" For our annual Stewardship Sunday, Ann Svensen and Alma Morrison reflected on why and how they rejoice in First Parish. Read their sermon here:... Read More
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We Worship with our Lips - February 4, 2018
on February 4th, 2018
"Worship draws us out of ourselves to engage with the holiness at the heart of creation; it invites the marchers into meditation and draws the mystics into engagement; it engages the orderly in the messiness of relationship and the dancers into the patterns of the year. " Read the whole sermon here:... Read More
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February 2018 Sloop's Log Newsletter
on February 1st, 2018
Read about our new worship series "Listening to your Life," the Blue Boat Coffeehouse, the knitting retreat, and all our other services, programs, and events this month here:... Read More
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What Love Looks Like - January 14, 2018
on January 14th, 2018
"With Scituate being 96% white, the statistics I’m about to talk about may feel foreign to you. Though experiences like Joy’s may bring them closer to home. But until we understand these statistics are our statistics, until we understand the people behind the statistics as our people, nothing will change. This may not be your life but it must be our concern if we are to make real that world whe... Read More
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January 2018 Sloop's Log Newsletter
on January 10th, 2018
Read about January worship services, the Potluck Supper & Game Night, what's happening in religious education for adults, youth, and children, and much more here:... Read More
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