Tag: 2020
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Women of Valor
Our culture has created a model for womanhood in part based on our interpretations of women in the Bible – and those women are often painted in black and white, either paradigms of virtue or pure villains. We’ll reflect together on the stories of 8 women, revisiting familiar stories and discovering details we overlooked. In…
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Online Church: Responding to COVID-19
Grace to you and peace through Jesus Christ. Beloved church, the recommendations regarding the coronavirus have changed rapidly over the course of the past week. Many of our previous plans no longer apply. Now some advise not gathering in groups of 25 or more. As followers of Jesus, we are called to show mercy and…
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Easter 2020
Holy Week This year our Palm Sunday will be a bit different! We will begin our worship by processing not only around the sanctuary, but around the block. Please remember to wear weather appropriate clothing, including shoes. If you aren’t able to walk around the block, don’t worry: when we reach the church, we will…
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Lent Opportunities 2020
Lent is a time of reflection and penitence, an opportunity to recenter ourselves on what matters: our relationship with God, and what God has done for us in Jesus Christ. This year, we have a series of chances for everyone to carve out some time to reconnect with God this season. Fat Tuesday Pancake Dinner…
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Volunteer with the Malden Warming Center
God is doing a marvelous thing in Malden – starting a warming center! Like many places in Massachusetts, there are many residents of Malden and our neighboring cities and towns who are homeless. In the coldest nights of the year, some of these folks have nowhere to go to warm up and stay safe. We…
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A Note on Lenten Fasts
The season of Lent is upon us. A season of repentance, reflection, and grief for the upcoming death of Jesus, many Christians observe Lent by “giving something up,” from chocolate to Facebook. “Giving something up” comes from the tradition of fasting for Lent: restricting one’s eating as a way to grieve the death of Jesus…
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