WORSHIP SCHEDULE
All worship services begin at 10:00 AM.
Dec. 4 TED and Response with Steve Wills
Dec. 11 “The Magic of Love – Christmas 2016” Rev. Marilyn Richards
followed by Mission Statement Meeting
Acknowledging the anxiety and fear that the future holds for many, it is good to remember that our religion holds an old fashioned, well trodden path threw the troubles, Love.
Dec. 18 Christmas Service of Lessons and Carols
Edith Watson, Organist.
Rev. Marilyn Richards
followed by Christmas Party!
Winter break runs from December 25th through March 19th.
Although the church building is closed, the minister is available. Please do not hesitate to call 978-249-5951.
Winter Break Potluck will be held on Feb. 5th. See below
EVENTS
Mission Statement Meeting — after church on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016
Chris Coyle and Rev. Marilyn will present their hard work, consisting of short Mission Statements for consideration and critique.
Christmas Party, Dec. 18th after our Christmas Worship Service at 10:00 AM
* Holiday Card Exchange — list of attendees names next to Orders of Service or
ask me to email you a copy.
* Minister’s Christmas Tea
* Decorated Sweater competition
for people who decorate a sweater on a holiday theme. Attach light bulbs, reindeer, Menorahs, Yule log, Christmas balls,
Reminder: real Mistletoe is poisonous.
Board of Management Meeting is Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Edith’s house.
We come back together for regular worship services:
Ingathering Worship Service
Sunday, March 19, 2017
IN CLOSING
The full text:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Unitarian, 1807-1882)
Christmas Bells
I HEARD the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head;
“There is no peace on earth,” I said;
“For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men.”
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