By: Sinaia Smith Faith is more than just a religion; it is a relationship.A relationship with the Father, the One True God.Faith in the fire, in the drought, in the persecution, in the trial. When all seems to be under fire;Ashes and smoke billowing up all aroundFaith sustains, upholds, and strengthens. Prayer is our only...
Here are the guidelines we will use until further notice to comply with the Massachusetts Safety Standards for Places of Worship. Please do not attend church if you are sick! Social distancing (6ft minimum) to be abided by at all times Masks will be required and must put them on prior to leaving your vehicle...
I stopped in Walmart yesterday to pick up a few groceries. By the time I got to the self-check line it was plain to see that the woman in front of me had had words with the young man who was already at the kiosk over his not wearing a face mask. “I don’t need...
Back when I was teaching in Martinique, I would occasionally show my students clips from the National Geographic Channel’s Doomsday Preppers, the show that documented a variety of paranoid planners convinced that the world was going to end and that they were going to be ready for it. The show certainly helped spark a few...
COVID-19: LIVING BY PROBABILITIES OR BY PROVIDENCE? by Mike Emlet The COVID-19 pandemic is making statisticians of us all. Perhaps you, like me, have investigated where you fall in the mortality-by-age charts. (If you haven’t, don’t.) I’m 58 and, at least on the graphics presented last week, if I contract the virus my probability of...
We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until. And not only creation, be we ourselves,… (Romans 8:22-23) I sent an email to a friend who is fellow pastor in New York City yesterday, asking how he and his family were doing and how I could pray for...
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the Lord!!” (Psalm 122) This post is another installment in my endeavor to keep us as a congregation connected during this season of “social distancing”. Needless to say, we are unable to go into the house of the Lord for...
When I am afraid I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? (Psalm 56:3-4) We see the news coming out of Italy and Spain. Germany and France are right behind. We don’t know how this thing...
The Sunday March 15th service was a prayer service with no sermon. We’ll keep you posted on the next sermon on our website.
Editor’s note: This article, though written as a Thanksgiving reflection, is applicable to us as God’s people at any time of year. It spoke to me as I thought about what kind of person I want to be this new year. Tomorrow we celebrate Thanksgiving in America, a day where we communicate our gratitude in...