January 3, 2013

  January 3, 2013

This Sunday - In addition to this Sunday being the actual day of Epiphany, concluding the season of Christmas, we will be beginning a new sermon series - Sabbath: RE. This will take us to Lent just before our community retreat. In conjunction with the sabbatical period this summer, I will be preaching these weeks on the biblical, theological, traditional, and practical foundations of the Sabbath and sabbaticals. This week we will be looking at the creation story in Genesis 1:1-2:4.

 In addition, mark your calendars now to plan on staying after Sunday School for a special potluck on January 20th during which we will have a short presentation and question/answers about the sabbatical. 

Spanish Word of the Week - la creación, which means the "creation"

Fanny Crosby Senior Adult Gathering - The life of Fanny Crosby, who was blind from childhood, will be presented in the lower level of our sister church, the Wollaston Church of the Nazarene on Sunday, January 13th at 4:00 PM. The Rev. Ann Nelson (retired) will do this in the form of a monologue. Her husband, John is the co-presenter and narrator. We will sing about 10 of her songs. She wrote over 8,000 hymns, such as Blessed Assurance and To God Be the Glory. Anyone who enjoys singing hymns is invited. Sweet breads, tea, and coffee will be provided. An offering will be taken. You don’t want to miss this one!

Community Retreat - With the holidays coming to a close, it can only mean...our annual retreat is fast approaching! There are just 41 more days until we travel north to Windsor Hills outside Hillsboro, NH for rest, relaxation, and growth in fellowship together. Be sure to block out the dates on your calendar: February 15-18 (President's Day Weekend). Rates will be around the same as last year, but stay tuned for finer details.

  • The annual celebration of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr, sponsored by the Hingham Hull Religious Leaders' Association, will be headlined this year by well-known local story teller Jay O'Callahan. We will gather at the conference center at Glastonbury Abbey on Monday, Jan. 21 at 8:00 am for breakfast followed by Jay's stories of war and peace and hate and race. Children, grownups -- everyone -- will be charmed by Jay's stories.
  • Have anything to share here? Let Christina know.
Other Reminders:
Sunday, January 6th
Gathering to Worship (9:30 AM)
Sunday School (10:30 AM~)
Monday, January 7th
Board Meeting (6:30 PM)
Wednesday, January 9th
Community Dinner (6:00 PM)
Bible Study (7:00 PM) - Psalmist's Cry
Sabbatical Meeting (8:00 PM)

Upcoming Dates:
  • January Potluck with Sabbatical Q&A - Jan. 20th
  • Annual Retreat - Feb. 15th-18th
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