Christmas Eve 2014 Call to Worship – from Mary Wellemeyer (adapted) Like those shepherds who were on the hillsides with their flocks, like those wise ones in their observatories with their telescopes and astronomical charts, like the innkeepers who sit behind their desks waiting for dawn, we find our daily work interrupted by these holidays. Like them, we can’t keep on working, we have to listen to singing angels, we have to deal with the call of that special star, we have to decide if we have...
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“Finding Light in the Darkness” by Lauren Strauss – December 21, 2014
Finding Light in the Darkness by Lauren Strauss December 21, 2014 Ruby came into the world on Wednesday. Before she arrived, her parents knew that at 25 weeks and weighing only 350 grams, Wednesday would be her first and last day on earth. Her aunt Jennifer, who lives in Virginia, posted in my online knitting group to tell us about Ruby, and to ask a favor of the three members who live in Wisconsin. “Kristin, Marie, or Judith,” she wrote, “could I ask one of you a HUGE favor? My niece will be...
“Lest the Stones Cry Out” by Tracy Johnson – April 13, 2014
April 13, 2014 “Lest the Stones Cry Out” by Tracy Johnson Call to Worship : from A Space Between by Stephen Schick Now is never captured in words or shot still in pictures. Now is never visited in museums or in memories. Now is never dreamed of or longed for. Now is a timeless awareness, a space between what has been and what will be, a lens in the beam of our being where light can become peace. Sermon: There is a holy light in my back yard. Perhaps...
“Making a New Name” – Mark W. Harris – April 24, 2011
“Making a New Name” - Mark W. Harris Easter Sunday – April 24, 2011 – First Parish of Watertown Call to Worship (unison) #624 “Hope Again” by Clarke Dewey Wells God of Easter and infrequent Spring: Announce the large covenant to deceitful lands, Drive the sweet liquor through our parched veins, Lure us to fresh schemes of life. Rouse us from tiredness, self-pity, Whet us for use, Fire us with good passion. Restore in us the love of living, Bind us to fear and hope again. Time for All...
“A Season of Miracles” by Mark W. Harris – December 14, 2008
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“Easter Everywhere” by Mark W. Harris – March 23, 2008
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“Christmas Eve Remembered” by Mark W. Harris – December 24, 2007
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“The Resurrected Flesh ” – March 27, 2005 Mark W. Harris
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