Telephone: 508-358-7397 CHSWayland@AOL.com |
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Holy Eucharist with Choir, Sunday mornings at
10 a.m. |
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Coffee Hour each Sunday following Service |
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Sunday School during Service from September
through May |
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Children's sermons on weeks when Sunday
School does not meet |
| Professional childcare during Service from September through May |
| What's Happening at Church of the Holy Spirit |
| CHS Receives $45K Lilly Endowment Grant to Fund Programs Around Interfaith and Ecumenical Relations |
| Recently CHS received notice from the Lilly Endowment, Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana that it has been selected to participate in the Lilly Endowment's 2009 National Clergy Renewal Program, and receive a grant of $44,948. The grant will fund a sabbatical for our Rector The Rev. Frederick Moser in the summer of 2009 and related congregational programs during the year. Full details can be found in this downloadable press release or on our Wayland Clergy Association page. |
| November - December 2008 |
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For your Christmas cards this year, please consider using cards our
children and young people produced to support development projects
in El Salvador through the
Cristosal Foundation.
We have many creative cards available, and the proceeds benefit a
very worthy cause; cards may be purchased now and in November and
December.
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| Sunday, November 2, 2008 - Pledge Day |
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At our 10 am service on Sunday, Nov 2, we celebrated the Ingathering
and Dedication of Parish Financial Pledges for 2009. Click
here to read or to
download a copy of that day's sermon delivered by the
Rev. Frederick P. Moser, CHS Rector.
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| Thursday, November 20, 11 am - 2:30 pm, Energy Summit at Plymouth Congregational Church |
| Next Thursday Nov. 20, 11:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at Plymouth Congregational Church in Framingham, an Energy Summit on Energy, Climate, and Economic Crisis with Bishop Cederholm and internationally known climate educator Bill McKibben will be held; requested donation for lunch and resource materials is $40. Registration made be made through the Massachusetts Council of Churches, council@masscouncilofchurches.org or 617-523-2771. At 7:00 p.m. on Thursday Nov. 20, at Andover Newton Theological Seminary, Wilson Chapel, Newton you can hear Bill McKibben speak on Climate Issues; all are welcome. |
| Sunday, November 23, 10 am Guest Speaker |
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In church on Sunday Nov. 23 at 10:00 am our guest speaker will be
Brian Rosborough, Founder Chairman of Earthwatch Institute; Brian
Rosborough will offer both religious and scientific perspectives on
the issue of sustainability of the environment. Earthwatch
Institute is dedicated to promoting scientific research
worldwide as a way to address the environmental issues we face. His
talk will help us better understand the importance of working
together to reduce carbon levels in our atmosphere below 350 parts
per million, the issue to which churches in Wayland will call public
attention by the ringing of bells 350 times on Sunday Nov. 30 (see
www.350.org).
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| Sunday, November 23, Thanksgiving on the Common |
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And, on Sunday Nov. 23 we serve Thanksgiving on the Common 12-3
following our morning service. See Bill Lopriore's messages to
contribute.
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| Sunday, November 23, Community Thanksgiving Service at Congregation Or Atid |
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Also, on Sunday Nov. 23 the Wayland
Interfaith Clergy Association holds the annual Community
Thanksgiving Service at 7:00 p.m. at Congregation Or Atid on Concord
Road (next to Peace Lutheran).
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| Sunday, December 7, 2008 - Lessons and Carols |
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Our traditional Lessons and Carols of Advent Service will take place
at 10:00 a.m. Donations of new warm hats, socks, mittens,
scarves, etc. for Boston's homeless are now being received in the
chest in the Narthex; we will wrap these gifts on Dec. 7 and send
them for distribution through
Neighborhood Action at St. John's Church, Bowdoin St., Boston.
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| Sunday, December 21, 2008 - Bishop's Visit |
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Bishop Gayle Harris will visit Church of the Holy Spirit at 10:00
a.m.
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| Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - Christmas Pageant |
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The CHS Children's Christmas Eve Pageant will take place at 4 p.m.
on Wednesday, December 24. Rehearsals will be held on Saturdays,
December 13th and 20th from 10 am to 12 noon.
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| 2008 - 2009 New! Youth Handbell Choir |
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CHS is in process of forming a youth handbell choir and would like to extend a warm invitation to Sunday School students to participate. The handbell choir will perform during many of the Sunday morning Family Services, as well as at some of the special services such as Christmas, Easter, and Ascension Day. Prerequisites for participation: Students must have some music-reading ability (even if rudimentary). If the student already studies an instrument or voice, or participates in a school musical ensemble, this should likely qualify him or her. Excellent attendance is a must! A handbell choir with missing participants is like a piano with broken keys - all the notes must be there for it to function. Rehearsals will be on selected Sundays immediately following the Service (during coffee hour). The rehearsals will last between 20 and 30 minutes. Participants will also be asked to arrive 20 minutes early on the Sundays they are performing for a warm-up rehearsal. |
