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Coffee Hour each Sunday following Service |
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Sunday School during Service from September
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Children's sermons on weeks when Sunday
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| News from the Wayland Clergy Association |
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The Wayland Clergy Association (WCA) is the local
interfaith association of ministerial leaders representing ten Christian,
Jewish, Muslim, and Unitarian Universalist religious congregations in As an interfaith association the WCA seeks to promote understanding and cooperation among the various congregations, professional collegiality among their leaders, and support for social service organizations that serve the wider community. The Association meets monthly for program planning, and professional learning and support, and sponsors an intern annually from a The Association is represented on several Town Boards and organizations, such as those dealing with low income housing and youth social work, and maintains supportive relationships with local public school officials. Each year, the association offers an interfaith field education position in partnership with the Harvard Divinity School Office of Ministerial Studies. See this brochure for more information. |
| CHS Receives $45K Lilly Endowment Grant to Fund Programs Around Interfaith and Ecumenical Relations |
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The
Lilly
Endowment's Program is highly selective; of all congregations of
all denominations in the United States, CHS is among only 133
selected to participate next year; among the 194 congregations in
our Diocese of Massachusetts, we are one of only three selected. The
other two are Christ Church, Andover - The Rev. Jeffrey Gill, and
St. Stephen's Church, Boston - The Rev. Timothy Crellin. For 2009,
20 denominations in 36 states are represented among the grant
recipients.
The focus of this grant for CHS will be interfaith and ecumenical
relations, an area of deep and abiding passion for
our Rector the
Rev. Frederick Moser, and of
particular importance for us in our unique interfaith and ecumenical
context in Wayland. The Rev. Moser has been serving as Convener
of the Wayland Interfaith Clergy Association for several years, as
well as being the Ecumenical Officer of our Diocese. Specifically,
the Lilly Endowment's grant will fund a trip he will take with his
family next summer to study and develop interfaith and ecumenical
relations among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in Jerusalem, in
Bossey, Switzerland (headquarters of the World Council of Churches),
and Iona, Scotland (an ecumenical community for reflection and
renewal in the Celtic tradition).
Additionally, The Rev. Moser will spend time in intensive study and conversation with interfaith and ecumenical leaders in our area. This work will contribute directly to community programs we are now developing in the Wayland Clergy Association for 2009 and beyond to foster even deeper understandings and relationships among Christians, Jews, and Muslims.
The Lilly Endowment's National Clergy Renewal Program allows pastors
to step back from their usual lives and renew their spirits and that
of their congregations for the benefit of ongoing ministries. The
Lilly Endowment's overarching goal is to bolster the work that
American pastors and congregations accomplish day in and day out,
and to reinforce and build upon the important ministries they are
doing.
During the coming months our Vestry will be engaged in implementing
the programs for which we are to receive this funding. This is a
most promising time for our parish and for the community in which we
exist, and we all can share deep gratitude and joy for the wider
recognition this grant represents. I am deeply grateful for all the
ways you participate in our church's ministry, which are enabling us
to make positive differences in many people's lives the world over.
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