2021
Welcome to our worship online February 21, 2021
With Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Mike Eldredge and Judy Eldredge
Jonas Casella
Joanne McMahon, Liz Krafchuk, Nancy Mackinney, Debi Welling, Steve Hughes
Welcome to our worship online February 14, 2021
With Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Mary Lou Bates and Bette Bailey
Rev. Tom Lenhart and Lynn Lenhart
Stacey Keane Blagg
Heidi Bratt
Joanne McMahon, Liz Krafchuk, Nancy Mackinney
Welcome to our worship online February 7, 2021
With Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh, Nathan Samayo
Jan Colter, Lynn Armstrong
Joanne McMahon, Liz Krafchuk, Nancy Mackinney, Debi Welling
Yannis and Oliver Christ
Welcome to our worship online January 31, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYS22Y1Hsss&feature=youtu.be
With Amy Pigeon and Ernie Pigeon
Lynn Armstrong
Joanne McMahon, Liz Krafchuk, Nancy Mackinney, Debi Welling
Welcome to our worship online January 24, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me-VpqLAHbw
With Jason Wertz
Paul Wertz
Joanne McMahon, Liz Krafchuk, Nancy Mackinney and Debi Welling
Welcome to our worship online January 17, 2021
With Stacey Keane Blagg
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Chris Blagg, Loretta Blagg, Elizabeth Cashman, Norah Cashman, Delia Cashman
Welcome to our worship online January 10, 2021
With Diane Young
Tom Reichard
Joanne McMahon, Liz Krafchuk, Nancy Mackinney and Steve Hughes
Welcome to our worship online January 3, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNORDgLwhBQ&feature=youtu.be
With Dr. Mark Allman and Friends
Christmas Eve worship online December 24, 2020
With Rev. Tom Lenhart and Friends
Welcome to our worship online December 27, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGt-xKl6lTo&feature=youtu.be
With Rev. Tom Lenhart and Friends
Welcome to our worship online December 20, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BUm2me866U&feature=youtu.be
With Rev. Tom Lenhart
Carol McIntyre, Joanne McMahon
Susie and Malcolm Green
Chris Dorman
Welcome to our worship online December 13, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY8vUFJWPT8&feature=youtu.be
With Rev. Tom Lenhart, Lynn Lenhart
Carlos Heymann, Jodi Heffernan, Joanne McMahon
Amy Pigeon and Ernie Pigeon
Welcome to our worship online December 6, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx0tyD8Y6fk
With Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh & Friends
Welcome to our worship online November 29, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OgcPQZ6zL8
With Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh & Friends
Welcome to our worship online November 22, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQYFAdMJWQc&feature=youtu.be
With Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh & Friends
Welcome to our worship online November 15, 2020
With Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh & Friends
Welcome to our worship online November 8, 2020
With Chris Blagg and Tom Petersen
Liz Krafchuk, Steve Hughes, Nancy Mackinney and Joanne McMahon
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online November 1, 2020
With Charlotte Lindgren
Liz Krafchuk, Steve Hughes, Nancy Mackinney and Joanne McMahon
Catherine Carney Feldman
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online October 25, 2020
With Liz Krafchuk, Steve Hughes, Joanne McMahon
Judy Eldredge
Sara Johnson Allen
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online October 18, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzdAbPSyg6Q&feature=youtu.be
With Liz Krafchuk, Steve Hughes, Joanne McMahon, Judy Eldredge
and the Wednesday Turtle Rescue team from Sunday school,
with Wayne Castonguay from the Ipswich River Watershed
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online October 11, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP7HJYouQy4
With Donna Gordon, Liz Krafchuk, Nancy Mackinney, Joanne McMahon
Ralph Boyd
Catherine Carney Feldman
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online October 4, 2020
With The Essex River Rounders,
Janice Colter
Diane Young
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online September 27, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKvjtAdpWtU&feature=youtu.be
With Jireh Ishaazi,
Jodi Heffernan
Joanne McMahon
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online September 20, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAwuq5kl8ss&feature=youtu.be
With Kristen Ledson,
Liz Krafchuck
Joanne McMahon
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online September 13, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=icam+first+church+ipswich+
Liz Krafchuk, Steve Hughes
Norman Swanson
School Street Sunflowers
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online September 6, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=icam+first+church+ipswich+
Jonas Casella
Mark Casella
Kalapi Johnson
Pat Kriksceonaitis
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online August 30, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=icam+first+church+ipswich+
Eunice Ellis
Mike Eldredge
Warren Jepson
Ann Shannon
Barbara Mahoney
Sean Mahoney
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online August 23, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=icam+first+church+ipswich+
With Lynn Armstrong, Barbara Mahoney,
Teddy Hsieh, Johann Hsieh
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh – Courage Exodus 1:8-21
Welcome to our worship online August 16, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=icam+first+church+ipswich+
With Lynn Armstrong, Debi Welling, Sue Baker,
Stacey Keane, Liz Krafchuk, Joanne McMahon
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh – To cherish the living earth
Welcome to our worship online August 9, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=icam+first+church+ipswich+
Music by Joey and Zeke
Scripture by Ralph and Sue
Children’s sermon by Rev. Rebecca
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh – Sermon: Courage
Welcome to our worship online August 2, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=icam+first+church+ipswich+
Music by Debi Welling, Joey Powers and Joanne McMahon
Scripture by Bette Bailey and Diane Young
Children’s sermon by Rev. Rebecca
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh – Sermon: Courage
Welcome to our worship online July 26, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=icam+first+church+ipswich+
Music by Liz Krafchuk, Nancy Mackinney, Debi Welling and Joanne McMahon
Scripture by Barta Hathaway
Children’s sermon by Rev. Rebecca
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online July 19, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=icam+first+church+ipswich+
Led by Stacey Keane Blagg
Steve Hughes
Norman Swanson
Nat Pulsifer
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online July 12, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=icam+first+church+ipswich+
Led by Lucas Callahan
Charlotte Lindgren
Janice Colter
Donna Gordon
Nancy MacKinney
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online July 5, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=icam+first+church+ipswich+
Led by Lucas Callahan
Michael Eldredge
Chris Dorman
Lisa Palance
Teddy and Johann Hsieh
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online June 28, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=icam+first+church+ipswich+
With Zeke and Agnes Allman
Emily and Mark Allman,
Lucas Callahan,
Carolina Weatherall,
Sandy and Grace Weatherall,
Thomas, Jane, and Sadie O’Connell,
Cecelia McElwain,
Carrie Corder,
Ana DeSouza,
Melanie, Maya, and Joey Powers,
Dan and Claire Buletza,
Liam and Finn Russell,
Madeleine and Amelia Cormier,
Annika Johnson,
Barbara and Sean Mahoney,
Beth Viehmann,
Chloe Doonan,
Sara, Jack, and Jonah Allen
Jim Moon – special thank you for taking pictures
and Rev. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online June 21, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=icam+first+church+ipswich+
With Amelia and Medeleine Cormier
Ava and Chris Babson
Hind Al Azzawi and Layth Ahmed
Ginny Visser
Perry Moskowitz and Joanne McMahon
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Welcome to our worship online June 14, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=icam+first+church+ipswich+
With Beth Viehmann, Sam and Will Johnson
Frank Cousins and Rev. Rebecca
Ann and Jim Teele
Susie and Malcolm Green
Lucas Callahan and Joanne McMahon
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Children’s message with Rev. Christine Hribar:
Welcome to our worship online June 7, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4V8I8Bp6N0&t=124s
With Tatum Galuski and Karen Paget
The Keanne – Blagg – Joss Family
Jonas and Mark Casella
Eunice Ellis
Lucas Callahan and Rebecca Pugh
Children’s message with Rev. Christine Hribar:
Children’s Message: https://photos.app.
Welcome to our worship online May 31, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wraj2c3lOK0
With Kate DeSilva and Zetta Carlin
Yannis Christ and Joanne McMahon
Ernie and Amy Pigeon
Beylen Curtis and Lucas Callahan
and Rebecca Pugh
Children’s message with Rev. Christine Hribar:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/K6v7MyZjj1fyQuBfA
Welcome to our worship online May 24, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
With Rev. Rebecca, Rev. Christine, Melanie, Maya, and Joey Powers,
Jim Lahar, Dan Buletza, and Claire Buletza .
Children’s Message with Rev. Christine Hribar
Welcome to our worship online May 17, 2020
With Rev. Rebecca Pugh,Rev. Christine Hribar, Summer Smith and Carrie Corder:
Call to worship with Rev. Rebecca
Children’s sermon with Rev. Christine
Scripture reading with Carrie Corder
Song and Sermon with Summer Smith and Rev. Rebecca
Pastoral prayer and benediction with Rev. Rebecca
Welcome to our worship online May 10, 2020
1. Rev. Christine Hribar’s children message:
2. Sunday worship with Dr. Mark Allman, Liz Krafchuck, Beth Viehmann and Stacey Keane :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OLVXr2fLPY&feature=youtu.be
Welcome to our worship online May 3, 2020
1. Rev. Christine Hribar’s children message:
2. Sunday worship with Rev. Tom Lenhart and Lynn Lenhart:
Welcome to our worship online April 26, 2020
1. Rev. Christine Hribar’s children message:
Zoom Church School is on! If you’d like to join, please let Christine, know! Please join us by 9:25am this Sunday for a 9:30am start.
2. Sunday worship with Dr. Mark Allman and Zeke Allman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Beeof8vlg&feature=youtu.be
Welcome to our worship online April 19, 2020 First Sunday after Easter
1. Rev. Christine Hribar’s children message: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMFKftGMcASX0tkRpQSMX6TEO67LVhnBwLJVzCplsNgc-__-URKGe08rVyZ4q9zKA?key=eFIyeHZWdC1BWkptcTBRQVo3ZVFqUGJTQ0F3dF93
Zoom Church School is on! If you’d like to join, please let Christine, know! Please join us by 9:25am this Sunday for a 9:30am start.
2. Sunday worship with Dr. Mark Allman and Agnes Allman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_ymcpCTmHQ&feature=youtu.be
3. Music with Lucas Callahan:
https://soundcloud.com/azain-flare/god-be-with-you-till-we-meet
Welcome to our worship online April 12, 2020 Easter Sunrise and Easter Sunday
Easter Sunrise – with Rev. Christine Hribar and Friends:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uocPRaoKbQEnE_Byp19XvSXnvKlBu1ba/view
Easter Sunday – with Rev. Tom Lenhart and Lynn Lenhart,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nuhb29XbI8Y
Rev. Christine Hribar, Lucas Callahan
Tom Palance and Lisa Palance
Welcome to our worship online April 5, 2020 Palm Sunday
1. Rev. Christine Hribar’s children message: https://photos.app.goo.gl/TCuoDqNTG2BHMPgA9
ZOOM CHURCH SCHOOL Click here on Sunday April 5th at 9:30am to join.
2. Sunday worship with Rev. Tom Lenhart and Lynn Lenhart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsrHVcg8Q0M&feature=youtu.be
3. Musical Offering with Jimmy Turner:
Beautiful City: IMG_3154
Welcome to our worship online March 29, 2020
- Rev. Christine Hribar’s children message: https://photos.app.goo.gl/zqubgjzxsz1tcyNy9
Rev. Christine’s testing out a Zoom Sunday School Class 9:30am on Sunday! If you saw her video last week, it’ll be a continuation of the story but with some more interaction. Her usual class is pre-K through 1st, but all are welcome! If you’d like a link to join the class, email Christine here.
2. Sunday worship with Rev. Tom Lenhart and Lynn Lenhart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9c6lHzMR-o&feature=youtu.be
3. Musical Offering with Brian Landry:
Deep river: https://youtu.be/gTzJcTayvEg
Panis Angelicus: https://youtu.be/VM-dpGRGWQk
4. Musical Offering with Keane- Blagg Family: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ydqwin7a7pyzsn/Amazing%20Grace.MOV?dl=0
Welcome to our worship online March 22, 2020
- Rev. Christine Hribar’s message: https://photos.app.goo.gl/b7AnPoicg65mTbRw6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/1V2NHWbmQCwspwhT6 https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ydqwin7a7pyzsn/Amazing%20Grace.MOV?dl=0
- Sunday worship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuXlEM-qbaw
- Lucas Callahan ‘s musical offering: https://soundcloud.com/azain-flare/faith-of-our-fathers
Welcome to our worship online March 15, 2020
- Rev. Christine Hribar’s message: https://photos.app.goo.gl/oJ6Fbg1SHVTWvgSZ8
- Dr. Mark Allman’s call to worship: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1an8cHkcT6k4Y0mcANuRY5K78XUUnx9DD/view?usp=drive_web
- Dr. Dorie Mansen’s sermon: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QCjyGDsxJup41oP6dPU7aZjCqwSpRQKa/view
- Dr. Mark Allman’s closing prayer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZvO-Ls2QB_B0K-xKWLKNRIpyQFAKkMGv/view?usp=drive_web
Unity – January 26, 2020 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
- Rusty, Ginger, and Zippy were three members of the family in the Pugh Brown household.
- Paul’s letter to the Corinthians describes and seeks to resolve about 15 kinds of conflicts. This message is based on 1 Corinthians 1:10—“That there be no divisions among you…”.
- Douglas A. Campbell : Paul wrote 1 Corinthians to a Community in the Middle of a Culture War–The church at Corinth Had Many Problems. Some Simple Kindness Would have Helped. In “Christian Century”, January 3, 2018.
- Isaac S. Villegas: “What if we treated all of Creation — Plants and Stars, Soil and Rivers — as our kin? Christian Century, December 27, 2019. Reviewing: The Hebrew Bible and Environmental Ethics: Humans, Nonhumans, and the Living Landscape, By Mari Joerstad , Cambridge University Press. And Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus The Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance, by Nick Estes, Verso.
- Wen de ya ho is the Cherokee morning song, roughly translated: “Aho, all of creation and the Creator are one.”
Good Teachers – January 19, 2020 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
The Holy Ground – January 12, 2020 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Strangers and Holiness – January 5, 2020 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
1. The Magi came to Bethlehem, star gazers and scholars from the East, bringing wisdom and treasure from Iran. Many believe that their gifts of myrrh, frankincense, and gold were the reason that Jesus survived when he was a refugee in Egypt, because his family was very poor.
2. The new film “Harriet” was directed by Kasi Lemmons, who wrote the script with Gregory Allen Howard.
3. The notes about the tyranny of Herod come from an on-line article written by Allen Ross from Beeson Divinity School on the Visit of the Magi.
4. Krister Stendahl calls the Magi these “Visiting Ayatollahs from Iran” in “The Roots of Violence”, Paraclete Press.
5. “Stand Up” is the theme song to “Harriet”, written by Cynthia Erivo and Joshuah Campbell, and recorded by Cynthia Erivo.
2019
Giving Things away – December 29, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
- The Quiltmaker’s Gift, by Jeff Brumbeau and Gail de Marcken
- Psalm 148 describes how we are all connected: the thunder, the stars, the angels, the nations, the whales, the fruit trees.
- The poet David Whyte has written that our final challenge is to give ourselves away.
The Blessing of the Angels – December 24, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
1. From World War One’s Christmas Truce, by Christopher Klein.
2. The angels bring diverse messages and we sing their songs especially this Christmas Eve night:
Courage to the Shepherds
Justice to Mary
Mercy to Joseph
Self-restraint to John and his parents
Change and repentance to Jacob
3. It just took one soldier to sing one song, one church to send one box of candles, one teacher to teach a child how to speak a foreign language.
4.. On this Day, Earth Shall Ring, “Personet Hodie”, Piae Cantiones, 1582, arranged by Gustav Holst.
The hidden story of Christmas part 2 – December 22, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
1. Iroquois history, written by Tom Porter (Sakokwenionkwas) in his book “And Grandma Said… Iroquois Teachings
2. Mary’s Magnificat, Luke 1:46, the opportunity of the hungry to be filled, the blessing
3. Jesus, named as the Savior, rattled the Roman Empire badly
4. Jesus, called “King of the Jews” by the Magi, rattled Herod badly because he wanted to be the only King of the Jews
5. The historian Josephus, in “The Jewish Wars,” and “Jewish Antiquities”, in the first Century A.D.C.E. describes the death of Herod and the huge Jewish uprising as a result.
6. From Richard A. Horsley’s “In the Shadow of Empire”, 2008 Westminster John Knox Press.
7. “I Wonder As I Wander”, the old Appalachian Carol.
The hidden story of Christmas part 1 – December 15, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
1. Gaby Mann’s story comes from the BBC, The Girl Who Gets Gifts From Birds, by Katie Sewall, 2015.
See The Light Shining – December 8, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Hope – December 1, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
1. “Searching for Beauty” is adapted from a Jewish story written by Peninnah Schram, printed in Spinning Tales, Weaving Hope, New Society Publishers, 2002.
Jenny Slew—painting by Jillian Bemis, 2019
Silence – November 10, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Thou Shalt Not Kill – October 27, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Footnotes:
1. We write letters at First Church to prisoners, and we visit, to cry out against the unjust prison system in the United States, and to align ourselves with Christ’s statement “I was in prison and you visited me”.
2. Liz McAllister was part of the Kings Bay Plowshares Project. Most of the information for this portion of the sermon comes from “Democracy Now”.
3. Lo Tirsah, “Thou Shalt Not Kill”, was explained by Dr. Marc Brettler, professor at Brandeis University, as “No Killing illegitimately”.
4. “We will do it and then we will understand it” is a theological reflection on the response of the Hebrews to the 10 Commandments, in Exodus 24, described by Professor Avivah Zornberg in her book “Moses, a Human Life”, as a part of the Jewish Lives Series, Yale University Press, 2016.
5. Kari Mashos writes for the Christian Science Monitor: as we reflect on “Thou Shalt Not Kill”, to understand it as a spontaneous and guiding force within us.
Freedom – October 20, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Footnotes:
1. “Let my People Go” is the theme of the book of Exodus.
2. Araminta Ross was born in Maryland in 1822, born into slavery.
3. Moses’ discomfort with being called by God is described by Avivah Zornberg in her book “Moses, a Human Life”, as a part of the Jewish Lives Series, Yale University Press, 2016.
4. This idea that your biggest problem is also your biggest gift is one that Zornberg describes in all of her books on the Torah.
5. Greta Thunberg, climate activist, also personifies this situation: that your handicap is your greatest strength.
6. Maimonides (1138 – 1204) is the greatest Jewish philosopher of the Medieval period. He describes Moses’ project of discovering a voice that is uniquely his, for the sake of Israel.
7. “And She Said Her Name Was Harriet Tubman” is Holly Near’s brilliant song from the 1970’s.
Doing the Right Thing – October 6, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Footnotes:
- “The Mosquito Extermination Project” is a folk tale from India, collected by folklorist Margaret Read MacDonald and published in her book “Earthtales”.
- The Scripture for the sermon comes from Genesis 9, the story of Noah’s difficulties after the flood.
- “My Paddle’s Keen and Bright” is a round written by Margaret Embers McGee in 1910.
Creation and Equality – September 29, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
- James Weldon Johnson, 1871 – 1938, was a poet, educator, musician, lawyer, civil rights leader, ambassador, and Secretary General of the NAACP.
- His poem/sermon “The Creation” is published in God’s Trombones, 1927. Republished, Random House 2018.
- His poem Deep in the Quiet Woodis published in Camille T. Dungy’s Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry (University of Georgia Press: 2009).
- Lift Every Voice and Sing is a beloved anthem written by James Weldon Johnson and his brother John Rosamond Johnson, created in 1905 to celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.
Searching for peace – September 15, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Treasure – August 18, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
1. This sermon is based on Matthew 6:19: “Set yourselves up for purses meant for heaven”. “For where your treasure is, there shall your heart be also”.
Is Anything Unforgivable? –July 21, 2019 – led by Rev. Tom Lenhart
The Good Enemy – July 14, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh and Harvey Cox
“Mixing Religion and Politics?” – July 7, 2019 led by Dr. Harvey Cox
“The embarrassingly messy, awkwardly bodily,politically vulnerable, funnily real parts of our faith” – June 23, 2019 led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Hello World – led by Jason Wertz on June 16, 2019
Understanding – June 9, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Footnotes:
- Greta Thunberg, in Suyin Haynes’ Next Generation Leadersin Time Magazine, 2019.
- Pentecost in the Jewish Tradition: Jason Aronson’s Every person’s Guide To Shavuot, Www.myjewishlearning.com; retrieved June 8, 2019.
- Pentecost in the Christian Tradition: fromThe First Church Bible Study, Monday Mornings at 10. 1Meetinghouse Green, Ipswich MA, 01938.
- The Snowy Egrets Tabasco sauce man is Edward Avery McIlhenny, who was born on Avery Island, 1892.
https://www.tabasco.com/visit-avery-island/, retrieved Thursday, June 7, 2019.
- Spirit Of Gentlenessis by James Manley, 1975.
Photographer: Kerry Mackin
Hope – June 2, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
1. The Appalachian trail crosses several high huts in New Hampshire, and the Zealand Falls hut is open all year.
Tree of Life – May 26, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Footnotes
1. Earl Shaffer wrote “Walking With Spring” in 1983, and it was published by the Menasha Ridge Press.
2. The Tree of Life as spiritual sustenance is in many places in Scripture; here we discuss it as John records it in Revelation 22.
3. Shinrin Yoku was described by the Japanese Ministry of Forestry and Fisheries in the early part of the 21st century.
4. Thoreau’s essay “Walking” was published posthumously in the Atlantic Magazine in 1862.
5. De o tino Helado, ne O Que Le Soon Wa is a song written by Rebecca from the Mohawk, “Give thanks to the trees”.
Discipleship – May 19, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Footnotes:
1.The story of Julian comes from RJ Palaccio’s Auggie and Me – Three Wonder Stories, Alfred Knopf, 2015.
2.”Love will guide us”comes from Sally Rogers’s Album ‘Love Will Guide Us’- Thrushwood Press Publishing, 1985.
Hospitality – May 12, 2019 – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh
Footnotes:
1. Egg and Spoon by Gregory MaGuire was published by Candlewick Press in 2014.
Trust — a message for First Church in Ipswich, May 5, 2019
Footnotes:
1. John Dominic Crossan and Sarah Crossan: the Sea of Tiberias, a talk at “The Universal Christ” conference, Albuquerque NM, March 2019
2. St. Gregory, on prayer, from “The word is Very Near You” by Martin Smith: Cowley Publicatoins: 1989.
3. Unamuno. “San Miguel Buono, Martyr”. 1939.
4. James Taylor. “You can Close Your Eyes.” 1971.
Treasure – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh on January 27, 2019
1. The notes on the ship Ada K. Damon, built in 1875 in Essex and wrecked in 1909 in Ipswich, come first from Gordon Harris’ excellent article “The Wreck of the Ada K.Damon” on the Historic Ipswich website. The wind measured 72 miles per hour on the night of the terrible storm.
2. The notes about coal replacing the wind-filled sail, to the wreck of the ship, come from Dan MacAlpine’s “Ipswich Wreck: An Information Treasure Trove”, in the “Ipswich Chronicle”, July 22, 2015.
3. The song comes through the Folk Tradition, taught by Audi Souza at the funeral of Bob Pigeon, originally from the poem “Crossing the Bar”, by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Being present – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh on July 29, 2018
1. Bill Powers: New Slow City (2014): Novato, California: New World Library.2. Richard Rohr: Father Richard’s Daily Meditations. Tuesday, July 24, Real Presence. Https://cac.org.3. All About Birds.org. The Piping Plover has 8,400 breeding individuals. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
Sin – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh on July 22, 2018
Youth Sunday – a sermon led by our Youth Voices
Families – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh on June 24, 2018
Strong Souls – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh on June 17, 2018
Power – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh on June 3, 2018
Suffering – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh on May 27, 2018
Notes from Standing Rock – led by Ali McCormack
Up – a sermon about renewal led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh on March 11, 2018
The Work goes on – An Easter Sermon, led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh on April 1, 2018
Unity – led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh on April 8, 2018
Damascus -God takes our bad habits, led by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Pugh on April 29, 2018
Wilderness:
“He was in the wilderness 40 days, tempted by Satan, and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.” Mark 2: 12-13