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The Oasis - April 24, 2024 In Sunday School this Easter season the kids have been exploring the stories of the disciples from Palm Sunday all the way through witnessing Christ’s resurrection and ascension to Heaven, to them receiving the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. Along with hearin ..read more
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The Oasis - April 10, 2024 As many of you did, I watched the eclipse this week. As I reflected on the relationship of the earth, moon, and sun, I thought of the following words of the Midrash. Midrash refers to a type of biblical interpretation. It is also a collection of rabbinic writings composed between ..read more
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The Oasis - April 7, 2024 Dear FPC Members and Friends, I’m very grateful for a rich Holy Week and Easter celebration! Thank you to everyone who made it so meaningful. The sounds, the visuals, the tastes, and the fellowship made Lent and Easter very special. For the fun of it, I was thinking of sha ..read more
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This Sunday is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. Beautiful palms will adorn the sanctuary and we will have them for each of you to have and take home. It’s one of the biggest days in the chur ..read more
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The Oasis - March 27, 2024 This is a good week to be thinking about the last week of Christ’s earthly life. His triumphal entry into the Holy City, riding on a simple donkey, to the sounds of cheers on Palm Sunday; his last supper with his disciples on Maundy Thursday; his betraya ..read more
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The Oasis - March 13, 2024 In my reading about fasting this Lent, the claim is that fasting is liberating. I’m in hour 18 of what I plan to be a 48 hour fast. Knowing me, it will probably be more like 47.5 hours. I always give in and eat a little early ..read more
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The Oasis - February 28, 2024 At our Annual Meeting on Sunday, we officially kicked-off the “Our Time” Capital Campaign. For hundreds of years, members and friends of First Parish Church have been stewards of the historic campus. Now, it ..read more
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The Oasis - March 6, 2024 On February 25th, at First Parish’s Annual Meeting, a team of volunteers provided a presentation for First Parish’s upcoming Capital Campaign, which focused on much-needed improvements and deferred maintenance for the buildings that make up our church’s campus ..read more
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The Oasis - January 3, 2024 As we usher in the new year, the first Sunday in January is Epiphany Sunday. In the Gospel of Matthew, we read about the Wise Men who followed the star to find the newborn King. Their journey was one of dedication and deep desire to encounter the divine. The M ..read more
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The Oasis - December 27, 2023 I’m a student of change. I believe the life of faith is largely about personal and social transformation. One of my often repeated sayings goes, “God loves us just the way we are, but that doesn’t mea ..read more