7 Words: Facebook Pages and Defining your ‘Voice’

Old South Church in Boston’s Facebook page includes the usual updates on their shared life. But a creative, participatory project caught my eye. Borrowing from The Christian Century article “The Gospel in Seven Words,”  their Facebook page offered their own seven word summations of the Gospel from clergy and members alike over multiple days. From the Minister …

The Greatest First Baptist Church of Worcester Ever

Sunday September 22, 2012  First Baptist Church of Worcester Mark 9:30-37 30They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; 31for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three …

Status Update: Massachusetts Council of Churches

(These are my Director’s Report notes from the Massachusetts Council of Churches Annual Meeting “Christian Unity in the Digital Age” on Saturday April 28, 2012) It is good to be with you today. I give God thanks for the MCC’s Board of Directors, all who serve on the many working groups, and all who give …