We Spend Our Whole Lives LearningFirst Church of Christ,
Congregational (UCC)
190 Court St.
Middletown, CT
First Church is an Open and Affirming church. No matter where you are in life's journey, you are welcome. Come visit. Worship begins at 10 a.m. with our Interim Pastor, the Rev. Dr. Brenda Pelc-Faszcza. Sunday school meets during worship and child care is
provided.
Music
Prelude: Sonata No. 50, Domenico Scarlatti
Hymn: Fairest Lord Jesus
Anthem: Rejoice in the Lord Alway, Anon., 16th c.
The Senior Choir
Hymn: Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies
Offertory: Sonata No. 56, D. Scarlatti
Hymn: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Scripture Reading: Mark 9:2-9, The Transfiguration of Christ
Sermon: Life at the Foot of the Mountain--On the last Sunday before we make the turn toward Lent, the Scriptures give us the story of Jesus’ radiant, transfigured glory on a mountaintop. His inner circle sees it, wishes they could capture it. But whatever meaning they are to make of having glimpsed the true glory of the Christ-life, they will have to make back down at the foot of the mountain, where their lives will be lived and their ministries carried on. In other words, glimpses of the sacred are woven into the fabric of the everyday. This we spend our whole lives learning.
Second Hour Today:
Rhea Higgins will give a presentation on Post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh created his own kind of ministry through his painting. He wrote in 1888,
"…I want to paint men and women with that something of the eternal which the halo used to symbolize, and which we seek to convey by the actual radiance and vibration of our coloring." Come hear and see how he strived to accomplish this.
Church School: K-5 ~ Young Peacemakers Club with Julie Hurlburt!
Youth Groups: P.I.G.'s – 10 am at South Church
Rhea Higgins will give a presentation on Post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh created his own kind of ministry through his painting. He wrote in 1888,
"…I want to paint men and women with that something of the eternal which the halo used to symbolize, and which we seek to convey by the actual radiance and vibration of our coloring." Come hear and see how he strived to accomplish this.
Church School: K-5 ~ Young Peacemakers Club with Julie Hurlburt!
Youth Groups: P.I.G.'s – 10 am at South Church
(During the coldest months of the year we move to worship in our Parish Hall. Worship services will remain in the Parish Hall through March 11th. Enter through door at left toward the back of the church.)
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