Speaker: Rev. Aaron Payson

Ringing In The Spirit of Love – Annual Holiday Vespers Service & Vespers Tea

Join us for the biggest, grandest service of the year!  We’ll celebrate the season revels-style!  With a story for everyone, choirs, bells, soloists, our annual carol sing, and of course candlelight and silent night.  Then we will retire to Fellowship Hall for a grand gathering with refreshments and season’s greetings for all!

Grappling with Grinchitude

So let’s get down to it.  The holidays can be a hassle, mixed with many different emotions.  We’ll explore the hard side of the holidays through a well known favorite holiday character.  Join us and rediscover what is possible this season.

Living Attentively – Bodhi Day Celebration

This Sunday is the annual Bodhi Day Celebration across many parts of the globe.  We pause this day to honor the Buddha and the process of enlightenment asking what it means to live attentively. Action for Humanity Foundation was founded by Augustine Kanjia in 2020 as a humanitarian effort to provide needed support for the … Continue reading Living Attentively – Bodhi Day Celebration

The Gift of Presence

As we eagerly anticipate the coming season of gifting and celebration, we pause on this first Sunday of Advent to reflect on the art of anticipation, what presents really reflect, and how we can be present to this moment in life.  Join us as we greet the season of advent!   Please CLICK HERE to view … Continue reading The Gift of Presence

Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service at Zion Lutheran Church

The Greendale Ecumenical Group warmly invites you to join us for our Annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, November 24, @ 3pm at Zion Lutheran Church (41 Whitmarsh Ave, Worcester, MA 01606).  This service features a Thanksgiving liturgy and music by a combined choir, featured musicians, and more.  Join us for this annual festive occasion!

Ripples of Gratitude

“Here we have gathered, gathered side by side.  Circle of kinship, come and step inside.” These words from a favorite thanksgiving hymn reflect the invitation that is a the heart of our community.  This Sunday we will reflect on the way this invitation is carried within and beyond our sanctuary and community.  In the midst … Continue reading Ripples of Gratitude

Our Service Continues

We end our service each week with the reminder that “Worship here has ended but our service continues…” The week after what is very likely the most consequential election of our lifetime thus far, we will gather to consider what that service consists of.  Join us for this timely opportunity for reflection and rejuvenation. Please CLICK HERE … Continue reading Our Service Continues

Prophetic Possibilities & The Politics of Heresy

Join us for this election day weekend exploration of the intersection of religion and politics.  During this day and age of such rancorous public exchange, what might we remember to bring to such a time.   Please CLICK HERE to view this week’s Order of Service.