"Getting Parsonal" - January 2021
I’ve decided on my New Year’s resolution for 2021: to be grateful. My goal will be to live day by day, week by week, even moment by...
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First Church
- Oct 1, 2020
- 3 min
"Getting Parsonal" - October 2020
Now is the right time for planting hopes and dreams in God’s promised future.
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Pastor Bill
- Sep 3, 2020
- 3 min
"Getting Parsonal" - September 2020
September is here. Already? Finally? Really? How?!
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Pastor Bill
- Aug 7, 2020
- 2 min
"Getting Parsonal" - August 2020
As I head inside, I remind myself to savor these summer days. The heat will not be with us long, though in the coming weeks, it may...
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First Church
- Jul 10, 2020
- 4 min
"Getting Parsonal" - July 2020
As a child I was fascinated by worship. I observed the pastors and congregation closely on Sundays, not only listening for the sounds of...
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First Church
- Jun 16, 2020
- 4 min
"Getting Parsonal"- June 2020
Though as recently as last weekend we had a chill in the air sufficient to make me contemplate lighting a fire in the parsonage...
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First Church
- May 11, 2020
- 3 min
"Getting Parsonal" - May 2020
Blessed are the flexible, for they will not allow themselves to be bent out of shape. ~ Robert Ludlum We’ve made some big adaptations to...
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First Church
- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min
"Getting Parsonal" - April 2020
In these unprecedented times, how do we find a way forward? I’ve been asking myself this question in the past few weeks, and no doubt...
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First Church
- Mar 17, 2020
- 3 min
"Getting Parsonal" - March 2020
The congregation I served in Detroit wasn’t my first church, but it was the first church I served on a full-time basis. I had just...
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First Church
- Feb 10, 2020
- 4 min
"Getting Parsonal" - February 2020
Each year, on the first Sunday of the year, I answer “Questions for the Pastor” in my sermon in worship. Slips of paper are included in...
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First Church
- Jan 8, 2020
- 3 min
"Getting Parsonal" January 2020
History has been a passion of mine since I was a child. It may have been sparked by my interest in congregational history. I remember...
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First Church
- Dec 13, 2019
- 3 min
"Getting Parsonal" December 2019
Change is a constant in life. Yet, I was surprised by my resistance to it all. Later on, when I stopped to consider the strength of my...
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First Church
- Nov 15, 2019
- 3 min
"Getting Parsonal" - November 2019
I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of an historic church, even from childhood. My home congregation had been founded shortly after...
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First Church
- Oct 1, 2019
- 3 min
"Getting Parsonal" - October 2019
Hymns hold an essential role in the life of the church and always have, though I’m not sure we’re always aware of it. They are...
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First Church
- Sep 10, 2019
- 3 min
"Getting Parsonal" - September 2019
How is it even possible? September is upon us already! The summer has flown past. School already has started for most of the teachers,...
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First Church
- Aug 12, 2019
- 3 min
"Getting Parsonal" - August 2019
August marks the beginning of our ramp-up to the fall. Every summer, Committees and Ministry Teams come back online after a month’s...
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First Church
- Jul 14, 2019
- 3 min
"Getting Parsonal" - July 2019
Today dawned with a slight fog settled across the Merrimack Valley, enveloping everything for miles around in a moist coolness that felt...
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First Church
- Jun 17, 2019
- 2 min
"Getting Parsonal" - June 2019
Gratitude is broadly defined as the quality of being thankful; having a readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. In...
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First Church
- May 7, 2019
- 2 min
"Getting Parsonal" - May 2019
Rev. William D. Ingraham It has been a joy and a privilege to work with this year’s confirmation class as they have prepared to make a...
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First Church
- Mar 28, 2019
- 3 min
"GETTING PARSONAL" April 2019
Rev. William D. Ingraham Easter moves around. It will be late this year – almost as late as it can possibly be, falling on April 21st ....
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