All are welcome to join with us. Our Sunday Morning Worship Service and Sunday School are at 10:30 am. Families join together in worship and after the Children's Story, the children go to their class.

From January 3 through March 21 wil will be worshipping in the Chapel.

We are located at 27 Cliff Street in Nahant. Park anywhere on the street near the church.

Telephone: (781) 581-1202

Email: pastor@nahantvillagechurch.org

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March 14: 4th Sunday In Lent

Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32;
II Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Sermon: Embracing Love
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Reflection

“Questions of Faith”

My grandchildren are at a stage of their young lives (13-1/2 years old), where they are wondering about God. It is heartening to hear from their mother, who also wondered about God when she was their age, that she is trying to answer their questions to the best of her understanding, and in ways that she hopes will be helpful.

The difficulty, my daughter says, is she still has her own questions and doesn’t know how to answer some of the twins’ questions.

The truth is, I suspect, that we all have questions about God we aren’t able to answer to our satisfaction. We may be like the person in Mark’s gospel who said, “I believe, help my unbelief.”
Yet, our questions are the basis for our continued growth in faith. One way to say it might be, we never outgrow our need for God. We never outgrow our need to discover more of who God is for us and how to respond faithfully to God.
Our faith is grounded on God’s love for us and for all creation. Our continued growth in faith involves finding a way to first know and feel God’s love for us, and then to find ways to respond to those around us in love through our thoughts, words, and deeds.

The questions which may be the most difficult to answer may be those which point to the gap between our call to love, and all the hatred and violence we know exists around us. How do we respond to questions about God in the light of such great discrepancies?

Or the questions may be related to why bad things happen to good people. (Rabbi Kushner reminds us to rephrase the question to “When Bad Things Happen to Good People.” The “when” is where the strength of God meets overwhelming loss, hurt and need.)

As we seek answers to difficult quetions we may be called to examine our own lives in the light of God’s healing, hopeful love.

One of the best insights we can have is to realize we may never have all the answers, but through our continual growth in faith and love, we can be a faithful answer for others. Our actions do speak louder than our words, and if they are founded on love and working for the best for all, then we become part of the answer. May our questions lead us to greater faith and faithful actions.

The Rev. Dr. Larry Titus

Nahant Telephone Directory available
The 2009 Nahant Phone Book is available for $10 at the Nahant Village Church, the Nahant Public Library and The Nahant Historical Society. The directory features a cover designed by Norman Laliberte, Nahant resident and international known artist, along with art work from students at the Johnson School and other Nahant residents.

On-line Donations

If you would like to make a donation for the ongoing maintenance of this remarkable historic building or for the work of the church through PayPal, use the churches registered email address: donations@nahantvillagechurch.org. Thank you for your interest and support.

Also, the church is registered through MissionFish to sell on eBay. Look for items with the eBay Seller name, NVC-01908. Happy Bidding!