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

Telephone: (781) 581-1202

Email: Rev. Larry

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Sept. 5: 15th Sunday after Pentecost
Communion Sunday

9:30 am - Worship

Jeremiah 18:1-11 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18
Philemon 1-21 Luke 14:25-33

Sermon: A New Identity
Rev. Dr. Larry Titus, Preaching
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Reflection

Songs of Faith

Hymns of faith have always been important to me, both for their wonderful tunes and for the words which can touch our soul, lead us in prayer, help us express our joy, and inspire us to deeper levels of commitment.

One of my favorite hymns is"Christian Rise and Act Your Creed." The text was written by Francis Albert Rollo Russell in 1893 (25 years after our sanctuary was completed). Mr. Russell was a “writer on scientific subjects,” according to the historical notes in the New Century Hymnal, and “a fellow at the Royal Meteorological Society.” Congregationlists began singing this hymn when it appeared in the 1904 edition of The Pilgrim Hymnal.

This hymn is a call for us to live out the convictions of faith, and captures what I think is the essence of our hope as disciples -- to “love God, heart, soul, mind and strength, and to love neighbor as self.” While the words were first penned in 1893, they speak to timeless truths and the importance of acting in faith. Here is the text:


Christian, rise and act your creed; let your prayer be in your deed; Seek the right, perform the true,
raise your work and life anew.

Hearts around you sink with care; you can help their load to bear; You can bring inspiring light,
strengthen them to do the right.
Offer others hope and joy, and God’s worship your employ;

Giving thanks in humble zeal,
learning all God’s will to feel.
Come then, law divine, and reign: faith that doubt assails in vain. Perfect love bereft of fear,
born in heaven and radiant here.

May we live in the belief that God loves us, and that because we are loved we are able to reach out in love to others. Which reminds me of another hymn -- “They’ll know we’re Christians, by our Love.” The Rev. Dr. Larry Titus

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