Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Welcome to "About Town with Mark Snyder," a column that will keep you up to the minute with what's what, who's who and what's going on around town. If you see or hear something we could use here, let us know by sending an e-mail to pmpco@aol.com.
REVEREND JEFF LEAVING FIRST PARISH: Reverend Jeffrey Symynkywicz announced recently to his congregation at the First Parish Universalist Church of Stoughton that he will be retiring from the Unitarian Universalist ministry as of the summer of 2013, and will resign his position as Minister of First Parish as of August 31, 2013. Symynkywicz, who has the most difficult name I’ve had to learn to spell (I prefer Rev. Jeff), has been one of the most active members of the Stoughton Clergy Association, and has presided over a period of growth and energy at First Parish, located at 790 Washington St. in Stoughton Center. Symynkywicz, an avowed liberal, wrote on November 14, in part, “ After long and careful consideration, I have decided that I …
Thursday, November 22, 2012
The Stoughton Clergy Association presented its annual Stoughton Community Thanksgiving Service Tuesday night.
Amid the hectic time of Thanksgiving, Rev. Rebecca Cho of Stoughton's United Methodist Church reminded those in attendance Tuesday night at the Stoughton Community Thanksgiving Service to stop and be grateful for what they have in their lives. "Take time to think about what we are grateful for," Cho urged those in attendance. "Let's watch the gratitude of Thanksgiving spread all around us." Cho told the story of taking her 3-year-old daughter to Sunday School at their church, and the teacher asking her student was she was grateful for that week. When a teenager filled in for the teacher, he asked the same question of Cho's daughter. "It was being passed person to person," said Cho. "A life in gratitude can be spread." This year's service …
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First Congregational Church of Stoughton
76 Pierce St, Stoughton, MA
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Thursday, November 24, 2011
The Stoughton Clergy Association held its Community Thanksgiving Service Tuesday night at Faith Baptist Church.
For the Stoughton Clergy Association, their annual Stoughton Community Thanksgiving Service is a time to share fellowship and remember the meaning of the holiday. It's also a time to remember those who came before us and to give thanks for all we have. "Gratitude for being itself was one of the first religious responses to human existence," said Rev. Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz of the First Parish Universalist Church, whose entire semon can be read on his blog. "Our ancestors, ancient and not-so-ancient, lived close to the earth; their existence was marginal, at best. They were glad just to be alive. Because they knew, so intimately, the very fragility of their lives, our ancestors felt so close to their God, to the powers of life and death …
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Faith Baptist Church of Stoughton
18 Stoughton St, Stoughton, MA
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Roseanne
6:10 pm on Thursday, November 22, 2012
This was a great event, as it is every year. A chance for Stoughton residents to come together, no matter their background, and celebratre Thanksgiving, the holiday we all observe as Americans. more ›