Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
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Welcome from the people of CHPC
You are invited to join us at Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. We are located in Somerville, MA at the corner of Powderhouse Blvd and Curtis Street, two blocks from Tufts University, near North Cambridge, Medford, and Arlington. We are a small but growing church with members that come from all over the greater Boston area.
We would love to have you become
involved in our our fellowship, worship, education, and
outreach ministry. In the midst of the business of life, we offer
sanctuary, community, and spiritual renewal. Come join us as we
work to glorify and enjoy God, follow the teachings of Jesus Christ,
and live in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Our faith community's shared goals
- Follow the teachings of Jesus, listening for the guidance of the Spirit, and to be in communion with God
- Gather as the church universal for worship using inclusive language
- Support each other in community, affirming diversity in all its forms
- Educate ourselves and our children in Christian faith
- Explore the artistic expression of faith
- Work for a more just society reflective of God's love for all people.
New Adult Education Course
We are excited to announce that our winter
through spring adult
education classes will feature a guest speaker. Dr. Mark S. Burrows, who
is Professor of Christianity at Andover Newton Theological School, will
be leading us in classes looking at the writings and works of some of
the poets and mystics of our tradition.
We will be meeting once a month, through April, after church. Please mark your calendars, and make an effort to come to every session! More information below:
Marginal Christianity: Witness to the Gospel For and Against the Church
With Dr. Mark S. Burrows, Ph.D.
This course will explore the witness of four “marginal” theologians,
those who voiced their obedience to God in forms that were often in
conflict with established traditions as these developed over the
centuries. At each session, we will sample their writings, situated in
historical context, and ask what larger and deeper questions they
articulated which might have enduring significance for us as citizens in
a quite different world. We will begin with the writings of a radical
Jew whom we know simply as Jesus of Nazareth, examining the witness of
several Gnostic texts that emerged alongside the canonical Gospels.
Subsequent sessions will explore a variety of what I call “marginal”
voices, those whose radical articulation of what they understood it to
mean to follow in the “way” of Jesus was often at odds with what became
the authoritative – and “authorized” – tradition. We’ll read selections
from these rebels – poets, mystics and visionaries – whose world were
“chosen out of their desire,” to recall a line from the modern American
poet Wallace Stevens. What abiding relevance do their desires have, set
alongside ours? Join us as we explore the wisdom of these witnesses from
the margins of the broad religious tradition we have come to call
Christianity.
education classes will feature a guest speaker. Dr. Mark S. Burrows, who
is Professor of Christianity at Andover Newton Theological School, will
be leading us in classes looking at the writings and works of some of
the poets and mystics of our tradition.
We will be meeting once a month, through April, after church. Please mark your calendars, and make an effort to come to every session! More information below:
Marginal Christianity: Witness to the Gospel For and Against the Church
With Dr. Mark S. Burrows, Ph.D.
This course will explore the witness of four “marginal” theologians,
those who voiced their obedience to God in forms that were often in
conflict with established traditions as these developed over the
centuries. At each session, we will sample their writings, situated in
historical context, and ask what larger and deeper questions they
articulated which might have enduring significance for us as citizens in
a quite different world. We will begin with the writings of a radical
Jew whom we know simply as Jesus of Nazareth, examining the witness of
several Gnostic texts that emerged alongside the canonical Gospels.
Subsequent sessions will explore a variety of what I call “marginal”
voices, those whose radical articulation of what they understood it to
mean to follow in the “way” of Jesus was often at odds with what became
the authoritative – and “authorized” – tradition. We’ll read selections
from these rebels – poets, mystics and visionaries – whose world were
“chosen out of their desire,” to recall a line from the modern American
poet Wallace Stevens. What abiding relevance do their desires have, set
alongside ours? Join us as we explore the wisdom of these witnesses from
the margins of the broad religious tradition we have come to call
Christianity.
On the calendar
- Thursday, February 16: Evening Prayer Service. 8:15pm.
- Sunday, February 26: First Sunday in Lent.
- Sunday, February 26: Adult Education following service. "Hadewijch: Poet of the Paradoxess" with Dr. Mark S. Burrows, Ph.D.
- Sunday, March 25: Adult Education following service. Meister Eckhart: “One seeing, one knowledge, one love” with Dr. Mark S. Burrows, Ph.D.
- Sunday, April 22: Adult Education following service. Julian of Norwich: The “All” of God with Dr. Mark S. Burrows, Ph.D.
Rev. Karl
Gustafson
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
155 Powder House Boulevard
West Somerville, Massachusetts 02144
Telephone: 617-625-4823
chpc@clarendonhillchurch.org
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
155 Powder House Boulevard
West Somerville, Massachusetts 02144
Telephone: 617-625-4823
chpc@clarendonhillchurch.org
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