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SPIRITUAL LIFE
Sunday Services
MVCMA Sunday Services are held 9:30AM June 30th-August 24th.
​Services are interdenominational and all are welcome!
Want to watch, but not on island? A LIVE stream is also available and accessible below.
https://www.youtube.com/@MVCMA​
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We traditionally pass a collection basket, but are also making online donations available for your convenience. We appreciate your contributions! Monthly options are available.
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We hope you will join us!
Bible Study Schedule
July 1, July 3
Rev. Ross Allen​
"Living an Easter Life"
Monday: Road to Emmaus
Luke 24:13-35
Tuesday Breakfast in the Beach;
John 21:1-25
July 8, July 10
Rev. Dr. Mary Jane O'Connor-Ropp
Tuesday: Creation Care
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Thursday: Creation Justice
July 16, July 18
Rev. Dr. John Tamilio III
Tuesday: The Cost of Discipleship
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Thursday: Salvation
July 23, July 25
Rev. Dr. Michael Price
"Rhymes, Reasons, and Writers"
​Tuesday: Book of Psalms
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Thursday: Book of Psalms
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July 30, August 1
Rev. Dr. Denise Smartt Sears
Tuesday: Ephesians 3
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Thursday: John 6
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August 6, August 8
Rev. Dr. Nancy Kraft
Tuesday: Times that Transform
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Thursday: A Wider Circle
August 13, August 15
Father Raymond B. Malm
Tuesday: Nonviolence​
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Thursday: Nonviolence
August 20, August 22
Rev. Don Bliss
Tuesday: TBA
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Thursday: TBA
August 27, August 29
Rev. Dr. Marvin Anthony Moss
Tuesday: TBA
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Thursday: TBA
Guest Preachers
Summer 2024
June 29th
Sunday Service
Rev. Joanne Hus
United Methodist Church of Martha's Vineyard
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Reverend Joanne Hus worked for over forty years as a visual artist, illustrator, and graphic designer before earning her Master of Divinity degree from Boston University’s School of Theology. In June 2023, she was commissioned as a provisional elder in the New England Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, where she also serves on the Commission on Religion and Race. She was a member of the inaugural cohort of graduate research affiliates at the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, founded by Ibram X. Kendi. She is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Ministry degree at BU STH. Her research centers on developing effective and theologically informed methods of antiracist practice.
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July 1st
& 3rd
Bible Study
Rev. Ross Allen
Transformational Leadership Pastor and Consultant, UCC
Managing Director of the Narrative Project, The Christian Century
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Rev. Ross M. Allen is Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Narrative Project at The Christian Century, the flagship journal of Mainline Protestantism, focusing on reshaping the narrative of American Christianity through compelling storytelling. An award-winning writer, he has had work featured in Religion News Service, Chalice Press, WCC Publications, and elsewhere.
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A graduate of the University of Chicago, Rev. Allen was selected as an emerging theologian delegate to the 2022 World Council of Churches Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany. He also co-founded a rural community development nonprofit and previously served as a Congressional staffer and faith-based community organizer in Washington, D.C.
July 6th
Sunday Service
Rev. Janet Newton
Title- Coming Soon
Biography - Coming Soon
July 8th
& 10th
Bible Study
Rev. Dr. John Tamilio III
Congregational Church of Canton, MA | NACCC
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Rev. Dr. John Tamilio has been the pastor of the Congregational Church of Canton, Massachusetts since September, 2012. Previously he served UCC churches in Wakefield, NH, Prairie Village, KS, and Cleveland, OH.
July 13th
Sunday Service, Bible Study
Rev. Vicki Kemper
Title - Coming Soon
Biography - Coming Soon
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July 27th
Sunday Service, Bible Study
Rev. Don Bliss
East Freetown Congregational-Christian Church
Reverend Don Bliss has served the East Freetown Congregational-Christian Church since 2001, having formerly served churches in Boston, and Hyannis. He is a lifetime member of the American Congregational Society and has designed and led ministry workshops for many churches, denominations and Christian publishers. Pastor Don is a published author and former theater educator. He teaches Advanced Theology for the Lay Ministry Training Program of the National Association of Congregational-Christian Churches, lectures on Polity at the Boston Seminar, and consults on the Call/Ordination/Installation process in continuing Congregational churches. He lives with his wife Lori, who is a retired teacher, his foster-daughter Eloise , his grandchild Robin, and his fur-baby Penelope in a country parsonage that is so quiet that, at night, you can hear the fish laugh, in the stream across the street.
July 27th
Sunday Service
Rabbi Caryn Broitman
Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center
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Biography - Coming Soon
July 29th and 31st
Bible Study
Host - Coming Soon
Title - Coming Soon
Biography - Coming Soon
August 3rd
Sunday Service, Bible Study
Rev. Randy Thames
Title - Coming Soon
Biography - Coming Soon
August 10th
Sunday Service
Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant
Title - Coming Soon
Biography - Coming Soon
August 12th & 14th
Bible Study
Dr. Brian Jefferson Mosley
Title - Coming Soon
ABiography - Coming Soon
August 17th
Sunday Service
Rev. Marrisa Farrow
Title - Coming Soon
Biography - Coming Soon
August 19th
& 21st
Bible Study
Rev. Timothy Dooner
Title - Coming Soon
Biography - Coming Soon
August 24th
Sunday Service
Bishop Rodney Sampson
Title - Coming Soon
ABiography - Coming Soon
August 26th
& 28th
Sunday Service
Rev. Sean McMahon
Title - Coming Soon
Biography - Coming Soon