Church guide

Those who attended the Annual Gathering were wowed by the keynote speaker Dr. Rev. Zina Jacque and WABC is fortunate to have her preaching at our church tomorrow! All are invited to join us at 10am, May 5th!!

We are ready for our Free Breakfast & Easter Worship tomorrow!! All are welcome to join us 😃

All are invited to join us this Easter. A Free Breakfast will be served from 8am to 9:30 & worship begins at 10am. An Easter Egg Hunt for children thru age 11 will be at 10:45am. Worship will include a baby dedication and some favorite hymns. Rev. Laura Harris-Adam will preach "A New Journey Begins".

Please join us for Maundy Thursday (4/18) at 7pm for a Tenebrae Service.

All are invited to join us this Sunday at 10am for Palm Sunday. We will meet outside the main doors & process into the sanctuary together. Palms will be handed out to all. Sermon title "A Different Way" preached by Rev. Laura Harris-Adam.

The WABC Women are having a Pampered Chef fundraiser to raise funds for our mission outreach. Click on the link below & help us raise the funds by purchasing items for yourself or a gift for a shower, wedding, birthday or Mother's Day. Thank you for your support! https://www.pamperedchef.com/party/WABCWomenFundraiser

Looking for some unique gift ideas this Spring? https://radafundraising.com/?rfsn=837262.422f8

A great day of painting at a Habitat house in Acton. Thank you to the volunteers from WABC & Bose and a special Thank You to Roche Bros. for helping us serve lunch & snacks to the crew!

All Hands In is earning products to have for their yearly auction. All proceeds go directly to this worthwhile organization. Please consider ordering something.

Worship on Sunday, January 20th has been cancelled due to weather!!

"Eyes to See" Scripture Telling - Mark 10:46-52 Rev. Cindy Maybeck Please join us this Sunday as we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday beginning at 10am (weather pending, watch for update on Sunday). We will be given the opportunity to raise up our own prophets during worship. Childcare available & Sunday School in the lower level.

Wearing Blue on January 11th - Human Trafficking Awareness Day! The color blue is internationally symbolic of human trafficking awareness. Show your commitment to fighting human trafficking by wearing a blue outfit, accessory, and/or makeup.

In this time of turmoil, this poem by Maya Angelou is as meaningful today as it was 15 years ago. Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem By Dr. Maya Angelou Thunder rumbles in the mountain passes And lightning rattles the eaves of our houses. Flood waters await us in our avenues. Snow falls upon snow, falls upon snow to avalanche Over unprotected villages. The sky slips low and grey and threatening. We question ourselves. What have we done to so affront nature? We worry God. Are you there? Are you there really? Does the covenant you made with us still hold? Into this climate of fear and apprehension, Christmas enters, Streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope And singing carols of forgiveness high up in the bright air. The world is encouraged to come away from rancor, Come the way of friendship. It is the Glad Season. Thunder ebbs to silence and lightning sleeps quietly in the corner. Flood waters recede into memory. Snow becomes a yielding cushion to aid us As we make our way to higher ground. Hope is born again in the faces of children It rides on the shoulders of our aged as they walk into their sunsets. Hope spreads around the earth. Brightening all things, Even hate which crouches breeding in dark corridors. In our joy, we think we hear a whisper. At first it is too soft. Then only half heard. We listen carefully as it gathers strength. We hear a sweetness. The word is Peace. It is loud now. It is louder. Louder than the explosion of bombs. We tremble at the sound. We are thrilled by its presence. It is what we have hungered for. Not just the absence of war. But, true Peace. A harmony of spirit, a comfort of courtesies. Security for our beloveds and their beloveds. We clap hands and welcome the Peace of Christmas. We beckon this good season to wait a while with us. We, Baptist and Buddhist, Methodist and Muslim, say come. Peace. Come and fill us and our world with your majesty. We, the Jew and the Jainist, the Catholic and the Confucian, Implore you, to stay a while with us. So we may learn by your shimmering light How to look beyond complexion and see community. It is Christmas time, a halting of hate time. On this platform of peace, we can create a language To translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other. At this Holy Instant, we celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ Into the great religions of the world. We jubilate the precious advent of trust. We shout with glorious tongues at the coming of hope. All the earth's tribes loosen their voices To celebrate the promise of Peace. We, Angels and Mortal's, Believers and Non-Believers, Look heavenward and speak the word aloud. Peace. We look at our world and speak the word aloud. Peace. We look at each other, then into ourselves And we say without shyness or apology or hesitation. Peace, My Brother. Peace, My Sister. Peace, My Soul. Published 12/15/2005

In response to the recent suicides in the Acton community (see linked article), the Acton-Boxborough Clergy will host a lunch for college students Jan 2 at 12:00 at St. Elizabeth’s Church, Arlington St., to eat pizza and to process this article in a safe and supportive environment. www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/12/16/communion-sorrow/MYpGPXjdUoIBaJwxi8h98N/story.html

Thank you to all for an afternoon of fun, food & fellowship!