Worship & Fellowship

Posted below you will find:
* A Service of Transition: Honoring Ministry, Calling and
New Beginnings
(Celebrating the Merger of FBC Needham and FBCJP)
* Videos of in-person services
* Monthly mailings and prayer resources
* Videos of our previous outdoor worship services, sermons, and * Shelter-at-home worship resources from previous months

PHOTOS from May 6th and May 7th, 2023

May 06, 2023 - A Service of Transition: Honoring Ministry, Calling and New Beginnings

A time of worship and celebration honoring the merger of First Baptist Church in Needham and First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain

May 07, 2023 - Worship at First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain and The Walk for Hunger

ZOOM RECORDING of May 06, 2023

A Service of Transition:
Honoring Ministry, Calling and New Beginnings

Service of Celebration - May 6, 2023

Celebrating the merger of First Baptist Church in Needham and First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain

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Monthly Worship of Prayer and Communion:

September 12, 2021 A Service of Prayer and Communion

On the first Sunday evening of each month, we gather for a service of prayer and communion as we move through our time of transition at First Baptist Church in Needham.

October 03, 2021 A Service of Prayer and Communion at FBC Needham 10 03 2021

On the first Sunday evening of each month, we gather for a service of prayer and communion as we move through our time of transition at First Baptist Church in Needham.

All Saints Service - November 07, 2021

On the first Sunday evening of each month, we gather for a service of prayer and communion as we move through our time of transition at First Baptist Church in Needham.

Advent/Christmas Service of Lessons and Carols - Dec 05, 2021

Ecumenical Blue Christmas in Needham 2021

December 19, 2021, 6pm - Our Blue Christmas service is a service for those heavy of heart this Advent and Christmas season. We are reminded that we are not alone, of the blessing of Immanuel “God With Us”, that we are held in and by love through it all. Blessings on your Christmastide.

Hosted by First Baptist Church in Needham
Participants:
Rev. Daryn Stylianopoulos, First Baptist Church in Needham
Rev. Catie Scudera, First Parish in Needham, Unitarian Universalist
Rev. Ryan Marshall, Highrock Church MetroWest
State Representative Denise Garlick
Levon Hovsepian, piano
Gabriella Lindhurst, organ

A Service of Worship and Prayer, with Hymns, Communion, and Candlelighting

“Come Unto Him” from The Messiah, arr. Handel
“Let it Be”, arr. Paul McCartney

Hymns under copyright are used by permission under CCLI#763542 and OneLicense

Worship 01-09-2022 - A Celebration of Light, a service of Communion and Prayer

01-16-2022 FBC Needham 5pm Zoom Worship

Worship at FBC Needham 01 23 2022

FBC Needham Annual Meeting 01-23-2022

Worship 02 06 2022

Worship 03-06-2022

April 3, 2022 FBC Needham Worship - First Sunday Communion and Prayer 04-03-2022 --- watercolor worship

April 10, 2022 Palm Sunday Worship at FBC Needham 04-10-2022

Easter Sunday 2022 - April 17, 2022 FBC Needham

May 1, 2022 Worship FBC Needham

Pentecost 2022 FBC Needham

August 2022 Worship FBC Needham

September 12, 2021 A Service of Prayer and Communion

October 03, 2021 A Service of Prayer and Communion at FBC Needham 10 03 2021

Advent/Christmas Service of Lessons and Carols - Dec 05, 2021

Ecumenical Blue Christmas in Needham 2021

Worship 01-09-2022 - A Celebration of Light, a service of Communion and Prayer

April 3, 2022 FBC Needham Worship - First Sunday Communion and Prayer 04-03-2022 --- watercolor worship

April 10, 2022 Palm Sunday Worship at FBC Needham 04-10-2022

Easter Sunday 2022 - April 17, 2022 FBC Needham

Service/Business Meeting from June 27, 2021

Final regular Sunday Morning Worship Service for FBC Needham, incorporating a specially called business meeting of the church, during which a motion to develop a plan for closing was approved (06-27-2021).

We plan to hold a worship service the first Sunday evening of each month beginning in September (details will be posted). Blessings to all as we move toward closing - may our legacy and our future journeys in ministry continue to bless our community and world in the name of Jesus Christ.

Past Outdoor Worship and Sermons:

Worship and Prayer Resources/Mailings:

VBS garden 1.JPG — worship resources posted below

FINAL PRAYER RESOURCE - Pentecost May/June 2023

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March/April Prayer Resource 2023

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January/February Prayer Resource 2023

At our Annual Business Meeting, held on Jan 22, 2023, FBC Needham approved a motion to merge with The First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain.

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December Prayer Resource 2022

Annual Meeting scheduled (Jan 22, 2023 via Zoom)

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November Prayer Resource 2022

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October Prayer Resource 2022

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September Prayer Resource 2022

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Journaling through July Prayer/Worship Resource 2022

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June/July 2022 Prayer Resource

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Bulletin 04-10-2022 Palm Sunday

Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

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February Prayer Resource 2022

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Bulletin/Worship Service 01-23-2022

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Bulletin for Zoom Worship 01-16-2022

(Previous notice of a motion included - to be proposed Jan 23, 2022 at our Annual Meeting following worship at 5pm)

Bulletin 01-09-2022
A Service in Celebration of Light

(Previous notice of a motion included - to be proposed Jan 23, 2022 at our Annual Meeting following worship at 5pm)

December Prayer Resource 2021

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November Prayer Resource 2021

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October Prayer Resource 2021

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Angel Kiev Famine.png — August 1 - September 5, 2021

10th-15th Sundays after Pentecost

Photo: Angel Memorial to 1932-33 Famine, Kiev, Ukraine (2010). ©Holly C. Benzenhafer 2021.

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Brick wall painting.png — 9th Sunday after Pentecost - 07-25-2021

Fichter, David. Potluck Mural, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56967 [retrieved June 25, 2021]. Original source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zenmama/5429643508 - L. Sabato.

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jesus shepherd.png — 8th Sunday after Pentecost - 07-18-2021

Photo: “Good Shepherd,” Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA (2019). ©Holly C Benzenhafer 2021.

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7th church altar.png — 7th Sunday after Pentecost 07-11-2021

Photo: “Quire and Altar,” St. Peter’s By the Sea Episcopal Church, Gulfport, MS (2014). ©Holly C Benzenhafer 2021.

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hand of god.png — 6th Sunday after Pentecost 07-04-2021

“Hand of God,” from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55257 [retrieved May 28, 2021]. Original source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hand_gottes.jpg.

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church silouhette.png — 5th Sunday after Pentecost 06-27-2021

(Previous notice of a motion to dissolve included in this resource - the business meeting will be held during the 10am worship service on June 27, 2021)
The bulletin for Sunday’s worship service can be found just below this link for the worship resource.

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Mercer

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Sea Storm.png — 4th Sunday after Pentecost 06-20-2021
(Previous notice of a motion to dissolve included in this resource)

Hildebrandt, Eduard, 1818-1869. Sea Storm, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57951 [retrieved May 28, 2021]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hildebrandt_Sea_storm.jpg.

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bird in tree .png — 3rd Sunday after Pentecost 06-13-2021
(Previous notice of a motion to dissolve included in this resource)

Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918. The Tree of Life from the Stoclet Frieze, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=46730 [retrieved May 28, 2021]. Original source: www.yorckproject.de.

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Pinks Public Garden.png — 2nd Sunday after Pentecost
Worship Resource 06-06-2021

Photo: Pinks in the Boston Gardens (2004). ©Holly C. Benzenhafer 2021.

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Trinity Feminine.png — Trinity Sunday 05-30-2021

Latimore, Kelly. Trinity, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57123 [retrieved April 6, 2021].

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Pentecost Worship Resource Image (2).jpeg — Pentecost Sunday - 05-23-2021

“Descent of the Holy Spirit” by Greco (1541-1614)

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Ascension Image.png — Ascension Sunday - 7th Sunday of Eastertide
05-16-2021

JESUS MAFA. The Ascension, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48398 [retrieved April 6, 2021].

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Flowering Cross FBC Needham 2021.jpg — 6th Sunday of Eastertide
05-09-2021

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Pastors Easter 2021.jpg — Pastoral Easter Greeting 2021

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holy week and easter services 2021

**(The Weekly Worship Resource for Palm Sunday cannot be accessed through this link - scroll down to access the resource for Palm Sunday)**

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prayer beads.png — Pastoral Letter for Holy Week and Links to Holy Week Services & Resources can be accessed by clicking below

Holy week services

The Needham Interfaith Clergy Association invites you to view a commemorative service acknowledging the hardship, blessing & encouragement experienced in our living through one year of the COVID-19 pandemic