Church at the Lake

06/01/2026

05/31/2026

Sunday Worship Sermon Genesis 1:1-2:4a “Devine Dance” Pastor Beth McKibben-Nee

05/27/2026

Good afternoon Friends. Every Sunday morning, First United Church of Christ Congregational in Marblehead gathers at 10:30 to honor God’s unconditional love for all God’s children. You are warmly invited to participate in our Sunday celebration. Minister Beth McKibben-Nee will be preaching.
A devotional by Ronald M. McCauley and Sister Maria Francesca Lowis, SAC, is posted below. Wishing peace and blessings to all.

O God, at the beginning of this new day, as Your spirit searches and knows us through and through, we come to sense not only Your depth, but the depth of the human spirit.
And so we come, O Spirit of the Living God, ready for Your spirit to make a difference in our lives.
Whisper to us from tomorrow as well as from yesterday.
Fill us with the truth of your spirit.
Mold us with Your love and use us as your own.
O, Spirit of the Living God, fall afresh on each of us this day.
In Jesus name.
Amen.

05/24/2026

Sunday Worship Sermon “Most Fascinating Fire” Acts 2:1-21 Pastor Beth McKibben-Nee

05/24/2026

Good morning Friends. Every Sunday morning, First United Church of Christ Congregational in Marblehead gathers at 10:30 to honor God’s unconditional love for all God’s children. You are warmly invited to participate in our Sunday celebration. Minister Beth McKibben-Nee will be preaching.
A devotional by Ronald M. McCauley and Sister Maria Francesca Lowis, SAC, is posted below. Wishing peace and blessings to all.

O God, You have once again broken into our lives, with recreation of this new and beautiful day. So, we come today to offer You our thanks and praise. Pour down the blessings of Your spirit upon each one here this morning that we may perceive Your nearness once more and find Your strength and love filling all our living this day. Through Christ we pray. Amen.

05/17/2026

Sunday Worship Sermon “The Gift of Prayer” John 17:1-11 Pastor Beth McKibben-Nee

05/15/2026

Good evening Friends. Every Sunday morning, First United Church of Christ Congregational in Marblehead gathers at 10:30 to honor God’s unconditional love for all God’s children. You are warmly invited to participate in our Sunday celebration. Minister Beth McKibben-Nee will be preaching.
A devotional by Ronald M. McCauley and Sister Maria Francesca Lowis, SAC, is posted below. Wishing peace and blessings to all.

O gentle God, from the threatening valleys of life where we seek to discern the springs of living water, we come to accept the gift of this new day where You are known more clearly and we can offer our thanks. Together may we discover anew the support of Your covenant love and the strength that comes from times of prayer. Deliver us from bo***ge and fear, so that our lives may sing for joy to the living God, who has delivered us from death to life. Amen.

05/10/2026

Sunday Worship Sermon “Paraclete” John 14:15-21 Pastor Beth McKibben-Nee

05/07/2026

Good evening Friends. Every Sunday morning, First United Church of Christ Congregational in Marblehead gathers at 10:30 to honor God’s unconditional love for all God’s children. You are warmly invited to participate in our Sunday celebration. Minister Beth McKibben-Nee will be preaching.
A devotional by Ronald M. McCauley and Sister Maria Francesca Lowis, SAC, is posted below. Wishing peace and blessings to all.

O gentle God, at the beginning of this new week, full of dangers, yet full of possibilities, we pray that you will make us great enough to live life to its fullest. For strength to stand up in trouble, for courage to overcome temptation and for inward grace from divine resources to master life and not be mastered by it.
Let your light shine on all of us today, making plain some answers to our questions, some assurance for our doubts, some strength for our weakness, and some vision of our duty.
We pray in Jesus name.
Amen.