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Choir Rehearsal
Sanctuary, 2nd
Floor:
9-10 am Sundays
(September
through May. Visitors welcome!)
Church School (Sundays)
Ages 5-14: 9:00-10:15am
Ages 15-Adult: 9:30-10:15am
(college students welcome!)
September through May
Worship
Celebration and
Eucharist Sanctuary, 2nd Floor
10:15am Sundays
(Free
childcare/babysitting available during the worship service!)
Coffee Time
Fellowship following
Worship
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Weekday
Activities
Adult Christian
Education
Tuesdays
10:30-11:30 am
Currently we are studying
the Gospel of Mark; please click here for more information on this and
other MSUMC Christian education activities: Christian Education
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Afia Center for Health
& Wholeness
Wednesdays
and Thursdays
12:00-4:00 pm
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VOLUNTEER NEEDED FOR THE
AFIA CENTER!!! PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION:
AFIA-Volunteer
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PICA Community Meal
Fridays
5:00-6:00
pm
(Volunteers to help with cooking, serving, and cleanup are always
welcome!)
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Contemporary
Social
Issue:
Domestic Violence
(The Parenting Project)
Since
1996, the Parenting Project has helped survivors of domestic violence
in their
efforts to protect vulnerable children in custody and visitation cases
at the
Rhode Island Family Court. To confidentially contact the coordinator,
Anne
Grant, please send an e-mail to:
ParentingProject@cox.net
Anne is an MSUMC parishioner who writes about changes needed in the
custody
courts. Click on this link for her blog:
http://littlehostages.blogspot.com/
Click on these links for her op-eds from the Providence Journal:
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Our Mission
We are a church in
the heart of the city—sustained
by the reconciling love of God—and
providing hope
for all
people.
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CHURCH STORE ...
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(The Upper
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(The Upper Room)
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Special
Events!
(updated
monthly)
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Chapel Gallery
Sunday, 9:00
a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday
– Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
November 1 — December
31,
2009
The Challenges of Underwater
Photography
During the months
of November and December, MSUMC is pleased to
present underwater
photography of parishioner Gregg Carter. He will display
samples from wrecks and reefs off the shores of North
Carolina, South Carolina,
the
Keys, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands— as well as from the freshwater caverns and rivers of central Florida.
As
an amateur photographer, he has found the undersea environment
particularly
demanding. Taking good pictures on dry land can be challenging, but
such
challenges often pale in comparison to taking good pictures under
water. Among
the greater difficulties that this environment bringsforth are the lack
of
light; floating particle matter—which can both block out subjects and
create
“backscatter” (the reflection of light off the particles back to the
camera,
creating glare and distortion); loss of color as light penetrates the
surface;
the common need to wear gloves (to protect from cold or wreck debris),
increasing the difficulty of camera operation; sometimes powerful
currents,
making it hard to stabilize the camera; the constant movement of fish
and other
marine life; and the need to be close to the subject matter—as the lack
of
light and the distortions created by particle matter within the water
column,
as well as the water column itself, can severely compromise photos
beyond a
range of 6 or 7 feet.
Gregg
uses a relatively inexpensive point-and-shoot, digital system, with
most of his
underwater camera work involving setting camera and strobe angles,
strobe
intensity, and striving toward elegance in composition. He has had
multiple
exhibits in Rhode Island, and he has granted permission for his
photographs to
be used in a variety of public venues, including a college textbook, a
children’s
book, and local chambers of commerce in both South and North Carolina.
You
can meet him and discuss his work on Gallery Night— Thursday, November
19th,
when the Chapel Gallery will be open from 5:00–9:00 p.m. At that time,
the
church’s fourth-floor labyrinth will be available for meditative
walking; there
will also be two half-hour concerts by acclaimed organist David Clyle
Morse.
For more information, please call 401–331–8900.
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Chapel Gallery Information Link for
Artists and Interested Others ... (please click here): chapel_gallery_info.
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Please
note that he
British Methodist Church has prepared a lovely and inspiring on-line Virtual Labyrinth. Clicking on this link
will take you there: Virtual Labyrinth.
* Also,
please
note that you are always welcome to enjoy our monthly(March ~ November):
**Gallery
Night Organ Concert**
our next concert is: Thursday, November 19th, 2009
(click
here) ...
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