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The Eliot Church of Newton474 Centre Street Newton, MA 02458617-244-3639 |
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What We Believe History
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An Expression of Eliot's Identity
Eliot Church is a community that brings to the meeting house different religious traditions, unique paths of spiritual seeking, and varying ways of living out the promise of the Spirit in the larger world. From our many and varied backgrounds, we are drawn together to worship and celebrate the sacraments; to share joys and sorrows; to feast; to read, debate and ponder the word of God. The many mysteries of faith have laid claim to us all in separate ways, but the unique bond of that faith allows us to be one community.
We find practical ways to love and care for each other in our daily lives. We cherish the many children in our midst, and seek to share with them our reverence for the scriptures, our faith in God and our experience of the love of Christ. We attempt to practice generosity and reconciliation towards each other and towards the world, by reaching out in social witness to the Gospel. By our common commitment to be a church together, we try to be faithful stewards of our time, talents and personal resources in all that we do. And through it all we trust that God’s grand design goes on: We stumble, we search, we know we are not in control, and we rejoice that grace abounds!
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