Worship on the water: An unusual service in honor of Hadley's 350th anniversary
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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The Rev. Richard Jones, standing, acting pastor of North Hadley Congregational Church, delivers a sermon during the service on Lake Warner, located behind the church. The call to worship began: "We gather by the lakeshore as they gathered in ancient times." Others who took part in the service are, from left, the Rev. Sherril Willis, Bruce Brewer, Amherst Fire Department Call Force Capt. Ryan Willey, the Rev. John Blunt, the Rev. Sarah Buteux and Patrick Sullivan. Click on the picture to see GazetteNET's video report on the service.
The Rev. Richard Jones, standing, acting pastor of North Hadley Congregational Church, delivers a sermon on Lake Warner at the start of a Galilean church service Sunday night as pastors from North Hadley, Hadley, Sunderland and Shutesbury/South Deerfield churches prepare to deliver a service from boats near the North Hadley Congregational Church. The tradition of the service -- which began in the 1930s and hasn't been used since the 1960s -- was revived as part of Hadley's 350th anniversary celebration.
