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Meet Rev. Ian Lynch
Rev. Ian Lynch began serving as pastor in July 2021. He began ministry nearly four decades ago in Salem, Massachusetts at a church that birthed a mission outreach to hungry and homeless people. He served briefly with the Massachusetts Conference UCC and the Massachusetts Council of Churches before pastoring churches in central Massachusetts and northeast Ohio.
He was drawn to Waterville UCC not only because of the vision to serve those on the margins, but because of the bold move to choose mission over maintenance of property. The future of church is likely to look more like the first church, a responsive gathering beyond walls, rather than the sluggish institution tied to a building it had become.
Ian lives in Waterville with his wife, Gina, daughter, Angel, and mother-in-law Pat. Returning to New England brings them back in proximity to most of their children and grandchildren as well as to Gillette Stadium where he hopes to finally see his beloved New England Revolution win the Major League Soccer Cup. Aside from being a long-suffering soccer fan, Ian is a hardcore birdwatcher. He is the only person to have been on the winning teams at both the World Series and Super Bowl of Birding.
Victim of Success
Common Nighthawk, photo by Wesley Barr on Flickr About three thousand people were added to the family on that day! This newly formed family continued daily to learn from the twelve message bearers. They lived together in harmony, ate ceremonial meals, and prayed with...
The Zen of Nest Maintenance
Mourning Doves building a nest, photo by Ian Lynch And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. ~ Acts 2:2 Mourning Doves are not exactly great architects. When it comes to nest...
Praying for Rain
YHWH will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore. ~Psalm 121:8 The first question non-birders always ask about the World Series of Birding is about how cheating is prevented. Well it can't be and that is sort of the point. The...
No Trespassing
Eastern Bluebird, photo by Ian Lynch Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Abba in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. ~Mark 11:25 I don't think that birds hold grudges per se, though they definitely have...
An Offer You Can’t Refuse
American Robin and Brown-headed Cowbird, photo by Ian Lynch Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. ~James 5:16 Brown-headed Cowbirds get a bad rap. Their...
What’s in a Name?
And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. He said, “Abba, for you all things are possible; remove this cup from me, yet not what I want but what you want.” ~Mark 14:35-36...
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