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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.
Duck!
Those who became my enemies without provocation chased and harangued me like a bird. ~ Lamentations 3:57 The loud “kek, kek, kek, kek” screeching from the forest downhill to my right should not have surprised me. I was, after all, expecting to hear the American...
Lead with Your Heart
They called the blind man, “Be encouraged! Get up! He’s calling you. Throwing his coat to the side, he jumped up and came to Jesus.” ~Mark 10:49-50 Animal rehabbers are careful not to tame the animals that are in their care. When a nestling is being raised, they will...
It Takes a Village
Whenever you enter a city and its people welcome you, eat what they set before you. Heal the sick who are there, and say to them, “God’s kindom has come upon you.” ~Luke 10:10 Once the Chimney Swifts arrive and settle in you will often see more than the pair flying...
Foreign Agents
Which one of these three was a neighbor to the man who encountered thieves? ~ Luke 10: 36 It is important to distinguish between the terms non-native and invasive. Some native species are invasive, that is, they multiply rapidly and tend to dominate an environmental...
Read the Book
Savannah Sparrow Abraham said to him, “They have the words of Moses and the words of the prophets. Let your family listen to them.” ~Luke 16:29 All of us live with a subjective measurement of time. Years, months, days, hours, and seconds are artificially imposed on...
Spark Bird
Northern Flicker But ask the animals, and they will teach you, the birds of the air, and they will tell you. ~ Job 12:7 Birdwatching as popular pastime today would likely not have been possible without the genius of Roger Tory Peterson. His innovative addition to...
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