Meet The Pastor
The Rev. Ian Lynch
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.
The Divine Vine
photo by Ian Lynch I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who live in me and I in them will bear abundant fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ~John 15:5 Looking out my window, I see a cat sitting and staring at my neighbor’s hedges. My first thought is...
Overwhelming Evidence
Pileated Woodpecker, photo by Ian Lynch “Rabbi,” Philip said, “show us Abba God, and that will be enough for us.” ~John 14:8 The compiler of the Christmas Bird Count was not interested in our argument, but our logic was sound. We found an oval hole freshly dug into a...
The Guest List
It was before the Feast of Passover, and Jesus realized that the hour had come for him to pass from this world to Abba God. He had always loved his own in this world, but now he showed how perfect this love was. ~John 13:1 When you invite birds into your yard to feast...
Don’t Forget the Undertail Coverts
Black-throated Green Warbler, photo by Ian Lynch When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.”~Acts 26:14 No story gets told the same way...
The Warbler Who Falls
Volunteers monitoring birds at the Tribute in Light. Photo by Ben Norman Now if I am in the wrong and have committed something for which I deserve to die, I am not trying to escape death; but if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can turn me over to...
Mandela Effect
American Woodcock, photo by Ian Lynch In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” ~ Acts 20:35 Darth Vader did not say,...
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