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(781) 843-3616
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12 Elm Street, Braintree, MA 02184

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Sunday, October 26, 2025
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

Worship @ 9:30AM 


​​In the Sanctuary

Luke 18: 9-14

Rev. Karen E. Gale preaching

"Goodness over Godliness"

"Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner."

This short prayer is called The Jesus Prayer. It is used in many Christian communities to teach meditation and invite people into a deeper prayer time.  Begin by praying "Jesus Christ, son of God..." while taking in a breath.  Then "have mercy upon me, a sinner" is prayed on the exhale. 

 

The prayer invites us to align ourselves with the will of God, and to release sin, all that gets in the way of that relationship. Sin is separation from God. So we breathe in Christ, and breathe out shame, fear, selfishness, anxiety, greed, pride and more. One can pray this prayer any time--while walking, in traffic, up in the middle of the night, while waiting to check out at the store. 

Try it...

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The Pharisee and the Publican, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, engraving, Bibel in Beldern, 1851-60

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Welcome, and thank you for visiting First Congregational Church of Braintree, UCC online. We hope that our website highlights the wide variety of worship, fellowship and service opportunities available. Please feel free to read more about our church on this site, or come in for a visit. We would love to meet you!

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First Congregational Church of Braintree is a member of the United Church of Christ.  Drawn together by the Holy Spirit, UCC members are a distinct and diverse community of Christians that come together as one church, joining faith and action.

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