First Congregational Church of Braintree
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We plan to hold Sunday 2/2/26 9:30am service in the sanctuary as usual. Watch this space for any cancellations due to weather.
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Contact Us:
(781) 843-3616
office@firstchurchbraintree.com
12 Elm Street, Braintree, MA 02184
Office Hours Mon-Fri 9-1
Sunday, February 2, 2026
Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
Worship & Communion @ 9:30 am
Annual Financial Meeting follows worship
In the Sanctuary
Rev. Karen E. Gale preaching
"Reading Ruth: Reflecting on Immigration"
Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, 1936
The book of Ruth is one of the shortest in our Bible. It tells the story of a family whose lives are destroyed by tragedy and their decision to move in the wake of the devastation. In Ruth we watch a community decide how to feed, shelter and embrace a pair of women who were triply outcasts: immigrants, widows, and without family (a man to provide respectability). Ruth gives us a starting place to consider the words of God to the people of God about how we are to treat the alien, foreigner, and sojourner in our midst.
Come on Sunday to wrestle with how we are called to be people of faith in the midst of the immigration crisis. We will look at Ruth, a foreigner from a hated neighbor clan, and a direct ancestor of Jesus, to shed light on our own paths.
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