We are pleased to present our first-ever recording from musicians from our North Street Church community: cominghome. You can hear a couple of samples on our YouTube channel.
We hope that this humble effort might be the simple beginnings of others to come. This Advent & Christmas CD project is two-fold:
- We wanted to provide space for artists to practice and contribute their artistic gifts and talents. A few of own musicians recorded this CD and presented the cover artwork.
- Our church has underwritten the costs of this CD and we are giving it away in hopes that it will create awareness about homelessness and our compassionate ministry center: Friends of the Homeless of the South Shore. Anyone who wishes to give to Friends of the Homeless in honor of this project can give online here.
If you would like a copy of the CD, come by the chapel on a Sunday or Wednesday evening for our regularly-scheduled gathering times. Or, if you are out-of-town and really want one, send $3 for shipping and handling with your name and shipping address to: North Street Community Church of the Nazarene, 235 North Street, Hingham, MA 02043. If you include a donation for Friends of the Homeless, please make a separate check out to Friends of the Homeless and mark it as "Advent & Christmas CD." (Credit cards can be used here.)
From the CD insert:
The season of Christmas is well-known as one of giving. The lesser-known preceding season of Advent, among many things, reminds the Christian Church of the Incarnation of God wherein God came and dwelt amongst humanity. Eugene Peterson paraphrases John 1:14 as God having “moved into the neighborhood” through the Word, Jesus Christ. This inhabitant act began the hospitable and compassionate ministry of Christ, one that his followers seek to continue today.
Friends of the Homeless of the South Shore, Inc. provides shelter to those without a home. During the holiday season FHSS oversees an extensive Christmas gifting ministry, providing gifts to hundreds of children and their parents. This short CD was recorded and distributed by the North Street Community Church of the Nazarene with Friends of the Homeless in mind as a small to raise funds and awareness for homelessness.
The songs of Advent & Christmas move us from the coming of the presence of God in the world to our own acts of reception, hospitality, and home- coming. If you would like to support FHSS, visit www.causes.com/fhss or send it to FHSS, 8 Driftway, North Weymouth, MA 02191.
