We’re providing some resources and other goodies that were part of the service on April 5. Check our blog weekly to access to the poetry and music we’re using in our online worship. Lynn Unger’s poetry has been a balm for many in our services. Her poem Persephone was our meditation. It’s not on her … Continue reading Worship Goodies from April 5 “Mothers for All” with Erien Babcock
How are you friends? How are you holding up? Here’s a meme I saw this morning on Facebook: “Eighth day of self isolation in my house and it’s like Vegas: we’re losing money by the minute, cocktails are acceptable at any hour, and no one knows what time it is.” Claire our 19 year old … Continue reading Homily: Wisdom in Our Hands
There are lessons that we have to learn over and over again. Many of them aren’t all that hard, but they don’t take the first, second or seventh or eighth time. Some of those lessons we never get completely right, or forget too easily and shake our heads when we learn them again and again. … Continue reading Abundance and Generosity: A Homily
Last Sunday we continued to learn about how to make an online community for worship. This time the sanctuary was without worshippers. Only our Intern Minister, Erien Babcock, Cindy Hackett, our Board Member, and I were in the room. Honestly, it felt empty and a little sad, but we were so focused on getting everything … Continue reading Worship and More: Find Us Online
Yesterday as I walked our black Lab Cooper, I found myself tuned into the beauty around the apartment complex where we live. There was a small globe of moss that had fallen off a nearby tree, seafoam green on the deep green grass. Hyacinths were blooming next to the mailboxes. The ornamental cherry trees were … Continue reading We’ll Get Through This Together: Update on Worship and Gatherings
We’ve had a few questions about our response to the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Here’s you’re go to place to get answers about our response. In the middle of January, we began shifting some of our usual practices in the congregation. An early alert from member Breck Lebeque urged us to replace hand shaking … Continue reading COVID-19 and Us
At our Auction in the fall, we raised money for doing some social justice work in the community. At a Collaboration meeting in early February, a group of discussed and came up with opportunities to use the funds to help us do some direct work in our wider community. First, we talked about what we … Continue reading Making a Difference
I served a congregation in Woodstock, Vermont back in the mid-1990s. I learned about winter weather. And a LOT about snow. It might have been the first time we had a big snow that I decided to not preach the sermon that I had planned, but rather to offer the few people who arrived — … Continue reading Snow-zilla!
It’s so rare that we have to worry about the weather, that we’re not accustomed to making decisions about programming and snow. However, the forecast for this weekend and into next week suggest that we may get substantial snows and we want to be sure we all stay safe. Watch our website and Facebook page … Continue reading Weather Warnings!
Lucille Clifton wrote: i am running into a new yearand the old years blow backlike a windthat i catch in my hairlike strong fingers likeall my old promises Full poem here. If you’re like me, you’ve been ruminating about all the usual things that come up as the year slips from one to the next. … Continue reading Running Into the New Year
