Posts from December 2022
Building Deeper Connections through Hope: Small Groups to Read/Explore Together
What is hope? Where does it live? And how do we cling to hope when it feels elusive or absent? Explore these and other questions with others seeking to understand hope and how to hold it close. Sign up for our next small group series to read and reflect on MaryAnn McKibben Dana’s book, Hope: A User’s Manual. We call these small groups Sacred Circles, a name that reflects our intention to create space where we can form deeper connections…
Holiday Worship Schedule
Please join us on Christmas Eve! All three services will be held in the Meeting House on Saturday, December 24, 2022. The 9:00 p.m. service will also be offered online, on YouTube and on Zoom. 4:00 p.m. Family Service, with a no-rehearsal pageant and children’s choirs 6:00 p.m. Candlelight Service, with youth choir 9:00 p.m. Candlelight Communion Service, with adult choir On the next two Sunday mornings, December 25, 2022, and January 1, 2023, we will follow a holiday schedule: one service at 10:00…
Sunday, December 18 ~ Poet Kathleen O’Toole on Grief and Service of the Longest Night
Advent is intended to be about longing and hope, and yet our culture runs over that quiet spirit with a kind of happiness that can be hard and exhausting, especially for people who are going through hard times. Grief is especially acute during Advent. Traditions can bring pain along with the memories. Financial hardship, loneliness, or heartbreak make it hard to join in to the jolly and jingle of the world. But there is still light and room for you,…