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Midweek Message – January 22

There are a couple of things that are weighing on my heart and mind today. One is the amazing witness of Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, at the Washington National Cathedral yesterday. You can watch her entire sermon below, or if you just want to watch the part that stirred up such a storm, youContinue reading “Midweek Message – January 22”

Midweek Message – January 8

We have a special service this Sunday around hymns and music! Jackie Clark is leading worship while I take a Sunday off that I am owed from the summer. There will be reflections on three different hymns by Shirley O’Sullivan, Dianne Cleveland and Lynne Travers. You’ll also be singing them! We are ‘undecorating’ this week…Continue reading “Midweek Message – January 8”

The Season of Christmas

You Are a Blessing All through the weeks of Advent, we have been using quilt blocks as a way to look at the readings. We had to cancel our Christmas Eve service due to bad weather, so today, Rev. Catherine adapted what had been planned for Christmas Eve and added Epiphany The first one isContinue reading “The Season of Christmas”

Midweek Message – December 18

The theme this week is Hope Is Worth the Risk; scripture is Matthew 1: 18-25 & Luke 1: 46-55. I’ve been thinking a lot about risking hope; hoping for something, voicing it, putting it out there into the community, universe, or whatever, is both an act of courage and of vulnerability. I am not sureContinue reading “Midweek Message – December 18”