Luke 10:1-11 Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark October 23, 2022 “In the Navy, we call it grit.” Deb Roy and I were chatting in her kitchen before a Facilities Assessment Planning Team meeting. I was telling her about our idea for the Resilience in Community Project. I commented that one of the challenges […]
To Bend and Not Break
Jeremiah 17:7-8; Luke 17:5-6 Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark October 16, 2022 “Quick!” Fran cried out. “Pull over here. I have to take a picture of that tree.” I veered off into the parking area just in time. Fran leapt out of the car. She was in photography heaven. We were on […]
Worship
Worship Weather permitting, we will worship outdoors and via zoom through October 9. Thank you to Danielle and Jim and Olive for their generous sharing of their lawn! On October 16, we will move back into our sanctuary, always with a Zoom option. October 2 at 10:00am—Celebrating 195 Years: A Time of Transformation, Part III […]
From the Choir Director
A Season of Anticipation Thank you, thank you! In the time between my writing and your reading of this article, we will be even closer to our financial goal to have the finest technology we could imagine. It is to be installed at the beginning of Advent. How exciting! (How nerve-wracking!) So many mixed emotions […]
Christian Explorers October 2022
Returning to Indoor Worship In October, Christian Explorers will return to worship indoors. On the first Sunday of each month, we’ll be participating in the sanctuary with our families for communion and a craft at the Tent of Meeting. On other Sundays, we’ll bring in the light to begin worship, then move to Sue Dickerman […]
Present to the beauty of the fall
“This is the day which the Lord hath made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.” —Psalm 118:24 Dear friends, I love the fall. I can feel the autumn coming now…shorter days, cooler temperatures, the leaves beginning to turn. I can hardly wait for the fall colors. Although we had such a dry summer, I […]
Back in the Sanctuary
Dear friends, What a gift it has been to worship outdoors for the last four-and-a-half months! We have been blessed with amazing Sunday morning weather, and with the holy coincidence that the one 100-degree Sunday was the day we were already scheduled to worship in Plymouth Church’s air conditioning! We have been blessed with the […]
“Embraced by Love”
Ephesians 3:27-29, Matthew 8:1-4 Rev. Dr. Deborah L. Clark September 25, 2022 Professor O’Connell was in rare form. On any day of the week, he was known for his charisma and passion. On this particular Thursday he waxed especially eloquent on the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, a leader of the Transcendentalist movement […]
Kermit’s Korner
What’s Wrong with Plastic? The answer is overwhelming and multifaceted so we cover just a small portion of them here. The real beginning of synthetic plastic on our planet was in 1907 with the creation of Bakelite by Belgian inventor Leo Baekeland. He used fossil fuels as a replacement for whale oil and other […]
Reflections on the Challenge of Becoming Antiracist
As I reflect on my journey to become an antiracism activist, I remember when I didn’t know what white privilege was. Growing up 1960s I remember seeing marches on TV before my father changed the channel, hearing about Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at our UCC church and talking at the Sunday dinner table […]