‘Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.–Matthew 10:40 May we sing a joyous welcome to friends from many faiths. Amen. –Photo by Art Norton
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Lenten Devotion–April 2, 2025
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. –Ephesians 2:19-21 Three generations of women greeted the Just Peace Players in a remote church […]
Lenten Devotion–April 1, 2025
Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of […]
April Special Offering – A Place to Turn
Special Offering for April – Mother’s Day Gift Bags for A Place to Turn It’s time to begin collecting small gifts to make gift bags for the folks who go to A Place to Turn! Beginning the first Sunday in April, there will be a box in the Narthex for small gifts, near where you […]
Justice and Love in Action (JLA) Team Special Report
JLA has a budget that we use to distribute funds to organizations that align with our Statement of Faith and Vision. This is typically done at the year’s end, but this year, because of current events, we felt these organizations could use the funds sooner. In light of that, last month we disbursed the following […]
Lenten Devotional 2025
Lenten Devotional 2025: Deep and Wide: Becoming Beloved Community This year, as every year, our Lenten Devotional has been filled with powerful, beautiful reflections by church members. There are still three more weeks left. We need your creativity! Your reflections could be in the form of a prayer, a poem, a paragraph, or a photograph. […]
Climate Hope Affiliate Launch Meeting
All are Welcome! Saturday, April 5 – 9 -11:30 am in Edwards Hall The Environmental Justice Ministry of the United Church of Christ is working to equip and support people in starting powerful chapters (Climate Hope Affiliates) around the country to help accelerate action on the crisis of climate change. The goal of […]
Trip to LGBT Asylum Task Force Community Dinner
Trip to LGBT Asylum Task Force Community Dinner Monday, April 14 – 6 pm at Hadwen Park UCC (leave from Edwards at 5 pm) Last month, our Christian Explorers created necklaces from seashells as gifts for LGBT Asylum Seekers. The seashells selected are ones that have been through storms, revealing their inner beauty. […]
Special Lunch Bunch Take-Out!
Special Lunch Bunch Take-Out Thai Lunch Wednesday, April 30 – 12 noon in Sue Dickerman Hall Join us for a tasty meal of Thai food favorites. Whether you are a regular Lunch Bunch attendee or not, you are invited to this special gathering. We will select a variety of Thai dishes, including some vegan […]
Thank you for Donating – Ostomy Support
Many thanks to Justice and Love in Action for their 2024 donation to Friends of Ostomates Worldwide-USA. FOW-USA is a volunteer, nonprofit organization providing free ostomy supplies and educational materials to ostomates outside the US. An ostomate has had surgery that changes the way waste leaves their body and will require many supplies to manage […]