Adult Bible Study with Karen Nell Smith Sundays at 9:00 a.m., in-person and via Zoom All are welcome to join us on Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. downstairs in Sue Dickerman Hall. Each week we gather to check in with each other, read the scripture for the upcoming Sunday morning service, reflect, share and pray. Please email […]
Ministry of Outreach and Justice
Kermit’s Corner: April
Fast Fashion: Even Worse than You Feared… I have always struggled with impulse shopping, but after researching how much the current Fast Fashion industry pollutes the earth and puts its workers at risk, I think I may finally have found motivation to really curb my impulse buying., Fast Fashion began about 30 years ago when […]
April Announcements
Compassionate Conversations Fourth Mondays at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom (4/24) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88334124569 Would you like to have deep and meaningful conversations with fellow congregants? Are there topics you’d like to explore in a safe environment? Come and share your thoughts, feelings, concerns in a safe environment. We will discuss a different topic on the 4th Monday […]
Kermit’s Corner: March
Lenten Plant-Based Eating Challenge – Get some help with “eating green”! For the Lenten season, the Green Team is encouraging you to change your food choices to make them better for the planet, for people, and for animals. The Green Team challenge is called Plant Based for Lent. Here’s how it will work. From Wednesday, […]
Kermit’s Corner: February
Plant Based For Lent For our Green Team challenge this year, we have chosen Plant Based for Lent. You can choose to participate as much or as little as you can. The more you lean into the challenge, the more the positive impact you will have on the environment, your own health, animals, world hunger […]
Excited for Spring!
Excited for Spring!For church musicians, the best time to think about spring worship music is the middle of winter, we’ve got to be prepared. For the first time, in mid January, I called together anyone at all who is interested in planning music for our services this Lent and Easter. As I write this, our […]
Kermit’s Korner
February Book Discussion & Reflection on 2022’s New Green Habits It’s winter, time for a good book. The Green Team invites you to read The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee and join our book discussion (in person and on zoom) on Monday, February 13 at 7:00 p.m. The Green Team took stock […]
Justice and Love in Action
How do we integrate our commitment to becoming an anti-racist church with our historic giving practices and already established relationships? How do we transform systems of oppression with our resources? How do we not pit values and priorities against each other? These are just some of the questions Justice & Love in Action (formerly […]
Special Offerings for January—The Diaper Project and “Donate”
For the celebration of Epiphany, the Justice and Love in Action Team invites you to bring in diapers for The Diaper Project at A Place to Turn. Sizes 5, 6 and 4T-5T pull-ups are especially needed. You can also donate sanitary pads and tampons as part of the DONATE project — a program started by […]
From the Choir Director
Welcome, 2023! I wish to extend a very sincere thank you to everyone who helped Edwards Church Music shine this Advent, often with their own guidance as I focused on trying to learn our new technology, a continuing work in progress. From our choristers and our Morning Glory songsters, to our soloists in our […]