Dear friends, For the first half of February, I will be enjoying my second month of sabbatical, hopefully soaking in the sunshine! Fran and I will be in Homosassa River, Florida, and we plan to kayak, bike, swim (maybe with the manatees but not with the alligators), and take lots of photos. I am looking […]
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Chat, Pray, Love with Edwards Church
Adult Bible Study with Karen Nell Smith Sundays at 9:00am in the Youth Room and via Zoom All are welcome to join us on Sunday morning at 9 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 […]
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 […]
Articles and Reports….
FEBRUARY STEEPLE: Call for Articles and Photographs! Articles and photos for the next issue of the Steeple are due on January 18. Submissions should be a maximum of about 350 words (speak to Nicola if you need more space; rules are made to be broken). We welcome you or your committee/team to send more than […]
A New Vision for Coffee Hour
After 2-1/2 years of not gathering for fellowship after worship, we have begun having coffee hour, though with a new vision. For now, we will gather on the first Sunday of every month, as a way to continue our “communion” from worship.For each coffee hour, we need a team of 3-4 volunteers. To streamline […]
An Invitation to Lenten Planning–Sunday, January 8 at 11:30 am
It has become our tradition to extend an open invitation to the entire congregation to join in dreaming of our theme for Lent. This year, the staff invites you to join in a conversation in the Youth Room after church on Sunday, January 8th. It will be an expansive brain-storming time, leading us to […]
A Post-Christmas Ritual
After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightening, and […]
Biking and kayaking and reflecting and writing…
Dear friends, What a month we have had! In early December, our new audio-visual system was installed, moving us into the next phase of a journey of transformation that began in March 2020. Immediately we recognized the potential to offer very high-quality live-stream worship for folks all over the nation and even all over the […]
A Light Filled Christmas
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” —John 1:5 Dear friends, The children have been thinking about how the church tells time. As we enter into the Advent season, they will continue to learn through lighting the Advent Candles as we mark the Sundays before Christmas. This tradition, lighting […]