Dear friends, On a Sunday afternoon in November, about thirty people gathered in Edwards Hall and on Zoom for the first program in Open Spirit’s Multi-Faith Collaborative series, Liberating Hope: Spiritual Perspectives on Climate Change. The program, called Planting Seeds of Hope: A Gathering for Inspiration, featured beautiful slide shows created by Fran, a reading […]
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Chat, Pray, Love November
Sunday Morning WorshipSundays at 10:00am, In person and/or via ZoomJoin us for worship every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Please see the “November Worship” section above for week-to-week details. We will email a song sheet each Sunday morning for anyone who would like to follow along from home. Sunday School with Karen NellIn November, as we get used […]
Caring for One Another
Special Offering for NovemberNeighbors in NeedEach year, in the fall, we participate in a United Church of Christ special offering called Neighbors in Need, which supports UCC programs for justice, healing and hope in the United States. For 2021, the offering is focused on supporting organizations and projects that are serving homeless and immigrant neighbors […]
Special Offering: Neighbors in Need
Each year, in the fall, we participate in a United Church of Christ special offering called Neighbors in Need, which supports UCC programs for justice, healing and hope in the United States. For 2021, the offering is focused on supporting organizations and projects that are serving homeless and immigrant neighbors or communities. One-third of NIN […]
Worship November
In November we will return to worship in our sanctuary, beginning with a procession at the end of outdoor worship on November 7. A Zoom option will be available. Sunday, November 7 at 10:00am, Holy Communion and All Saints Day CelebrationOutdoors and via Zoom, processing into the sanctuary“In Celebration of Love: Part I—A Foundation of […]
Flowers for Our Chancel
As we return to worship in the sanctuary, the congregation is invited to provide flowers to help decorate the chancel. You can give flowers from your yard, farm stand, grocery store, garden center, or florist. It does not have to be a professionally arranged bouquet and potted plants are welcome. There is an option to donate […]
Stewardship 2021
“In Celebration of Love”As the stewardship team (Mike Ellis, Joanie White, Scott and Susan Cleveland) gathered to imagine a theme for our stewardship emphasis, we kept coming back to celebration and love. We celebrate returning to the sanctuary, for it is a place that has been built and maintained with love, a place that holds […]
Music News November
In the interest of utmost caution as we return to the sanctuary, the Edwards Church Council voted in October to refrain from singing in the sanctuary during our initial worship services. While we are sad about this fact, it felt like the right decision at the time of that meeting and all we can do […]
Christian Explorers November
How much have we collected in the big penny jar?We closed October with a wonderful Trunk or Treat event on Halloween. Thank you to all the Trunkers, Trick-or-Treaters and volunteers who helped make it so much fun! This month, we learn about stewardship, count up the coins in our big penny jar, and decide together […]
Pulling Up Tent Stakes
“And they came, everyone whose heart was stirred,and everyone whose spirit was willing, and brought God’s offering to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the sacred vestments.” Exodus 35:21 Dear friends, This November finds our beloved community again in a time of uncertainty and change. As the leaves change […]