As we wrap up our choral season at Edwards Church, I stand as ever in awe at the commitment made year after year by these fine volunteers I call my friends. It’s been an amazing year with many new anthems, many special services, and several opportunities for guest musicians to join the fun throughout the […]
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Rhythm of Change
Dear friends, The life of a church community involves a balance and a rhythm of continuity and change. At any given moment, we need both. Without change, we become stagnant. Without continuity, we lose our sense of who we are. While we seek to balance familiarity and newness, we also recognize that there are times […]
Pentecost Parade
The church year marches on! After a joyous Palm Sunday and Easter, May is approaching, and with it, the summer (hopefully!). The highlight of the month is Pentecost, this year on May 20. During worship, we will have a “mini parade” as usual, featuring our larger than life dove, representing the Holy Spirit. After worship, […]
Mothers’ Day Music
On May 13, we will have special music for violin and cello, featuring our own Jane Ezbicki, and Marian Levinstein, who joined us this past fall. They will accompany the choral anthem, and plan to provide chamber music with piano at other points in the service. The following week, Cheryl returns to the organ as […]
Painting with Patrick
Sunday, May 13, 2:30-4:30pm Join Patrick St. Pierre for an afternoon of painting and fun! Patrick will create a sample picture, and then will guide us through the process of creating our own. You will be amazed at your own ability to create beauty! No experience, expertise or talent necessary! You will go home with […]
Kermit’s Corner: Green Congregations
Edwards Church has accepted the MACUCC Green Congregations Challenge and have achieved Level 1 status. The Green Team has been working toward becoming a Level 2 Congregation and has now achieved this goal. We have already done many things to accomplish this. In the area of energy usage, we have installed solar panels, improved insulation […]
Easter Thanks from Chancel Committee
Thank You! The Chancel committee would like to thank all those that purchased flowers for Easter to help decorate the sanctuary. Pentecost Geraniums Pentecost Sunday is on May 20 this year. We will be collecting money towards the purchase of two large geraniums to be planted in the barrels outside the Sanctuary. The money will […]
Springtime Planting
Dear friends, This spring, as you come onto the Edwards Church campus, you are likely to see lots of people. You might see Neela, a botanist from Garden in the Woods, pointing out native plant species. You may run into Andrew, a permaculture gardening specialist who created our Edible Forest Garden, showing a group of […]
A Chance to Help Our Music Program
One of the great treasures of Edwards Church is our Tracker organ, which was built in 1852 and installed in our sanctuary in 1905. Unlike most other instruments, which remain essentially unchanged after manufacture with only slight modifications, if any, over the course of its life, each organ may undergo dramatic changes depending on the […]
The Missing Alleluia
Did you ever notice that our service music (those little bits we sing that aren’t hymns or anthems) changes during the year? Ever wonder why? Well, one particular musical slot, the Call to Prayer, is completely at the whim of the choir director. Sometimes it might coincide with the season or a particular phrase from […]