United Church of Strafford, Vermont
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On Line Worship Service, November 22, 2020
Welcome to this service. This is one of the big, pivotal Sundays in the church year. It is the Last Sunday after Pentecost, the Reign of Christ Sunday and also Thanksgiving Sunday. Next Sunday the new church year begins with…
Read MoreRev. Deadra Ashton Reflection, November 19, 2020
We invited the Rev. Deadra Bachorik Ashton to reflect on what we as a people need right now, after all we have been through in 2020, in order to nurture our spiritual, emotional, psychological and physical health. Deadre is a…
Read MoreRachel Guaraldi Reflection, November 17, 2020
We invited Rachel Guaraldi to reflect as a chaplain and spiritual director on what we as a people need right now, after all we have been through in 2020, in order to nurture our spiritual, emotional, psychological and physical health. …
Read MoreOn Line Worship Service, November 15, 2020
Welcome to this service. We asked Mark Kutolowski of Metanoia of Vermont to reflect on “Where We Go from Here” at this moment in history from a spiritual perspective. You can see his thoughtful and practical response below. It is…
Read MoreGus Speth Reflection, November 12, 2020
We invited Gus Speth to offer some post-election thoughts about where we go from here on our way to creating a loving, sustainable, healthy, just world—what we call the realm of God on earth. It will help you appreciate the…
Read MoreHaiku Unmuted, Lord’s Acre 2020, “May You Look for Love”
May you look for love with eyes, brown, green, blue, gray and looking up with hope. Haiku (5-7-5) project Lord’s Acre 2020, United Church of Strafford, Vermont Poems (see the poem texts below) by: Deadra Ashton, Danette Harris, Joey Hawkins,…
Read MoreHymns and Reading for Live Service November 8, 2020
Here are two hymns for the live Advent Preparation Sunday service on Zoom on Sunday, November 8th. (To find out how to view the service click here.) Comfort, Comfort Ye My People conditor alme7c And here is a reading for…
Read MoreOn Line Worship Service, November 8, 2020, Advent Preparation Sunday
Welcome to this service. Advent begins on November 29th this year. Today we begin to prepare for it. For over fifteen hundred years Advent has been a time for connecting to the spirit, seeking the light that shines in the…
Read MoreTools for Calm and Wisdom: Welcoming and Centering Prayer Practices
Which would feel better to you: to be anxious, tense, fretting, enslaved to obsessive thoughts and compulsive behavior, despairing…or as calm as you can be under the circumstances, resting in quiet trust, finding a place of inner peace even in…
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