United Church of Strafford, Vermont

Category: Church News


Announcing New Worship Formats and Spiritual Offerings

September 5, 2020 Dear Church Family, I am excited to share with you some new worship formats and spiritual offerings that have arisen out of conversation with the Deacons and the team working on our online worship.  Here is a…

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On Line Worship Service, August 30, 2020

Welcome to this service – the final of four lay-led, “summer-simple” services we holding while Pastor Tom Kinder is on break. Music, time with children, announcements, sermon, and haiku – that’s all – and mostly from the archive of beautiful…

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On Line Worship Service, August 23, 2020

Welcome to this service – week three of lay-led, “summer-simple” services we holding while Pastor Tom Kinder is on break. Music, time with children, announcements, sermon, and haiku – that’s all – and mostly from the archive of beautiful and…

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On Line Worship Service, August 16, 2020

Welcome to this service.  Welcome to the second of four “unpastorized” services we will hold while Pastor Tom Kinder is on break. In Tom’s absence, we are simplifying the online service format to place the focus on meaningful sermons that…

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On Line Worship Service, August 9, 2020

Welcome to this service.  Today’s service is the first of four “unpastorized” services we will hold while Pastor Tom Kinder is on break. In Tom’s absence, we are simplifying the online service format to place the focus on meaningful sermons…

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Churchwide Emails about Bill Burden

You can read our first churchwide email about the death of Bill Burden by clicking here. You can read the second one by clicking here. And the August 2, 2020 service sermon talked about him as well.

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Weekly Churchwide Email, August 1, 2020

You can read our weekly email newsletter published on August 1, 2020 by clicking here.

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Weekly Churchwide Email, July 25, 2020

You can read our weekly email newsletter published on July 25, 2020 by clicking here.

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On Line Worship Service, August 2, 2020

Welcome to this service.  The theme of today’s service is “Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled vs. Jesus Wept.”  The Bible and our entire tradition hold together these two seemingly contradictory approaches to loss and grief.  This service will…

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Call to Worship and Mel Goertz’s Haiku, August 2, 2020

[You can watch a video recording of this Call to Worship at the end of this text. To see the entire service, click here.] Teaching One: “Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled vs. Jesus Wept”—Call to Worship and Mel…

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