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Upcoming Service Notes, March 1, 2020, First Sunday in Lent
Two wilderness journeys serve as metaphors for Lent: the forty days Jesus spent being tempted and tried and the forty years Moses and the children of Israel wandered lost. The ancient spiritual wisdom that created Lent says that we need…
Read MoreCitations for Climate Emergency Resolution Assertions
You can find studies and articles in the pdf below that document the assertions in the Strafford Town Meeting Resolution to Declare a Climate Emergency: citations for climate resolution assertions
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes, February 23, 2020, Transfiguration Sunday
Transfiguration Sunday is one of the major events of the church year, the glorious culmination of Epiphany, the season of light. It is one of the most wildly hopeful and light-filled services of the year. Jesus and two disciples climb…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for February 16, 2020
A prominent Presidential Candidate is asking us to declare, “Which side are you on?” The scriptures this Sunday ask the same question, starting with God speaking through Moses, telling us we have to choose one side or another: the side…
Read MoreStrafford Climate Emergency Resolution FAQs
Click below to see or download a Frequently Asked Questions document about the Resolution to Declare a Climate Emergency that will be voted on at the Strafford Town Meeting, March 3, 2020: Climate Resolution FAQs 2-14-20 To read the full…
Read MoreSinging Workshop with the Amidons, February 29, 2020!
Strafford, Vermont Choral Singing Workshop February 29 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm United Church of Strafford, 230 Justin Morrill Memorial Hwy Strafford , VT 05072 United States Peter and Mary Alice Amidon lead a choral singing workshops with…
Read MoreAsh Wednesday Silent Drop-in Service 2020
Lent began in the early church as a forty-day fast, inspired by Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness. It is a time for self-emptying to let the Spirit have room to transform our heart. Lent is not about punishing our…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes, February 9, 2020
Epiphany is a season of light, and we sure need it now. This has been an extremely difficult week from the dreariest of weather days to the national and global news, and many of us are carrying personal struggles as…
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