United Church of Strafford, Vermont
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Opportunities for Climate Action in January 2020
Monday, January 6th Strafford Climate Action Group Meeting 7:00 PM in the United Church of Strafford Parish Hall We need people to help organize and educate about Strafford’s Climate Emergency Resolution in advance of Town Meeting. We have gathered over…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for December 29, 2019, Annual Carol Sing and Story Telling Service
There are twelve days of Christmas, stretching from December 25th through January 5th. This Sunday will be the 5th Day of Christmas and we will celebrate it at 10:00 AM with a service that is designed to feel like the…
Read MoreChristmas Eve Services 2019
Dear neighbors, I have heard how much this town loves its Christmas Eve service, and I am glad because I love it, too. One person in town talks with glistening eyes about coming out of the late night service into…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for December 22, 2019, Mary Sunday
The Fourth Sunday of Advent is the climax, the most beautiful, hopeful, peaceful and quietly joyful of the season, and also perhaps the most empowering and most foundational to the spiritual and active life of the entire church year. At…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for December 15, 2019, Pageant Sunday
Greta Thunberg has been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year just days in advance of her appearance alongside Malala Yousafzai in Annemieke McLane’s new original Christmas Pageant entitled, “One Voice.” The play is about a little shepherd in Bethlehem…
Read MoreNew Version of the Lord’s Prayer
We have members of our congregation who love the language of the traditional Lord’s Prayer or the connection it brings to the church they grew up in or the parents or grandparents who taught it to them. We have other…
Read MorePastoral Letter, December 6, 2019 Climate Strike
Dear Neighbors, Please come out again this Friday if you were one of the 100 people who stood in front of Barrett Hall on September 20th for Strafford’s first Climate Strike. I hope that all those who have stood or…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for December 8, 2019, Second Sunday of Advent
We light the candle of Peace on the Second Sunday of Advent and reflect on the things that make for peace. Two weeks ago Pope Francis took a step beyond where other Popes have stood and called for the abolition…
Read MoreThe Longest Night: Facing the Darkness Together, Saturday, December 21 5:00-6:00 PM
This season comes with a constant cultural refrain of gathering with family and friends, of celebrating and giving, of spending money and experiencing happiness—and yet many people find it a source of more pain than gladness. Even in the holiday…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for December 1, 2019, First Sunday of Advent
Advent is magical, in the sense of having a mysterious power to transport us. Its power is complex—part nostalgia, part longing for what is coming, part the beauty of its greens and candles and music, part the wonderful feeling of…
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