United Church of Strafford, Vermont
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Pastoral Letter on the Need for a Nonviolent Movement
Dear neighbors, I am making a personal appeal to you. Jesus, John the Baptist and the ancient Hebrew prophets before them were all part of a nonviolent movement to change human civilization to be the realm of God on earth,…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for November 24, 2019, Thanksgiving Sunday
We will have an interfaith community service at Our Lady of Light in South Strafford on Thanksgiving morning at 10:00 AM—a wonderful, uplifting, neighborly tradition with Buddhist and Native American and other spiritual paths represented that makes the day so…
Read MoreAdvent 2019 Suggested Reading: Active Hope
The four Sundays of Advent focus on Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. We light candles to remind ourselves of the light that shines in the darkness that the darkness cannot overcome. Advent is a season of waiting, watching and preparing…
Read MoreStrafford’s Climate Emergency Resolution Petition
Please circulate the Climate Emergency Resolution petition (below), or sign a printed copy and deliver it to Susan Hodges or bring it to church and put it in the Pastor’s mail box in the Church Library. The Strafford Climate Action…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for November 10, 2019, Advent Preparation Sunday
Advent is only a month away. You get a special gift this Sunday if you love Advent—you get to immerse in the themes and some of the beautiful traditional hymns of the season in advance. You also get a special…
Read MoreBach Concert 11/8/19, Annemieke McLane and Emily Taubl
UPDATE as of the evening of November 7th: Emily Taubl has the flu, so this will be a solo piano performance. Annemieke is adding French Suites to the Italian Concerto and the rest of her part of the planned program….
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for November 3, 2019, All Saints Day Sunday
We will celebrate All Saints Day Sunday with the traditional singing of “For All the Saints,” but the theme of the service this year will be less about past saints and more about future ones. Right now we need more…
Read More2019 Thanksgiving to Epiphany Holiday Calendar
This is the lineup of holiday and holy day services and events so far: Sun. Nov. 24 Thanksgiving Sunday, celebrating Thanksgiving in 10:00 AM worship in our sanctuary with traditional hymns and scriptures. Thurs. Nov. 28 Strafford Interfaith Thanksgiving Service…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for October 27, 2019
This is Reformation and Reconciliation Sunday when we think about the role of those two aspects of our spiritual tradition’s history and our understanding of how humanity evolves. We remember one in particular, the Protestant Reformation, but we also see…
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