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Upcoming Service Notes, June 16, 2019
The First Sunday after Pentecost is known as Trinity Sunday. The Trinity is one of the great mysteries of the Christian tradition—how the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ and God are distinct and yet one. Many churches will tell you what…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes, June 9, 2019 PENTECOST!
There is a tie for first place among the three most important Sundays in the church year: Christmas, Easter and Pentecost. We should celebrate Pentecost just as robustly. In Italy some churches drop rose petals from above to signify the…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes, June 2, 2019
William Sloane Coffin wrote, “The chief religious question is not, ‘What must I do to be saved?’ but rather, ‘What must we all do to save God’s creation?’” This is the last Sunday in Eastertide, the last Sunday before Pentecost,…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes, May 26, 2019
The great, miraculous, world-changing day of Pentecost is drawing near (June 9th) and Eastertide starts to anticipate it this Sunday. The message is one of tremendous hope—the exact hope we need when we face seemingly insurmountable personal or world problems….
Read MoreJOIN US for Discussion and Action on Climate Change Starting June 16th
The United Church of Strafford and the Universalist Society of Strafford are excited to partner together to launch a town-wide book study of Climate Church, Climate World, by our neighbor and national climate activist Jim Antal. Climate Church, Climate World…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes, May 12, 2019
Good Shepherd Sunday and The Work of Mothering Sunday Three streams will flow into this worship service: Wendell Berry’s description of Nurturers vs. Exploiters from the opening pages of his great book The Unsettling of America; the scripture readings of…
Read MoreGolden Civilization Conversation Continues, Notes from 4/28/19
On Sunday, April 28, twenty-three of us met after the morning service to participate with George Kinder and his family in a Golden Civilization conversation. George Kinder Returns to Continue the Conversation George will be here October 6, 2019 during…
Read MoreThe Stereotype Project Poster
Thanks to Charlotte Reimanis we had a Stereotype Project with an interactive poster in the Parish Hall for two months in the early spring of 2019. We gradually filled it up with stereotypes we have observed being made in the…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for May 5, 2019, Stereotype Sunday
Thanks to Charlotte Reimanis we have had a Stereotype Project with an interactive poster in the Parish Hall for the past two months. We have gradually filled it up with stereotypes we have observed being made in the media or…
Read MoreSermon Conversation, George and Tom Kinder, April 28, 2019
A Golden Room, A Golden Civilization A conversation between George and Tom Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont April 28, 2019, Second Sunday of Easter Isaiah from Chapters 30 and 60; Acts 4:32-35; John 20:19-23 Instead of a sermon, my…
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