United Church of Strafford, Vermont
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Upcoming Service Notes for October 21, 2018
It is now clear that the generations alive today are being called to undertake the greatest heroic struggle in human history. As with all classic hero’s journeys, the most daunting obstacles to overcome are within our hearts and minds. (If…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for October 14, 2018
Dear Church Family, I have hope, excitement and joy to share. It is the true light that shines in the darkness that the darkness cannot overcome. But first we need to travel down into the darkness. Suddenly, within the span…
Read MoreLords Acre 2018 Photos and Thank you!
Many thanks to everyone who helped to make this year’s Lord’s Acre a success! We thank Joey for writing and co-directing Some Show!, and Anniemieke for directing and being the musician and everyone who participated in and attended the show…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for October 7, 2018
First, if you do nothing else for your heart and soul this week, please watch this short, fascinating, gorgeous, deeply moving video of the first time humans went deeply enough into space to look back and see the earth as…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for September 30, 2018
Jesus was talking about who was in and who was out, and what credentials a person needed to be part of the movement to bring people into God’s realm of healing, justice and peace on earth. He said, “Whoever is…
Read MoreNew Bereavement Group Starting in October
Our neighbor in Strafford, Rachel Guaraldi, is the chaplain at the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative & Hospice Care, DHMC. She sent us this important request: “Please spread of the word to your community of our upcoming bereavement group, a collaboration…
Read MoreLords Acre Coming Up October 6, 2018!
60+ Annual Lords Acre, Saturday October 6, Barrett Hall Please save the date for the Lords Acre dinner and show, celebrating local! Ham dinner by Ed Eastman and Danette Harris and many others, Charlotte’s Web directed and produced by Annemieke…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for September 23, 2018
Jesus came to help human hearts and minds wake up and grow up into fullness of maturity, into the heart and mind that God created us to have–made in God’s image, as the creation story in Genesis says. Jesus came…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for September 16, 2018 Annual Meeting Sunday
Worship this Sunday will explore and celebrate the vision that is emerging of the congregation we feel called to be in this crucial time in the history of our nation and human civilization. You can read the first draft Future…
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