United Church of Strafford, Vermont
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2018 Annual Report
Below are links to the 2018 United Church of Strafford Annual Report. Please read these before Annual Meeting on September 16th after worship. Thank you! (The Warning for the meeting is printed below.) 2018 USC Annual Report Addendum P. 1…
Read MoreClimate Rise for Action Event Saturday, September 8th
Danette Harris, the Chair of our Mission Committee, asked that we spread the word about this event: From: Two Rivers Action Coalition (TRAC) <strafford-sharon-area-action-group@googlegroups.com> Date: Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 5:40 PM Subject: Join TRAC in Montpelier for a global rise for…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for September 9, 2018
The choir will begin the service with the South African freedom song, “Siyahamba (We Are Marching in the Light of God).” It is a joyful, confident, powerful song. You can feel the courage and faith of the anti-apartheid South Africans,…
Read MorePastoral Letter on Gratitude, Struggle, Help and the 9/2/18 Service
Dear neighbors, I was standing in front of the beautiful display of produce at the Strafford Village Farm tomato tasting on Friday evening, holding a head of bibb lettuce, a container of red potatoes and a perfect melon. I was feeling…
Read MoreFuture Directions Vision Statements, First Drafts for Comment
The Future Directions process began with churchwide conversations and a questionnaire a year ago, in the fall of 2017. The Future Directions Study Group (Danette Harris, John Hawkins and Pastor Tom Kinder) then took the twenty-six pages of comments and…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for September 2, 2018
This week our Mission Committee had an extraordinary meeting. We talked about many different ways in which our world is endangered or suffering right now–climate change and environmental destruction, poverty and economic inequality, racism and especially white supremacy, and the…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for August 26, 2018
Last Sunday Mark Kutolowski spoke about spiritual liberation, about becoming free in life to be our truest, best selves and enjoy the greatest and only lasting meaning, fulfillment and happiness that a person can experience. This week we will be…
Read MoreWilliam Sloane Coffin New Event Idea
Dear Church Family, Some younger and newer people in Strafford are not aware of the connection the church and town have to Bill Coffin, and may not be not aware of who he was and what he did and said….
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for July 22, 2018
This is the second in a two part series responding to a question a Strafford neighbor has asked about evil. Jesus said that “evil things come from within,” so last week we focused on evil and the struggle against evil…
Read MoreMaggie Hooker Story and Mary Oliver Poem
Today I want to share a story about two magical synchronistic events, a spiritual revolution and a poem by Mary Oliver. The first part of this story begins October 2017. I am a regular reader of the Strafford list serve…
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