United Church of Strafford, Vermont
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Category: Music
The Choir Will Sing “Imagine” on January 12, 2020
The choir will sing “Imagine” by John Lennon and Yoko Ono at our service on January 12, 2020. You can see and hear a moving version of “Imagine” below with a list of performers below that: Here’s the COMPLETE…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes, January 5, 2020, Epiphany
We celebrate Epiphany Sunday this year on January 5th. January 6th is the Day of Epiphany and the start of the all-important church season of Epiphany. Epiphany comes from a Greek word that means manifestation. We are seeing the manifestation…
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 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 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 September 15, 2019 Annual Meeting Sunday
We will have a richly meaningful worship service this Sunday. It will include beautiful music and a comforting, reassuring message for hard times. We will reflect on the role that our congregation can play in our community and world as…
Read MoreMusic and Poetry Workshop July 12th and 13th
“Give Sound to Words: Say a word. Sing the same. Hear a song or sing it, too.” A crash course in what inspires poets to write songs and composers to use certain poems, and a chance for us to bring…
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 MoreUpcoming Service Notes, April 21, 2019, Easter Services
Rev. Telos Whitfield of Strafford’s Unitarian Universalist church has prepared a beautiful community Easter Sunrise Service entitled “Embracing the Light, We Begin Again…” We will meet at 5:45 AM at Confluence, the former Gove Hill Retreat Center, at the top…
Read MoreGospel Singing Workshop February 16-17, 2019
PLEASE NOTE: This is the new date for this workshop after it was postponed in January due to a snowstorm. Carl Recchia and Jody Albright will lead this singing workshop which is open to all levels of experience, free of…
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