United Church of Strafford, Vermont
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Upcoming Service Notes, January 6, 2019, Epiphany
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 of God’s light and life and love in the…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes for October 28, 2018
Worship this week will celebrate All Saints Day Sunday and Reformation/Reconciliation Sunday and Vision Sunday. We will have a congregational meeting at the end of worship to vote on our Future Directions Vision, the culmination of a careful year-long process…
Read MoreUpcoming 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 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 MoreOrgan Recital by John Atwood on June 29th, 2018
Don’t miss this if you are at all fond of Bach and Buxtehude’s organ music and want to learn some of the history of our organ by one of the people who built it. John Atwood just refurbished the organ…
Read MoreConcert and Music News
Next Concerts Held on Fridays (except where noted), 7:00-8:15 PM. Admission by donation, 20% goes to the church’s Manheim Fund for the Arts. May 11th, “Music and Memories,” pianist Annemieke McLane. Composers writing for friends, or about memories, pieces listeners may have…
Read MoreUpdate on South African Poster April 27-29
Below is updated information from the South African Event Poster. Please note that you are invited to come to any or all of these events. For instance, if singing is all you are interested in, you may come Saturday at 6:30…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes, April 1, 2018, Easter Services
Rev. Telos Whitfield of Straffford’s Unitarian Universalist church has prepared a beautiful community Easter Sunrise Service celebrating “A Circle of Light.” We will meet at 6:15 AM at Confluence, the former Gove Hill Retreat Center, at the top of Gove…
Read MoreSongs That Can Change the World: South African Freedom Songs
The next program in the series of Songs That Can Change the World will take place the weekend of April 27th-29th. We will immerse in the history and music of the South African freedom movement, focusing primarily on the life…
Read MoreUpcoming Service Notes, February 25, 2018
Annemieke McLane will be back this week leading the choir and providing some gorgeous, comforting and uplifting music. See the three YouTube videos below for a sampling of what we will hear. You are invited to sing with the choir…
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