Moderator's Memos

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. —Helen Keller

This is my last Moderator’s Memo. It is hard to believe that almost a year has passed since I took on the Moderator role. I guess it’s true that time flies when you’re having fun. And it has been fun. It also has been a deeply rewarding and enriching experience.

Over the past year, I have learned a lot about this church and the people who

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And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been. —Rainer Maria Rilke

It’s January, a time of fresh starts and possibilities. Also a time to plan, set intentions for the year ahead, and take stock of the year just ended.

Here at CPC, the finance team is busy finalizing the 2018 financials and putting the finishing touches on the 2019 budget. Meanwhile, Pastor Ellen and the other lay leaders and I are busy preparing

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. . . I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round—apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that—as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time. . . .  —Charles Dickens

And so it was at our church last Sunday. Peace was in short supply but goodwill was in abundance as children, parents, relatives, friends, neighbors, and church members all gathered for

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Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style.—Rebecca Solnit

The holiday season has arrived! Thanksgiving, which was just two weeks ago, is beginning to seem like a distant memory as we celebrate Advent and prepare for Christmas.

Between Thanksgiving and the start of Advent, we experienced Black Friday, Small Store Saturday, Museum Store Sunday, Cyber Monday,

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Thank you …

This is a busy week for me (and I suspect an even busier one for many of you), so I have decided to write an abbreviated Moderator’s Memo. Before I shut down my computer and take a break from technology for a few days, I want to take a minute to thank everyone who has participated in our stewardship campaign so far this year. We are grateful for the financial contributions you make to this church and

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