Moderator's Memos

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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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. – William Arthur Ward

It is hard to believe, but Thanksgiving is just two weeks away, which means that we are about to enter the holiday season. I love this time of year and one reason I do is because it is a period that celebrates gratitude, goodwill, and generosity. I’ve decided to get a head start on the season by devoting today’s Moderator’s Memo

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