Last Sunday, we lit the first Advent candle for Hope. This seems fitting, for even as we experience the worst month of Covid thus far, we look forward to the coming of… a vaccine; the Light (solar and spiritual); and a new Administration. The word, Advent, means Coming.
As we look toward what’s to come (and back at what’s been), please consider what our church community has meant to you this year and however many years you’ve been
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Pastor's Page
I invite you to read my bi-weekly newsletters below for reflections on Sunday worship and updates on congregational life. I hope, and believe, you will also enjoy my Sermons. I look forward to seeing you and sharing worship with you.
- Blessings,
Pastor Ellen
Please call or e-mail to schedule time with Pastor Ellen:
M, W, Th: Appointments and visits
Tuesday: Day off
Friday: Sermon and study day
Here are some spiritual resources that I find myself returning to time and again. I hope you will also enjoy them.
UCC Feed Your Spirit
Bite in the Apple
Patheos.com
The Listening Hermit
RickMorley.com
Larry Patten.com
From Rev. Ellen Jennings
Happy Thanksgiving Week!
Tis the Season to consider gratitude. I truly believe (and research shows) that the more we focus on gratitude, the happier we are. Gratitude opens our hearts, expands our minds, and brings us joy. Thus, if you don’t already have some form of gratitude practice, I encourage you to try one of these:
- Every night, before you go to sleep, name three things for which you’re grateful.
- Every morning, while you drink your coffee/tea, write one paragraph
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From Rev Ellen Jennings
Grateful Greetings,
With all that’s going on in the world, it would be easy to “doom and gloom” our way through the rest of 2020. But let’s not! Because, for all the challenges, there are so many blessings. And, as we approach Thanksgiving Week, I encourage us to focus on them.
This Sunday, I hope you’ll join me for our annual Thanksgiving Service with music from both our Choral Ensemble and Chimes Choir. We’ll be welcoming four
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From Rev. Ellen Jennings
Hello Everyone,
Last Saturday I was on a Zoom call with our church’s Phone Care Group when the election was “called” for President and Vice President Elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. I was so happy to be with other congregation members (even from a distance) as they opened their windows to the sound of horns honking up and down the avenues of DC. What an historic moment! As Jane wrote later that day:
In this photo I
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From Rev. Ellen Jennings
Dear Ones,
I’m very tired today, as I imagine many of you are. I’m tired of feeling so alerted and alarmed, tired of strife, tired of Covid, tired of ignorance and greed (in both others and myself), and tired of being tired.
This being said, I’m also grateful (thank God for “both/and”). During last night’s post-election support circle, Curt reminded us how much there is for which to be grateful, each and every day. We wake up. The sun shines
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