Cleveland Park Congregational UCC
Nurturing love of God and love of neighbor in the world
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
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
We have before us the glorious opportunity to inject a new dimension of Love into the veins of our civilization. ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I waited until today to write this email, because I honestly wasn’t sure how yesterday would turn out. To my relief and delight, it was glorious!
I watched with joy as three of our former Presidents welcomed our new President. I watched with pride as the first woman (Black and Asian!) was
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“All shall be well, all shall be well… For there is a Force of love moving through the universe That holds us fast and will never let us go.” – Lady Julian of Norwich, c.a. 1342-1416
I need these words today. Perhaps you do, too.
It’s been quite a year, thus far. And we’re only fourteen days into it. I wonder if some of you, like me, were “holding on” till the end of 2020, “powering through” with the belief
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Epiphanous Greetings,
Yesterday was the Feast of the Epiphany, a Christian holiday focused on both the celebration of the three magi coming to worship the baby Jesus and the baptism of the adult Jesus. Each of these were unexpected events, unveilings of a truth underlying appearance. The helpless baby, who appeared to be a newborn infant of peasant parents, was revealed as the Holy One. The itinerant adult, who appeared to be a rabble-rousing rabbi from Galilee, was revealed
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Ding Dong, 2020 is gone,
It never will come again.
Three cheers, ‘21 is now here,
We’ll soon see family and friends!
Or so I hope. And pray. I know seeing one another in person is still a ways off, but it’s coming closer every day…
Today, as we welcome 2021, I offer you the following poem from this week’s Wednesday Morning Meditation Group. This year, I pray we’ll each take the next step on our own healing journey, as
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Merry Christmas Eve!
I’m praying this week has been filled with moments of Comfort, Peace, and Joy for each one of you. It’s been a challenging year in so many ways, yet Light is always with us and Dark brings its own solace and strength. I send love and all the blessings of the Season to you and yours and hope you’ll join me for tonight’s Christmas Eve Service of Poetry, Lessons, and Carols (email info@cpcchurch.org before 5 this evening
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