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Greetings~

This week we mourn the death of long-time congregation member, Chester Gray Dunham. Chester and his wife, Georgie, were founding members of the Adult Bible Class and participated actively in the overall life of our congregation for twenty-five years. We’ll celebrate Chester’s life this Friday afternoon with a Memorial Service to which all are invited.

Last Sunday: On Sunday morning, we celebrated the life of all creation with a St. Francis focused worship service, and in the afternoon we

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Make a Joyful Noise!

And that’s exactly what we did on Music Sunday, September 30th. The choir rocked the sanctuary with an upbeat rendition of African Sanctus; three choir members, LaTia Barrett, Don Clarke, and Dinora Padrino, and our Music Director, Dorothy Mora, shared reflections on the power of music and its connection with God in their lives; and I spoke briefly on the importance of holding “both the old and the new, the traditional and the contemporary, the known

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Autumn Greetings~

Yes, today is the first day of fall!  And this week’s wonderful weather has been the perfect harbinger for my favorite season.  Of course, it’s also a very holy time of year—for it includes the High Holy Days of Judaism, beginning with Rosh Hashanah and ending with Yom Kippur.  I’ve always loved these ten Days of Awe and their wonderful Good News themes of repentance and return.  Thus, this Sunday, I’ll be preaching on teshuvah, the Hebrew

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Greetings~

I returned late last night from a wonderful week and a half away and am now “reentering,” with all the e-mail, laundry, unpacking and grocery replenishing which that entails!  The good news is—the vacation was worth it.  Mark and the boys and I had a great time at a family reunion in Maine, followed by two days of walking down “memory lane” in Cambridge, MA (where Mark and I met while in graduate school).  So, it was good to

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