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Valentine Greetings~
I hope each one of you feels embraced by love this Valentine’s Week.  Since God is the Beloved of us all, I know that everyone among us is, indeed, much loved!  As Coretta Scott King has written:  Love is such a powerful force. It’s there for everyone to embrace—that kind of unconditional love for all of humankind. That is the kind of love that impels people to go into the community and try to change conditions for others,

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Candelmas Greetings!
Who knew that the European roots of Groundhog Day connect to the Feast of Candlemas? Apparently, the Roman legions, during their conquest of the north, brought this tradition to the Germans, who concluded that if the sun made an appearance on Candlemas, the hedgehog would cast a shadow, thus predicting six more weeks of bad weather.  An old English song summarized it as follows:
If Candlemas be fair and bright, Come, Winter, have another flight;
If Candlemas brings

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Happy New Year!

I just finished creating the winter calendar of church activities and events (see attached), and I must say— there continues to be much renewal in the air!  Whether you’re interested in personal spiritual growth, mission activities, bible study, or culture and the arts (or all of the above!), there’s something going on at CPC for you.  And, if we’re missing anything, we always welcome new ideas…

Speaking of new ideas, this year’s Annual Meeting (1/29) will include

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Winter Greetings~

Despite this year’s capricious January weather, the season of winter offers us an excellent opportunity to do some internal reflection both as individuals and as a congregation.  As I said in last Sunday’s sermon, “we are each here for a purpose, a reason, and every one of us, as an individual, is the only person who can fulfill our particular purpose or reason for being alive in the world… The point of call is for us to be

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