March 2018 Newsletter

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CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

MARCH 2018 VOLUME 25 NUMBER 13

FROM REBECCA

Dear Friends,

Years ago, as associate minister at Second Church in Greenwich, CT, I lived in the church parsonage. For so many reasons, I felt honored to be living where the Rev. Daniel Bliss lived when he was called to be the minister in 1935, and not merely because his grandfather founded American University in Beirut, Lebanon, a place of peace and learning for decades in a troubled land. Even the crocuses Dan and his wife had planted offered me joy.… [Read More]

Feb. 2018 Newsletter

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CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

FEBRUARY 2018 VOLUME 24 NUMBER 12

FROM REBECCA

Friends, so here we are in 2018—125 years ago, in 1893, our founders were building this structure we call Central. The technical word for this anniversary is Quasquicentennial; however, I am proposing we celebrate 2018 as the 125th year of living gratefully around the ideals of our founders: living, giving, serving, believing and growing in faith.

As this new year unfolds, I ask you to prayerfully consider how you might live in a more faith-filled way. How might you find new ways to give your time, talent and treasure?… [Read More]

Jan. 2018 Newsletter

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CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
JANUARY 2018 – VOLUME 24 NUMBER 11

FROM REBECCA

Dear Friends,

So, there I was at the grocery store, not one of my favorite tasks. But I reminded myself how lucky all of us there were, to be able to choose between Gala apples and Fuji. I kept on filling up the cart, splurging on a pomegranate, getting some great bargains on day old fruit. I daydreamed a little, thinking about the others sharing the aisles with me…the old lady who looked tired even before she started.… [Read More]