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August 2022      Vol. 30, No. 11

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From Rebecca

Dear Friends, I saw a bluebird the other day. Or did the bluebird see me? At any rate, he was gorgeous, a pure blue gem perched on an oak branch.

Was he looking for something to eat? Or for his mate? (I never saw her.) Or was he, like I was, just taking a moment and enjoying the cloudless day?

While I do love the respite of summertime, that bluebird makes me wonder … why don’t we take more time just to perch somewhere?… [Read More]

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June / July 2022              Vol. 30, No. 10

Summer Worship Begins June 19 at 10 am!

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From Rebecca

Dear Friends, one of you sent me a poem based on Exodus 33:12-23 – “God’s Breadcrumbs,” by Jennifer McLean – because it spoke to you.

The forest is dark and scary.
We are afraid!
We don’t know the way!
What shall we do?
How do we go on?

God: Think! Remember!
I have told you the way!
You are not my equal
so FOLLOW me!… [Read More]

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March 2022 Vol. 30, No 7

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From Rebecca

Dear Friends, in this letter, which you are receiving at the very beginning of Lent, I offer a poem and a prayer.

First the poem – “What If You Slept…” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) – which helps remind us that hope blossoms in all sorts of different ways … some of which we simply do not yet know.

“What if you slept
And what if
In your sleep,
You dreamed
And what if
In your dream
You went to heaven
And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower
And what if
When you awoke
You had that flower in your hand
Ah, what then?”… [Read More]

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Feb 2022  Vol. 30, No. 6

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From Rebecca

On All Saints’ Day, the first Sunday of November, we sing the hymn, “I Sing a Song of the Saints of God,” as the children process into Worship.

That hymn’s lovely last stanza assures us that “you can meet them in school, or in lanes, or at sea, in church, or in trains, or in shops, or at tea, for the saints of God are just folk like me, and I mean to be one too.”… [Read More]

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Jan 2022   Vol. 30, No. 5

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From Rebecca

January.  A new year.  A fresh chapter.  Resolutions.  A perfect way to put down this tired old year and to think ahead.  To plan.  To dream.

The star gleamed in the skies to the east after Jesus’ birth and guided the Magi to His manger with their mysterious gifts:  frankincense, gold, and myrrh.  Who can forget that precious line in our children’s pageant when one asks, “Myrrh??  What is that for?”  And the calm reply from another child, “For embalming, of course!”… [Read More]

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November 2021      Vol. 30, No. 3

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From Rebecca

Dear Friends, this poem – “Goldenrod,” by Mary Oliver – says it all.

On roadsides,
in fall fields,
in rumpy bunches,
saffron and orange and pale gold,

In little towers,
soft as mash,
sneeze-bringers and seed-bearers,
full of bees and yellow beads and perfect flowerlets

and orange butterflies.
I don’t suppose
much comes of it, except for honey,
and how it heartens the heart with its

blank blaze.… [Read More]

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October 2021      Vol. 30, No. 2

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From Rebecca

Dear Friends, The parking spots on Diman Place are taken early. Little kids skip along to Child’s Play holding a parent’s hand. Bigger kids chat together, backpacks bulging, as they walk toward school. The sun is still beautiful in that crisp way that makes you appreciate the day even more, as we realize summer is leaving us. Children growing up and seasons changing remind me of how important it is to treasure everyday miracles.… [Read More]