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ADVENT INTRODUCTION for Daily Devotional: Day 1 / Week of Hope

Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. — Genesis 1:3-4 ______________________________________ In this year’s holiday devotional, as you light candles each day, adding a new flame every week, we invite you to meditate on the[…]

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This weekend with JCC and around town: SUN, NOV 28 – MON, NOV 29

SUN, NOV 28: ADVENT 1 – HOPE INTERFAITH GATHERING8am • Old Red Library next to church (indoors) & Zoom link requiredPoetry and conversation. Join us. Bring your own hot beverage on cold mornings! PAGEANT-WRITING FOLLOW WORKSHOP9:15am • JCC Parish HallYouth writers for pageant gather to check-in on next steps, preparation, etc. WORSHIP (virtual/zoom) & IN-PERSON: ADVENT[…]

Meditations on hope and resilience for the first Sunday of Advent

Hope begins in the dark … the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You don’t give up. — Anne Lamott You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to[…]

Meditations on Thanksgiving Week from multiple perspectives: sorrow, celebration, gratitude, remembrance, and resistance.

Not for victory,but for the day’s work doneas well as I was able;not for a seat upon the daisbut at the common table.— Charles Reznikoff, excerpt from poem: Te Deum Eating with the fullest pleasure – pleasure, that is, that does not depend on ignorance – is perhaps the profoundest enactment of our connection with[…]