Friends:
When the heart yearns for something, the distance one has to go to get it matters not at all. - Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
Our Sunday School is off to a great start.  Such much joy, wisdom and energy to share.  Thanks for encouraging and supporting your children’s involvement!  Heard the Word for parents, grandparents and [...]

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Friends:
Pray with emotion and God will answer you.
Pray with an attentive heart and see all of heaven’s doors open before you.
Pray with joy and watch your requests ascend straight to God’s chamber on high.  Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
Congratulations to Nargiz Warner and Evelyn Tackett on completing the Early Communion Class!  Your Valentine’s Day Communion Bread [...]

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If you believe that you can damage, then believe that you can fix.  If you believe that you can harm, then believe that you can heal.  Remember:  Things can go from the very worst to the very best….in just the blink of an eye. - Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
What a marvelous worship experience with [...]

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Friends:
One can be sure of nonviolent victory once fear is conquered in oneself. -  Gandhi
Great to sing the Old Time Hymns this past Sunday and be reminded of the Faith Stream of which we baptismally flow.  The Choir gave us a fine gift with Masithi & Child of the Light (thanks to Sue Field’s arranging [...]

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Friends:
Let me say this before rain becomes a utility that they can plan and distribute for money. By “they” I mean the people who cannot understand that rain is a festival, who do not appreciate its gratuity, who think that what has no price has no value, that what cannot be sold is [...]

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There is a certain wisdom that settles into a life that does not attempt to control what everybody else ought to be thinking, saying, doing or voting on.  Wisdom, health, life and love cannot be found in trying to control the wind, but rather in harnessing the wind in the sails of receptive engagement of [...]

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O Christ, you saw the world through the eyes of a Child.  Save us from pride, anxiety, fear and apathy.   May we see ourselves with clarity, in simplicity and honesty.
Bev and I invite you to our Open House this Sunday from 3 - 6 pm.  Our address will be in Sunday’s bulletin and it’s in [...]

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Friends:
“O God, let you face shed its light upon us: redeem the darkness of our night that we may see and understand your ways upon earth and live in the wisdom of faith and love.”
This is a Mary Sunday Celebration for us. Come prepared to be loved.  We are also hoping to decorate the “Rockefeller [...]

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Friends:
“O God, stir the swirling times, stir the heavens, stir the unexpected, stir the wandering flock, stir the longings of our hearts.”
The Interfaith Thanksgiving Eve Service tomorrow night at 7:00 pm will be a beautiful evening of prayer, music, reflection and gratitude. If you are in town I hope you participate and will freely welcome [...]

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Friends:
Jesus was trying to open the eyes of his contemporaries to see the world differently, to see it as it really is — right side up — and above all, to see God as our loving and merciful Abba.  To see the truth of things as they really are, to see the truth of ourselves [...]

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