Too much Santa, too soon?
Take a break for Advent Nov. 28 - Dec. 23

My favorite [liturgical season] is Advent – four weeks of deep spiritual contemplation
anticipating the celebration Christmas. - Steve Liechty
Read full blog post on the UCC website

Sunday Live Stream

Longest Night Service Dec. 19

Join us in person at 6 p.m. on Sun., 12.19 for the service and a time of outdoor fellowship to follow at the Labyrinth. Hot mulled wine and cider will be served, along with Christmas cookies.
Or join the service online below.

Events after 12.23 Here

Advent Devotional 2021: "Advent Unbound"
The devotional (produced by the SALT Project) was mailed to members & friends; others may pick one up at church. If you would like to study the devotional with others, either join the weekly drop-in forum or click the image to sign up for the discussion group.

The home page for the podcast on which the devotional is based is here: Poetry Unbound. Specific links for each week are below the images. Or subscribe to the podcast in your podcatcher, and you will be able to access all the episodes there.

Week One: Hope

• Lorna Goodison: Reporting Back to Queen Isabella
• Katie Manning: What to Expect
• Roger Robinson: A Portable Paradise

Week Two: Peace

• Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: Battlegrounds
• Ilya Kaminsky: We Lived Happily During the War
• Philip Metres: One Tree

Week Three: Joy

• Li-Young Lee: From Blossoms
• Martín Espada: After the Goose that Rose Like the God of Geese

Week Four: Love

• Patrick Kavanagh: A Poem About the Beauty of Home
• Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill: Cesit na Teangan (The Language Issue)
• Emily Dickenson: A Poem for How Friendship Endures

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