Mike M. from the Solar Team presented an update on the project during the Congregational Meeting on Sunday, December 11th. It was generally well received. In keeping with the presentation, we would like to offer follow up detailed presentations and discussions. Please indicate by means of this poll which dates you are available to participate. The poll will … Continue reading Solar Team Update
The end of the calendar year brings not only the multi-holiday season, but also the tax year’s end. Charitable giving, as well as ethical shopping for all of those gifts for our beloveds, are on many people’s minds. How do we practice our values when it comes to our finances?
Think about a time when making a new friend meant that something changed in your outlook, or your schedule, or a habit or two, simply because of this one person’s presence. When we widen our circle at church, as in our lives, we are open to all the scary new changes, and the unexpected joys.
The Food Bank team has been handing out gently used jackets and winter coats at our monthly Food Bank days. Our next Food Bank day is on Saturday, Dec. 17th. If you have a jacket, coat or winter gloves at home that you are not using any more, please consider donating them to the Food Bank. … Continue reading Food Bank Coat Drive
Being a wordsmith, I think about those subtleties of word choice often. Thismonth’s theme is “wonder,” and so I have been, well, wondering about it. Wonder, like, I wonder what will happen or I wonder what is in there…..Certainly,wonder is about curiosity or thinking about the unknown. But it seems to holdpositivity for expectation of … Continue reading In the Interim: Wondering about Wonder
Join us on Monday 12/5 @ 7:00pm for our final Contemplative Companion session of 2022. Our time together will be a time of reflection and sharing on “gifts we have received from our ancestors” be they “ancestors” by blood or by chosen connection. Contact Nadine (njw1258@hotmail.com or 484-333-4015) to obtain the link for this zoom gathering.
nadine j. smet-weiss spiritual director notice the ordinary anew your own breath sound and silence squirrels at play this moment a wonder
“Family of choice” is how most of us grow our own friend circles so that we are not alone. When friends come together to carry out old traditions, make new ones, and blend those family ties with bonds of friendship, we’ve got “friends giving thanks” for those life-sustaining relationships. Come for the service and stay for a potluck after. (Bring something to share if you can. Your presence is more important than your food offering; do not stay away simply because your presence is what you brought!)
The LGBT Center of Greater Reading is holding a candlelight vigil to honor and remember the victims of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs this past weekend. A gunman killed five people and injured 25 others. The vigil begins at 5:45 pm on Tuesday, November 29. Participants will meet in the … Continue reading LBGT Center to Hold Vigil for Colorado Springs Shooting Victims
Come and share a ritual wherein we bring in the breads of our families, our childhoods, our heritage, to share in a bread communion. Show up this morning with bread that you make or buy around this time of year and be prepared to say a few words about it. Then enjoy the bounty after the service.
