https://www.pngfind.com/pngs/m/23-230623_walking-feet-clipart-footprints-footprint-feet-free-cartoon.png In this month of Awe I share with you a lullaby from our hymnals – highlighted as the “Song of the Month” in our Soul Matters materials: #230 “Duermete, Niño Lindo” is found in our grey hymnal, Singing the Living Tradition, published in 1993 (close to 30 years ago) and is a Mexican folk … Continue reading The Awe of a Simple Melody
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Worship Service: Giving Thanks.
Ebee Bromley, Rev. Dr. Sandra Fees.
In this all-ages service of gratitude, we’ll focus our attention on what we are grateful for. Join us in story, song, and sharing in this lively, participatory Sunday morning experience.
This Sunday: Worship Service:
Hush, Rev. Dr. Sandra Fees.
It is increasingly difficult to find silence in our world, to discover places where we can be in solitude away from the noisiness, busyness, and distractions of life. This morning we’ll explore the need and longing our spirits have for moments of hushing. The service will include recognition of Transgender Day of Remembrance. And we’ll take our once-a-month special collection, this month to benefit Safe Berks, formerly Berks Women in Crisis
Save the date for our Annual Service Auction.It will be held on Saturday, April 25th at 6 pm.
Our church community will again be participating in the Berks Connections Pretrial Services (BCPS) holiday gift tree. The gifts will go to families with a parent that is in the Berks County Prison. The gifts are given to the families at a holiday party. Kent and Rachel Gutzler will have tags available with the child’s … Continue reading Annual Holiday Gift Tree
Worship Service:
Turbulence Is Coming, John Pavlovitz,, Rev. Dr. Sandra Fees.
Individually and as a nation we are experiencing a shaking. We now have the opportunity to be peace givers and not fear bringers, and to learn, as did the followers of Jesus, how to endure the turbulence and how, at times, to become the turbulence and how, at times, to become the turbulence. How can we leverage our lives to bring peace to those who are shaking.
Worship Service: Dia de Los Muertos Celebration, Cesar Martinez-Garza, Rev. Dr. Sandra Fees. Join us for an all-ages celebration of Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with authentic Mexican decorations and painted skulls for the altar, a reflection by Cesar Martinez-Garza, story, song, including a choral anthem, and a participatory ritual in which we light candles for our beloveds who have died.
In this month where we will explore what it means to be a people of attention – when’s the last time you noticed who you were eating dinner with? – when’s the last time you noticed what you were eating? I mean really noticed. Starting your dinner with a short meditation or prayer is something that some people … Continue reading Attention At the Table- From the Desk of Your Director of Religious Eductaion
When I breathe in, I’ll breathe in peace. When I breathe out, I’ll breathe out love. Breathe in, Breathe out, Breathe in, Breathe out Sarah Dan Jones I’ve written about the hymn #1009 before and this month geared towards asking ‘what does it mean to be a people of attention?’ is calling me to write about “Meditation … Continue reading Pay Attention To Your Breathing- A note from your Director of Music
