The sunset caught in the icy field behind the parsonage reminds me of the beauty of the sunrise and sunset captured in the waves and the wet sand at the shores of oceans and the Great Lakes. The next Confirmation Intergenerational Labyrinth Walk—March 3 – 9:00 am This Sunday is the final Sunday in the […]
We need the cardboard fronts of boxes – cereal boxes, cake mixes, granola bar boxes, cracker boxes, etc. We just need the box front, not the entire box. You can recycle the rest of the box at home. Please bring them to church and leave them on one of the long tables in the Gathering […]
It’s that time again. Help us fill our bookcase this month for the DeKalb/Sycamore Bookcase Project. New and gently used picture books can be placed in the bookcase through early March. Details for Bill Nagy’s Memorial Celebration Visitation for Bill will be today, February 15, 3:00-8:00 pm at Congregational United Church of Christ, 40W451 Fox […]
Our six meetings, every other month, in the even months, will focus this year on issues pertinent to youth and young people and will highlight how we can become more aware of these issues and supportive of all that young people are facing now. Our 2019 program was planned by Ann Thompson, Wilma Miranda, and […]
Winter seems to have quite a grip this year. Here’s a view from one of our icy mornings. Thank you for Your Support Our annual $800 Jane Adeny Memorial Scholarship (JAMS), our January mission project, has been fully funded. Thank you for your many gifts. Also the bulletins for every Sunday in 2019 have been […]
In a week with multiple winter storm warnings, our landscape has hosted snow, ice, high winds, and frigid temperatures. You could say we have been in the midst of a full-service winter. When I haven’t had to be out and about somewhere, I have found myself, sitting inside, pondering outside, and remembering over and over […]
One of the most beautiful things about snow in Mayfield Township is how the wind sculpts even the smallest amounts of it into the most interesting shapes. Regarding snow and winter, don’t forget that this Saturday, January 19, is Winterfest, the annual celebration of the season at Russell Woods Forest Preserve. If you have never […]
After I had taken decorations and lights off my Christmas tree, I set the tree on the deck. Within a minute, the prairie wind that was gusting on the 12th day of Christmas blew a traveling milkweed seed into the lower branches of the tree. It was a lovely reminder not only of the Monarch Waystation […]
Thank you Roger and Becky for the gift of another intriguing and artistic banner for the season. Our Advent/Christmas celebration reaches its culmination this Sunday with Epiphany, the coming of the Wise Ones to Bethlehem. These provoking Advent words and Christmas star are suspended beneath the word “Belong.” Throughout the current liturgical year, we will […]
Christmas night brought a fair amount of low swirling fog that was frozen the next morning on needles, branches, and stalks. On Church Road up close to Baseline, I came upon milkweed fluff and seeds frozen in place, close to the ground. After winter’s rest, milkweed across the county will welcome and nurture 2019’s Monarchs. […]