Dear Mayfield, Attached below is the link for our worship and reflection for the Fourth and final Sunday of Advent, the Sunday of Love. As is noted at the end of the bulletin, our Christmas Eve worship will be available both on a Google Doc like this one and on Zoom on Thursday, December 24th. […]
Connected While We Are Apart What Are We Waiting For? There was a considerable wait from the morning when I discovered this hoarfrost-covered nest perched on the drainpipe on the front of the parsonage in February 2018 and the hatching of the first baby robins in the spring to come. I knew the nest well. […]
Connected While Apart From the Bench Monarch Waystation Bench 12.13.20 Dear Mayfield, There are so many benches to sit on: waiting room benches in a train station, piano benches, garden benches, worship benches at Quaker meeting, park benches, dining hall benches at summer camp, bus stop benches, picnic benches, benches on a ferry boat, benches […]
Dear Mayfield, We have already come to the Third Sunday in Advent, the Sunday of Joy. The link for our weekend materials is below. Please note in the congregational notes at the end of the bulletin, information on Christmas Eve. Continue to be careful and safe for the sake of yourself and others. With joy […]
Connected While Apart A Story of Joy In the church, the color for the season of Advent is purple with the exception of the Third Sunday of the Season, the Sunday of Joy. The church’s color for joy is a rose-colored pink like that above. Dear Mayfield, Pause for a moment with these words from […]
Connected While Apart Catherine’s Creche One of the season’s traditions that legend says goes back to Saint Francis of Assisi in the thirteenth century. Dear Mayfield, Over the course of the 1970’s my mother bought two creche sets at the Christmas Dove in Arlington, Vermont. Different from one another, they were both made in Italy, […]
Dear Mayfield, The link for this weekend’s material, the Second Sunday in Advent, is below. There is extra music — three carols for you to sing as you begin. Remember to have your Advent candles and communion elements in place. Please be careful during these days, and stay safe and well. With peace, Martha 12.6.20 […]
Connected While Apart What About Super-spreader? more random letters than words Dear Mayfield, For the first time ever, the folks who put out the Oxford English Dictionary have not chosen a word for the year. There is a spiritual practice that I’ve participated in from time to time. It involves being still and trying to […]
Connected While Apart A Joyful Scent a holiday garland Dear Mayfield, Just after dark the night before Thanksgiving, I was making my way down the block and I was overcome by one of my most favorite smells. Even through a mask securely held to my face, I could smell the sharp seasonal fragrance of balsam. […]
Dear Mayfield, Note below our reflection and worship resources for 11.29.20, the First Sunday of Advent. Please make sure to have your candles positioned around the room in four locations for this week and the next three weeks of the season. Thank you for the light of who you are. Prayers surround us all for […]