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. […]
On this fourth Sunday in Advent, the Sunday of Love, you are invited to bring candles to cover our altar. Tapers in candle holders, pillar candles, tea lights and votive candles, even a chandelier will be appropriate. This is a picture of last year’s altar of light. The light is symbolic of the strengthening, passionate, […]
The hoarfrost was beautiful for a few early hours on Monday. Additional Thanks When I mentioned the Deacons’ decorating last week I didn’t know that Billy, Jarik, and Ryken also helped. Thank you again to the entire crew. Advent Mission Project Last week at our Advent breakfast we began our collection for our special Advent […]
Clay pot figures will soon find their places in 65 clay pot nativities begun at last week’s Intergenerational Advent Event. Nativities will be given to residents of the Lutheran Home in Mendota, where Becky’s mother is a resident. A Spirited Start to Advent Last Sunday our sixth annual Intergenerational Advent Event was as wondrous as […]
I think that we all know our outer lives are only as good as our inner lives. (Pico Ayer) This Advent’s theme of Belonging—Inside and Out will set us on an unfolding and surprising pilgrimage of belonging across the year ahead. Our inner and outer lives are not meant to be distinct from one another […]
Come, All Thankful People, Come If the only prayer you every say in your entire life is “thank you,” it will be enough. (Meister Eckhart) Thank Offering This is the Sunday we return our Thank Offering gifts. Remember, this is a noisy offering. Gifts can come in the form of change, bills, or checks, which […]
Friday, November 9, 2018 – our first snowy sunset of the season Fall Clean Up Day The fall clean-up day scheduled and cancelled for today will be rescheduled on a Saturday with gentler weather. Thank you to Joyce for our beautiful harvest altar. We will enjoy it on Sundays through the rest of the month. […]
Happy Halloween As leaves pile up this time of year with their rich colors and evidence of lives well lived, I am always reminded of our celebration of Memorial Sunday or All Saints Day. It is then that we recall the many lives that have gone before us and helped shape who and how we […]
Toward the end of our anniversary celebration last Sunday an intergenerational group from the congregation put the Monarch Waystation to bed for the winter. Hopefully, this cage will protect the New Jersey tea plant from munching animals this winter. Thank you to everyone who contributed to a wonderful 158th Anniversary Sunday last week. Reformation Sunday […]
This milkweed seed won’t be caught long in the dried seed pod of a cone flower. The prairie wind was trying to shake it loose as I framed this picture. Fall’s abundance is evident in all the seeds that are on the move at the moment. Birds and butterflies are migrating, trees are releasing their […]