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Learn MoreIt’s almost here! During the time of devotion and meditation at the Christian Education meeting last Wednesday night- the term was used “anxiously awaiting.” Advent is our time of anxiously awaiting. That really struck me! I have heard this before and it is really not a surprise. Advent is a time of waiting. It is…
We’ve replaced their regular Sunday morning worship with Cafe Style Coffee House worship. Let’s see if they notice… Well, it was a noticeable change. It has come back to me with mixed reviews. Some folk really “didn’t like the chaos of the service.” For some “it didn’t really feel like worship.” For some, “that’s not…
Happy Thanksgiving! It was a few years back that I was able to recognize my longest standing tradition. Thanksgiving dinner with family. There were years when my family worked a strange schedule and lived apart from my family and so the holiday meals and rituals were on hold. The Thanksgiving of 1991 changed that. Julie,…
Thank you— Those who set up the Hall and the Kitchen Those who moved the tables and chairs on Friday Those who broke down tables and reconfigured the Hall for the Supper Those who put it all back together again for Sunday morning Those working tirelessly in the kitchen to provide a wonderful luncheon…
Did you see the snow flurries? Is it that time again? With the change of the weather it means that Thanksgiving and Advent are almost upon us. Here are some events to consider in the days ahead…. November 16- FRIDAY St. Francis Church is hosting a showing of the 1961 movie, Francis of Assisi– 7…
Every pastor I know pulls out the old line, “With the exception of the Kingdom of God- Jesus talks about money more than anything else.” Pastors use this line because once a year we offer a Stewardship sermon. The one sermon is always just before Stewardship/Consecration Sunday. Every year we try to come up with…
We talk a lot about love. It is a big theme in our church and a very big theme in the Bible. Jesus talked about love. We talk about peace quite a bit as well. Just as in Jesus’ time there was division over how peace might be achieved. Was it through justice or through…
Greetings Members and Friends- Okay, so I’m a fan of the Red Sox. It’s probably good that we get that out of the way. I am a casual fan. I’ll watch an inning here and an inning there. I can’t and won’t commit the kind of time necessary to watching entire ball games. Add on…
Greetings Members and Friends- Welcome to my blog. This is the first of what I hope will be many blogs to come. I view this blog as a way to inform everyone about what is going on in the life of the First Congregational Church of Lebanon. I may share stories or parts of sermons. …
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