Pastoral Search Update The Pastoral Nominating Committee has reviewed scores of profiles from potential candidates for the next pastor of Grace Church and interviewed a number of promising individuals. To maintain confidentiality and to…
Restoring a roof on the Sanctuary and Fellowship Hall is now the major focus of the rebuilding process as we enter the fall. Contractors have removed all of the original slate tiles. Many of…
Birding is one of my sabbath practices, and in the early months of 2024 I had made plans to improve my birding game for the coming spring migration. I had received a copy of…
(Inspired by a walking labyrinth at the Catholic Retreat Center, Frenchville, Pennsylvania) We can respectfullyimagine Moses,African-Asian mixed-race,his body tattooed with Noah’s Ark,the rainbow, Dove signaling receding flood waters, and dry land.Moses with diamond–studdedearrings, silver…
We possess what we need:Beauty, realized, like evergreens overhangingLittle-trafficked, curving roadsAlong the middle mountains of Pennsylvania, Or St. Agnes Church Christmas Eve, Homes left unlocked, safeDuring the Nativity Play–Mother’s gold-edged Heirloom China neatly stacked…
Rejuvenation, according to Google, is defined as “giving new energy, vigor, a youthful appearance to something,” even “restoring a river or stream to a condition characteristic of a younger landscape.” “Juvens” is Latin for…
In Sabbath we go to a prepared place.In prayer we practice the presence of God,Allowing us to pause in Sacred Space,To stop and look, to see God’s face, God’s nod.To sigh, to laugh, to…
Asked recently, “How is your heart?” by someone who really cares, I answered, “This is a really challenging season of life. There’s no way around it.” I’m part of the Sandwich Generation—aging parents and…
When we are children, our job for nine or ten months every year is to go to school to learn as much as we can, and children generally work hard and do a good…
August 15, 2024 marked one year since a fire damaged our building on the corner of Grove and Tuxedo. Congregants were invited to gather on the lawn in front of the Samson Education Building…
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