Well, it came to pass: I through away my sermon notes, spoke of working on a "Three Cups of Tea" commitment re: Afghanistan and invited the folk to see where the Spirit might lead us. Right after worship, we dedicated our new Peace Pole...
Interestingly, people were really energized about this approach. Like Brian McLaren wrote: conservatives can get behind this idea because it is all about personal initiative and responsibility and liberals can affirm it because it strengthens our peace and justice commitments. So... our next Monday evening series in November will jump into the book: Three Cups of Tea. And on my way out of worship, I was told of a local Berkshire connection with Afghanistan: The Peter M. Goodrich Foundation. (check it out: www.goodrichfoundation.org/index.php) For additional information go to: www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec09/taliban_08-14.html
Things are starting to happen...
WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN: REFLECTIONS ON TENDERNESS IN A CHAOTIC CULTURE
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a blue december offering: sunday, december 22 @ 3 pm
This coming Sunday, 12/22, we reprise our Blue December presentation at Richmond Congregational Church, (515 State Rd, Richmond, MA 01254) a...
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There is a story about St. Francis and the Sultan - greatly embellished to be sure and often treated in apocryphal ways in the 2 1st centur... -
NOTE: Here are my Sunday worship notes for the Feast of the Epiphany. They are a bit late - in theory I wasn't going to do much work ...
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