Lay Reader Rotation

We are absurdly accustomed to the miracle of a few written signs being able to contain immortal imagery, involutions of thought, new worlds with live people, speaking, weeping, laughing. Vladimir Nabokov I delight in reading, but even more in reading aloud to you on Sunday morning. I love letting the miracle of a few written…

Christmas Bird Count

Instructions for PARTICIPANTS The count will be held on December 26, 2019, plus or minus a day. For information and to register: Go to the North Branch Nature Center website The right hand side of the page will have information for the Plainfield Christmas Bird Count (CBC) and for the Hunger Mountain CBC. We are…

Advent Workshop this Week

Hopper Feeder You are invited to stay for a while after worship this week (December 8) so that you can take part in our annual Advent Workshop! This year the projects are bird feeders. We'll have materials on hand to make 4 different kinds of feeders, from the fairly simple pine cone filled with suet…

Christmas gifts for the Kirby House

The Christmas Tree in the sanctuary is now fully decorated, thanks to Ned's work this week. Amongst the red bows and the pine cones, you'll find paper ornaments with items listed on each that we are trying to provide as Christmas gifts for the residents of the Kirby House. Take an ornament or two, purchase…

Pledges

. . .. we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us:Romans 12:5-6 We are inching our way toward our goal of everyone's making a pledge for the operations of the church for our 121st…