In this time of year when many are holding themselves accountable to some often outrageous new years resolutions, it may make more sense to take it easy on yourself. Instead of setting numbers-oriented goals, like pounds lost, miles run or books read, try setting a different goal: doing something with the hope of being just good enough to enjoy it. Imagine the…
Permaculture has been defined by one of its founders, Bill Mollison, as “the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems, which have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems.” Sounds like a set of practices, even a mindset, that we could use in every part of our lives. After the service, there will be a pot luck lunch and Rev.…
Call to Worship Rev. Denis Letourneau PaulToday is Epiphany. The twelfth day after the twelfth night of Christmas, commemorating the arrival of the Magi, the wisemen, after the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.While many of us have put away Christmas, it’s a little premature. Why does it matter? Because it matters to billions of Christians around the world, some of whom are…
Call to Worship (Rev. Denis)Merry Christmas. In just a few hours we begin the first of the twelve days of Christmas. For the last few weeks, Christians around the world have been observing the season of Advent, the season of waiting for what they know will come: the celebration of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews, the…
Over the last few years in the United Kingdom, there’s been a growing trend of major corporations to produce very short films, just a couple minutes long, to air around Christmas. They aren’t really advertisements for their products or services, and they aren’t necessarily music videos, though some of them are. There was one little film a couple years ago that went…
We gather to celebrate, once again, in the light of this beacon, in this place of warmth and safety, where we call on one another to be brave together.We come with all of our frailty and our tenderness, as well as our strength and generosity. I’d like to share with you the words of Erika Hewitt Let us remember and celebrate, this…
Chalice Lighting Rev. Denis Letourneau PaulWe light this chalice in honor of the memories that hold and heal us.For stories we tell of those whose heroism inspires our own.For the pictures of loved ones who have passedin whose images we see our better selves.For the work of remembering that we stand on the shoulders of otherswho paved the path on which we…