Lena Withrow

Beloved Community,

The Clutch of Light

December 19th, 2024

Dear Beloved Community, Most every year, we mark the third Sunday of Advent with our service of Lessons & Carols. Fitting on Joy Sunday, right? Our Sanctuar...

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Beloved Community,

O Happy Sin

December 12th, 2024

This Sunday in worship we will continue a tradition begun in 1918 at Kings College in Cambridge, England – – a Service of Lessons and Carols. Our Sanctuary ...

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Beloved Community,

O Taste and See

November 26th, 2024

Dear Beloved Community, What a gift it was to share a Thanksgiving feast with many of you on Sunday! Your words of gratitude touched me right at the center of m...

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Beloved Community,

Potlucks

November 21st, 2024

A Thanksgiving potluck?  Yes, please!  We are, after all, a baptist church with a chance to make some delicious dishes and lean into warm conversation...

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Beloved Community,

Thanks

November 14th, 2024

“If the only prayer you say in your entire life is ‘thank you,’ it will be enough.” -Meister Eckhart The other night my family attended a Screen Unseen ...

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Beloved Community,

Saints

November 1st, 2024

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…”   So begins Chapter 12 of the letter to the Hebrews, after the writer has...

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