Help comes. When we have dark times and deep needs, people appear whom we need. Abby will reflect on times the person she needed has appeared, sometimes from unexpected places. We will consider when we are that person for another, considering being open to the gifts we can share.
“Frances Perkins should be known as the woman who brought us Social Security, Unemployment Compensation, banned child labor, minimum wage, created a 40 hour work week, and established rules for safe workplaces. She also advocated for immigrants and refugees, helping Jewish children immigrate to the United States during the Holocaust. But most of us have … Continue reading Honoring Frances Perkins
Abby will reflect on tears, why we cry, how it can be beneficial, how it can be damaging.
We often say we care about deeds, not words, but we must care about words. Words are actions, and words cause actions. Abby will reflect on how our ability to use language as a gift is endangered, why this matters, and what we can do about it. For a children’s story, we will read from … Continue reading Words
On New Year’s Day, we will hold another “pot-luck” service, led by Abby Kreuger and Dennis O’Brien. The theme is “Out with the old, in with the new.” Please bring any readings or poems which speak to you of this idea, and we will share them with the congregation.
The end of October is a traditional time to observe rituals between life and death, we will have opportunities to remember and celebrate our ancestors. Please bring a “memorial object” – it could be a photo, or something which reminds you of a person (a book? A scarf?), you will be invited to put them … Continue reading All Souls and All Saints
Join Abby for a “potuck” service on the theme of “home.” Bring a poem, a quote, a couple-minute reflection, a song, etc, to share with the congregation.
How do we respond when we are called to care for someone else? how to we give and accept care? what costs and rewards do we find?
Abby will look at questions of how to be a pacifist when fighting seems the right option, is “good war” an oxymoron? Readings will include In Flanders Fields and a section from the Hebrew Scriptures where Abby’s name sake (Abigail) is featured – Abigail is the only woman in the Hebrew Scriptures who is described … Continue reading War and Peace
