According to Sundale Research, in 2017 people in the U.S. spent a total of 12.7 billion on gift wrap, including wrapping paper, tissue and gift bags. What a waste. You can get creative by using a scarf or tea towel. Use old newspapers, and magazine cutouts. Another pretty option is wrapping gifts in brown paper…
Worship with us this Advent 2019 season. Ring out your truth with us. December 1: Advent Begins New Worship Series: God Bless Us Everyone! The Redemption of Scrooge December 6: Osterville Village Christmas Stroll December 7: Hanging of the Greens December 19: Blue Christmas Worship, 6pm December 24: Christmas Eve Family Worship 5:30 pm Candlelight…
Stop Wish cycling: “For those of us who live in the rich countries, one simple step that we can take is to reduce pollution in Indonesia is to stop “wish-cycling” — loosely defined as “the practice of tossing questionable items in the recycling bin, hoping they can somehow be recycled.” The low-grade plastic that we…
The Hanging of the Greens will be on Saturday Dec. 7 at 6 PM. There will be a soup dinner during which you can decorate an advent wreath for your house. Following dinner will be a small service which will include a reading of the Christmas story with the young children making a manger scene…
Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you’ve done for us. We thank you for the splendor of the whole creation, for the wonder of life, and for the mystery of love. We thank you for the blessing of family and friends, and for the loving care which surrounds us on every…
Nov. 1, 2019 Siblings in Christ — As we have just heard from our Conference Council on Finance and Administration (CCFA) in their letter published yesterday, our giving to mission shares is down by more than $270,000 from the same point last year. This means we may not be able to fulfill the missional obligations we have covenanted to support…
Just by eating, drinking and breathing, Americans ingest at least 74,000 micro plastic particles every year. Ingesting micro plastics has been shown to interfere with hormones and reduce fertility in men and women. Styrene, another chemical found in plastic and some food packaging, has also been linked to several health issues, including nervous system problems,…
There are 2 really easy ways to support the United Methodist Church of Osterville 1. AmazonSmile offers all of the same items, prices, and benefits of its sister website, Amazon.com, but with one distinct difference. When users shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation contributes 0.5 percent of eligible purchases to the charity of your choice. Especially…
Many people are trying to live a more sustainable lifestyle. This can be defined by how fast we consume resources and generate waste compared to how fast the planet can recover from our habits. We can be more intentional where we spend our money. Websites like Good on You, Done Good and Project Just tell you where a company stands on…
Humans have produced more than 8 billion tons of plastic, mostly since the 1950s. Less than 10 percent of it has been recycled. Over time, much of it has broken down into tiny particles that make their way into lakes, rivers and oceans, eventually contaminating our fish and water. And much of our food comes…