Christmas is a time for giving and a time for family. What a great opportunity to start a family tradition of giving back to the earth and instilling the values of sustainable living to your children, friends, and community. Start an annual, earth-friendly, Christmas family tradition like participating in the Annual Christmas Bird Count, enjoying…
Will you join us Sunday, December 15th for the Third Sunday of Advent? THEME: The Life of Christmas Present: Look Upon Me Love is the center of the message this week. What if we modeled Advent and Christmas comings and goings as if we actually believe that God has already blessed everyone, and that we…
DID YOU KNOW? LED (Light Emitting Diode) holiday lights use up to 95% less energy than larger, traditional holiday bulbs and last up to 100,000 hours when used indoors. LED holiday lights use .04 watts per bulb, 10 times less than mini bulbs and 100 times less than traditional holiday bulbs. Over a 30-day period, lighting 500…
Check out the Outreach Committee Bulletin Board for Alternative Gift ideas. ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS GIFTS: There are opportunities to honor someone special with gifts to the Pastor’s Discretionary Fund (PDF), UMC Mission Shares, and for Sierra Leone. The PDF allows our pastor to support people quickly to meet an immediate need, including in crisis situations. Mission…
Join us this Sunday, December 8th, and also the second Sunday of Advent, as we continue with our Advent worship series. Pastor Heather’s sermon is entitled, ‘Remembrance of Christmas Past: Hope from Heartbreak’ Anyone who has ever been in therapy knows that shining a light on our past requires courage… and hope. When the Ghost…
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…