This week three of our four Confirmation Candidates read their statements of faith before the congregation and received the right hand of fellowship, becoming our newest members.
Pilgrim Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
15 Common St. – PO Box 281, Southborough, MA 01772
United Church of Christ
15 Common St. – PO Box 281, Southborough, MA 01772
Posts by Charley Eastman (Page 13)
I want you to become a champion giver. It doesn’t happen by accident. It takes a lot of practice.
One thing stood out: Mother’s Day is not a one-size-fits-all holiday.
Some goodbyes are so hard, so annoying, that you can forget that God walks with you through every single goodbye you’ve ever endured.
Your attention is very valuable. As your pastor, I know it. I feel so blessed to have folks listening to me each Sunday. And I know how badly others work for your attention.
Some things we don’t get to decide. If you’re in pain, you’re in pain. But there are so many things that happen to us that feel worse because of our attitudes towards them.
Resurrection brings possibility, and if you’re an Easter Person, you’re someone who realizes that death is a path to new life.
We couldn’t have foreseen all the changes we’ve been through in Lent. We cannot foresee all the changes we’ll go through this Eastertide. But we all be changed, in some way, and we’ll each have an opportunity to make that change either death-dealing or life-giving.
Some of us wear our challenges in visible ways, with watering eyes and sneezes that would wake a dozing Congregationalist right out of a sermon-induced slumber.
Thanks to everyone who came, and if you couldn’t, consider taking time to experience this piece in person. It’s a powerful witness to the love and humanity of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King.