Author Archives: Nancy

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  The Next Five Years at FCCW Begin Now!

  Posted on September 12, 2019 by Nancy in Community, Ministries/Task Force News, Spire link

  As your Lead Pastor, I offered a State of the Communion Address at our Annual Meeting last May.  In that address I challenged the congregation to begin thinking seriously and strategically about the coming 5 years and what steps we needed to take to be brave and bold in making plans for the future, plans […]

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  The Insufficiency of Everything Attainable

  Posted on September 12, 2019 by Nancy in Pastor's Blog, Spire link, Spiritual Practice

  Sept 12, 2019 The theologian Karl Rahner wrote about “the torment of the insufficiency of everything attainable.” This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t strive for success, victory, expertise, accomplishment and achievement in this life. It means that we should hold them lightly knowing that even the greatest of these will not satisfy. This doesn’t suggest that […]

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  Seasons of the Spirit: Deepening Our Spiritual Lives — An Invitation

  Posted on September 12, 2019 by Nancy in Spire link, Spiritual Practice

  As autumn beckons, we find ourselves once again drawn to the wonder of our changing seasons.  We are awakened to the reality that life itself is change and movement.  We are invited to learn new lessons, to grow in our consciousness, and to take on new understandings life offers us.  Recently Larry Bacow, President of […]

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  Leadership Team Fall 2019 Update

  Posted on September 12, 2019 by Nancy in Ministries/Task Force News, Spire link

  The Leadership Team (LT) is looking forward to the 2019-2020 church year and to resuming its work in support of the congregation and FCCW’s hard-working ministries. This year, we will be: advancing our thinking in key focus areas (Ripley Chapel programming, Green Congregation plans, and how we might respond to the town’s recent needs assessment) […]

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  Music Opportunities This Fall

  Posted on September 4, 2019 by Nancy in Ministries/Task Force News, Spire link, Worship

  It is hard to believe that the lazy days of summer are drawing to a close. I am very excited to begin my seventeenth year at the church, and I look forward to another year of collaboration with the choir, Carilloneers, children, ministerial team and congregation of this thriving community. We have had a rich […]

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  Summertime and the Bible is Easy

  Posted on July 1, 2019 by Nancy in Latest News, Small Groups, Spire link, Spiritual Practice

  If you are around this summer, we hope you will join us for Bible Study each week before worship. We meet from 9 to 9:40 in the Music Room and this year we will be looking at several stories from the Hebrew Scriptures. Our study guide will be the “Serendipity Bible for Groups”, which includes […]

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  Join Us for Summer Worship

  Posted on July 1, 2019 by Nancy in Latest News, Spire link, Spiritual Practice, Worship

  As is our tradition, in the summer we worship a little differently. Worship begins at 10:00, after the Summer Bible Study. It is shorter than the usual hour and is less formal. The high point of this worship experience is that the sermon and the music are provided by lay people. This makes worship an opportunity for church […]

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  Seasons of the Spirit: Unity in Diversity, A Spiritual Guide

  Posted on June 28, 2019 by Nancy in Spire link, Spiritual Practice

  We come into this summer seeking release and rest. But our newspapers and social media are overflowing with stories of abhorrent actions filled with loathing and wrath. The ecological reality of our planet reflects the truth that we cannot harm or exclude any part of it without having a destructive effect upon the whole. How […]

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  The Power and Potential of the Sun

  Posted on June 28, 2019 by Nancy in Ministries/Task Force News, Spire link

  “[Rather than fossil fuels and coal], I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power!…”  Thomas Edison What if the sun is God’s gift to us – not just in terms of warmth, sunlight and the means for plants to engage in photosynthesis – but as renewable, abundant, clean […]

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