Category Archives: Spire link
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From Despair to Hope
Posted on December 28, 2016 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire linkJanuary 20, 7:30 PM (room TBD) Come hear Alexander Guibault present his life story about growing up as an orphan on the streets of Guatemala City and how he maintained hope that someday he would find a family. Alex’s story is one of despair and hope, and is an inspiration to all who hear it. […]
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Fisk Organ and Ripley Chapel Project Update
Posted on December 28, 2016 by Nancy in Latest News, Spire link, WorshipThe Music & Worship Arts initiative has had a busy fall. Your Working Group has been making progress on the goals of restoring and maintaining our Fisk Organ and remaking Ripley Chapel into a flexible, but still sacred place for a wide variety of activities. On December 18th, after Worship, a Hearing was held to […]
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Purpose Forum Dinner
Posted on December 28, 2016 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire linkJanuary 25, 2017 What is the Purpose Forum again? One way to think of it is as an intersection between the Leadership Team and the congregation for discussion and presentation. The Leadership Team is requesting a Forum in January to promote understanding and communication between ministries as we approach the halfway point in our program […]
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Preparing for Myanmar
Posted on December 28, 2016 by Nancy in Community, Outreach, Spire linkLeave the familiar for a while. Let your senses and bodies stretch out Like a welcomed season Onto the meadows and shores and hills. Open up to the Roof. Make a new water-mark on your excitement And love. Change rooms in your mind for a day. All the hemispheres in existence lie beside an equator […]
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Leadership Team December Update
Posted on November 29, 2016 by Nancy in Community, Spire linkWe’ve added a new element to our Leadership Team meetings: each month, one member shares their faith journey, perhaps reminiscing about what first brought them to FCCW, and how the church has sustained them and strengthened their relationship with Christ in changing ways over the years. So it’s felt very appropriate that much of the […]
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Seasons of the Spirit: An Advent Reflection
Posted on November 27, 2016 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire linkAdvent is a time in which we are invited to anticipate and prepare for the One who offers us a new perspective on life, a new way of being. We are to prepare our hearts and lives to make room for the One who is coming on our own behalf, to restore us to Love. […]
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Invitation to the Service of Light
Posted on November 27, 2016 by Nancy in Community, Health and Wellness, Spire link, WorshipThursday, December 22 at 7:00 PM, Sanctuary Ring the bell that still can ring The Service of Light is a way our church family remembers those who experience a loss of joy this holiday season. Blessed are those who are lonely, grieve the loss of a loved one, experience a health crisis or financial insecurity. We […]
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Offering Presence This Advent
Posted on November 27, 2016 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire linkThe coming of Christ that we prepare for in the season of Advent is heralded by the Hebrew prophets with such beautifully familiar phrases as “the Lord’s house shall be established and nations shall learn war no more,” and “the wolf shall live with the lamb and they will not hurt or destroy on my […]
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Advent Visitation Sunday on December 4
Posted on November 23, 2016 by Sarah Marino in Community, Health and Wellness, Outreach, Spire linkOn December 4, we are planning in-home visits with several of our elders and congregation members who aren’t able to make Sunday worship routinely. Many of you have expressed interest in participating in these visits as part of your own faith journey. Our seniors look forward to these visits as a way to stay connected […]
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Practicing Gratitude
Posted on October 25, 2016 by Nancy in Community, Latest News, Spire linkOur Pilgrim ancestors began the American tradition of Thanksgiving, just as wind-swept leaves fell relentlessly all around them, the frigid morning air demanded a fire in the hearth and a woolen outer garment, and the encroaching shadows asked candles be lit to push back the late afternoon darkness. Yet in this seemingly harsh new world, […]
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