Sunday Morning WorshipSundays at 10:00am, In person and/or via ZoomJoin us for worship every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. We will email a song sheet each Sunday morning for anyone who would like to follow along from home. Sunday School with Karen NellIn December, Christian Explorers will gather with their Sunday school friends in the Tent of Meeting […]
Steeple November 2021
Caring for One Another
Donations to Pathways ShelterThe Special Offering December 5 and 12 will go to the families at the Pathways Shelter. Pathways is a SMOC facility which serves insufficiently housed adults and children in the Framingham area. Currently twenty people are staying there, but the number is likely to rise and could reach as many as forty […]
Kermit’s Korner: Holiday Celebrations
This month’s Kermit’s Korner is a resource for your holiday celebrations, with examples of menu items that will tickle your tastebuds, while at the same time, protecting the planet and your health! I have included foods you can buy and simple “recipes”, which are tweaks to classics. All of my suggestions are vegan, many are […]
Worship December
In December we will worship in the sanctuary with the option to join via Zoom. Sunday, December 5 at 10:00am—In the Sanctuary and Via Zoom, Holy Communion and Second Sunday in Advent; Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 3:1-6“Refined,” Rev. Dr. Debbie Clark preaching Sunday, December 12 at 10:00am—In the sanctuary and Via Zoom Third Sunday in Advent; Luke 3:7-18“Finding your joy,” […]
Holiday Announcements
Important Announcements PoinsettiasOrder hereAfter a pause in 2020, we will resume our beloved tradition of decorating the chancel with poinsettias for the Advent and Christmas season. You can donate in honor or in memory of a loved one. The donation for each flower will be $8. Please order online or contact Nicola for assistance. Chancel FlowersSign up […]
Stewardship: In Celebration of Love
On November 7, in celebration of love, we honored All Saints Day, remembering the saints who have gone before us, delighting in the saints we find among us. We processed up into our sanctuary and blessed the doors, the walls, the air, and the people. On November 14, in celebration of love, we reveled in […]
Edwards Church Music: When You’re Ready to Return
Greetings, from within the sanctuary, and doesn’t it feel nice again! In the past few weeks I have informed choir members in a few forums (Zoom meeting in early November with follow-up notes, and a lengthy email last week) with a number of my thoughts about moving us toward a renewed musical life in the […]
Christian Explorers December
What are we waiting for? We’ve moved back into the sanctuary for worship, creating our new “tent of meeting” space for Christian Explorers. We hope you’ll join us there on Sunday mornings! In December, we celebrate Advent and learn about the feeling of anticipation. Here are some special events and activities for Christian Explorers this month… […]
What Are We Waiting For?
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Advent came filled with angels and alleluias?Wouldn’t it be perfect if we were greeted on these December morningswith a hovering of heavenly hosts tuning their harps and brushing up on their fa-la-las? Wouldn’t it be incredible if their music filled our waking hours with the promise of peace on earth […]
A Beautiful Ritual
Dear friends, On a Sunday afternoon in November, about thirty people gathered in Edwards Hall and on Zoom for the first program in Open Spirit’s Multi-Faith Collaborative series, Liberating Hope: Spiritual Perspectives on Climate Change. The program, called Planting Seeds of Hope: A Gathering for Inspiration, featured beautiful slide shows created by Fran, a reading […]