Christmas Eve Sermon

A few years ago, I was telling the Godly Play Advent story to a group of children after our Advent festival, where we’d made a bunch of Advent crafts. Some of you might have seen this story, but it involves the kids gathering around on the floor, and the storyteller...

Quiet Christmas Sermon

Welcome Over the last several years, at some point during Advent, I have found myself all of a sudden to be irritable, snappy, angry, exhausted. It surprises me each year, without fail, and then I sort of wake up and remember what’s going on. Oh yeah. It was right...

Week of December 6

Hello everyone! I thought I would write a note each week for our website and weekly email, at least for these first few weeks as we get to know each other. I can’t thank you enough for the wonderful welcome you have given our family in the past few weeks. I didn’t...

Sunday, December 5 (Advent 2) Sermon

So here we are! It’s so wonderful to be here with you, after these months of discernment and preparation, and, as Tom so beautifully preached last week, waiting in uncertainty for this new beginning. I have to thank you first for the welcome you’ve all given us so...

Advent Greens

Order deadline is November 27 for pick up at St. Clare’s on December 5 or 12. Get ready to decorate your home for Advent/Christmas AND support the youth ministries of our church! You can order wreaths (16-inch, 32-inch; boxwood, mixed greens, balsam) online at...