Join our church and Riot Craft Studios for an afternoon of celebrating 19th-century same-sex couple and Weybridge residents Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake. Help make a commemorative quilt designed by artist Eliza West, bring a shirt to block print on, enjoy delicious food provided by Mexico in Vermont (free of
Luke 5:1-11 One of my favorite recent movies to come out is Conclave. Ralph Fiennes plays Dean Lawrence, one of the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. The movie opens with the death of the current pope, and Lawrence is responsible for convening and leading the conclave and the
11/30 from 3-6 PM in the Fellowship Hall. WCC is co-hosting a winter wreath-making event with the Weybridge Community Group. Come and help decorate the church, make a wreath for yourself or for a neighbor.
Isaiah 43:1-2, 18-19 Dr. Howard Thurman was a Black, Baptist, theologian, pastor, educator, mystic, civil rights leader and mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr. and others. Listen to this excerpt from his work: “There is in every person something that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine
Psalm 116:1-9 Mark 8:27-38 It is said that the Buddha once cautioned his students. He compared the task of trying to understand his teaching to trying to pick up a poisonous snake in the wild: if you don’t go about it thoughtfully and intentionally, it’s easy
Isaiah 35:1-7a Mark 7:24-37 One of my all-time favorite TV shows is “Call the Midwife” from the BBC. It’s a great show for many reasons. The characters are diverse in their life experiences and have their own arcs of change and development that intersect with one another.
Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9 James 1:17-27 In a story told by a rabbi, a well-renowned expert and teacher of the law was going to be teaching in a nearby synagogue. When a devout Jewish scholar of the law heard this, he told his community of scholars and practitioners, and
Hello, Weybridge Church and Friends! This is the poem “A New Colossus,” written by Emma Lazarus in 1883: Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
by Rosemary Wahtola Trimmer Thank you for this day made of wind and rain and sun and the scent of old-fashioned lilacs. Thank you for the pond and the slippery tadpole and the wild iris that opened beside the pond last week, so pale, so nearly purple, their stems already
Hello Weybridge Church and Friends! This week it was time to make an important seasonal shift in my life: from hot coffee to cold-brewed morning coffee. There’s always coffee and, like I am sure some of you do as well, the making of the first coffee of the day
Are you at least 12 years old, like to sing, but rarely feel comfortable making singing sounds outside of the privacy of the shower? Do you like to sing, sing in choirs or bands and have experience singing, and you like expanding your singing horizons? Do you like the idea
Memorial Service and Celebration of Life for Dr. Charles Callahan -- Saturday, April 27 at 2:00 pm at the Cornwall Church. The program will be heavy with organ music composed and arranged by Charlie. Organist is Dr. Neal Campbell, a lifelong friend to Charlie, and the organist at Trinity