News from the Deacons

Much of our activities were focused on the Advent Season and beginning preparing for 2024. We continue to meet in person and have found this a great opportunity to have conversations on how to support our Pastor and the spiritual life of our church. We welcome all comments, thoughts – please reach out to any of the Deacons.



We say a huge THANKS to Lana and Chris Brandt and Laura Blake who will be leaving the Deacons at the end of January 2024. They have freely provided time, support and conversation to our meetings and the life of our church – so appreciated Lana, Chris and Laura!!

I encourage anyone to sign up for the invocation/scripture reading on Sundays, flowers for Sunday service and hosting coffee time.

We wish you a Peaceful and Healthy New Year!!

Peggy

New Book Announcement

The Book & Meditation group meets from 6:45-8:00 AM on Tuesday mornings. We spend 15 minutes in silent meditation and then begin reading. There is no homework for this book group. We meet on Zoom and take turns reading the book aloud to each other. It takes a long time to read a book this way, but it allows us to stop and discuss ideas as we read them. 

We welcome new readers to join us as we start a new book on January 9. We will be reading The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind by Cynthia Bourgeault. Cynthia is a modern-day mystic, an

Episcopal priest, and core faculty at the Center for Action and

Contemplation. Reviewers have this to say about the book.

“If you put aside what you think you know about Jesus and approach the Gospels as though for the first time, something

remarkable happens: Jesus emerges as a teacher of the transformation of consciousness. Cynthia Bourgeault is a masterful guide to Jesus's vision and to the traditional contemplative practices you can use to experience the heart of his teachings for yourself.”