fellowship
Welcoming and Inviting Communication

We communicate a whole lot before we even open our mouths to speak. If we are aware and invested in the relationships around us sometimes words are not even needed to communicate needs. Children do this all the time as they are developing their communication skills. I myself have had to rely on these other … [Read more…]
Fourth Annual Cookie Walk Saturday December 7th

Don’t forget to join us for our Fourth annual Cookie Walk December 7th from 10AM to 2PM! There will be plenty of cookies, a drawing for some Christmas plates, Christmas music, and lots of Christmas Cheer. Where: Congregational Church of Easton 336 Westport Road Easton, CT When: December 7th 10-2 Cost: $18 a box, drawing … [Read more…]
Christian Spiritual Practices: Community and Care

Living in community and caring for one another is another of the Christian Spiritual practices that often gets overlooked and underestimated. Community was important right from the beginning of Christianity. We know this because where Christ said, “Wherever one or two of you are gathered there I will be as well”. A Christian community is … [Read more…]
Christian Spiritual Practices: Welcome and Hospitality

The dictionary says, “A spiritual practice or spiritual discipline (often including spiritual exercises) is the regular or full-time performance of actions and activities undertaken for the purpose of inducing spiritual experiences and cultivating spiritual development”. Spiritual practices are more than about prayer. They are not necessarily defined by how one acts in church but rather they can be anything that gives someone a spiritual experience. … [Read more…]
All Inviting Love

I went to a family party many years ago with my husband’s extended family. Bill and I were only just beginning to date. We were celebrating his grandmother’s birthday that day at a restaurant. But because we had the furthest to travel to get there, we were naturally a little late. So when we entered, … [Read more…]
Church Family Picnic

Don’t forget to sign up for our annual Church Family Picnic which will be held on Saturday August 3rd. At the picnic this year, we will be honoring the many years of service of Jeanne Sedelnik our church administrative assistant who will be retiring at the end of July. Email the church at cchurcheaston@gmail.com to … [Read more…]
Strength in Our Diversity

When I was a child, my brothers used to get together with some of our cousins to go to one of the family fields to play baseball, or to go camping, or to go help my father and uncles in the wood lot, or to go fishing. I remember that I always wanted to go … [Read more…]