I have always loved Palm Sunday and Holy Week, ever since I was a young child. I remember going to worship on Palm Sunday with my mother and brothers. We were in Sunday school from 9 to 10 then we would help clean up the rooms moving tables and chairs and folding up the retractable … [Read more…]
I will be honest. I don’t like being stuck in the house. I don’t like isolation. I have been social, since birth according to my parents, and so for me social distancing has been difficult. For many of you this has only been in place for a few weeks now. But for me with a … [Read more…]
I am reading a fascinating book titled Savage Continent by Keith Lowe that focuses on the aftermath of World War II in Europe. It spends a long time outlining what life looked like for citizens and the masses of displaced peoples who had been imprisoned in work camps, concentration camps, and prison camps throughout Nazi … [Read more…]
Don’t forget to join us for Holy Week as we remember Christ’s sacrifice and celebrate his Resurrection on Easter Morning. Holy Week Activities April 14th Palm Sunday Worship 10AM April 18th Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service 7:30PM April 21st Easter Morning worship 10AM followed by Easter Egg Hunt at 11AM We welcome all people to join … [Read more…]
The new preschool education standards focus on evaluating and teaching lessons in social emotional skills. This is something that was never present in preschool or public school educational goals in the past. Part of the social emotional educational goals is to teach empathy and conflict management skills. However, it has occurred to me that as … [Read more…]
Do you have regrets? I would say many of us do. Do you have those things that you wish you did not do? I would say we all do. As a whole humanity holds themselves to certain standards that they don’t always successfully live up to and thus we hold others to even higher standards … [Read more…]
Join us on Wednesday April 3, 2019 at 5:30PM for our Lenten Supper. We will be having a Passover Seder experience and discussing the parallels to the last supper and Jesus’ final hours. We hope to see you there. Please RSVP to 203-261-2527 or echurch@snet.net. Where: 336 Westport Road Easton, CT When: April 3, 2019 … [Read more…]
I knew a woman who strongly believed that everyone was judging her, being purposefully unkind to her, and hated her. She lived day in and day out angry at all of her co-workers, wishing hardships on them, because they obviously disliked her and were harboring negativity towards her. Her anger increased by the day and … [Read more…]
The earliest known written record of laws was the Code of Hammurabi in 1754 BC. Amongst their many laws is a very familiar one: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. This generally means that whatever actions are taken against you then legally you can act out the same actions in retaliation. … [Read more…]
Join us on March 20th at 5:30PM for a discussion about Christian Pilgrimage and Labyrinth in our fellowship hall. This Lenten Season we will look at the importance of spiritual journey and the peace it can offer each of us this Lent. Where: 336 Westport Road, Church fellowship hall When: March 20th at 5:30PM Who: … [Read more…]
