Join us for worship on October 10th as we assemble personal care packages for those in need. These packages will be going to the Merton House. Here is a list of what we are collecting. We seek to make 20 packages. If you can donate please email or call the church office at cchurcheaston@gmail.com or … [Read more…]
Calling all members! Mark your calendars for 11AM directly following church on 9-26-21 for a Congregational Meeting. Link below for those who can’t attend in person. Thanks! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88440646436?pwd=REEzdGVlVVhFNTFwMkZSMHlpU29LZz09
With Covid-19 restrictions, we have missed our monthly food kitchen. Well it is up and running again, we now provide food for the Bridgeport Rescue Mission on the 3rd Tuesday of each month starting on June 15th. We ask that all food be cooked and dropped off at 336 Westport Road Easton, CT no later … [Read more…]
If you had to define a Christian to someone, what words would you use? (Invite congregation to help) When Bill and I first started dating, my father-in-law had a very specific idea of what a Christian was based on his experiences as a Jewish man. And I must say his views were not flattering. Yet … [Read more…]
Have you ever had emotions, stress, routine, or worry so take over your life that it dulls your senses and you somehow become oblivious to the world around you? This happens to me all the time. A few weeks ago, I was in the grocery store trying to rush through the aisles as quickly as … [Read more…]
In 2007 I did Field Education in a church in Braintree MA. It was a large old stone building with beautiful stained glass windows in the sanctuary. Each window depicted a different scene from the bible. The church was beautiful though did not make me think of a traditional New England Congregational Church when I … [Read more…]
We all make snap judgments all the time. We have to. Otherwise, it would take all day to make it from bed to work. The other morning my alarm went off and I had to make a judgment call to push snooze or get up and get ready for the day. Then there was the … [Read more…]
Now there may not be too many of us who have experienced adult baptism, or can even say that they remember their baptisms. My first baptism happened when I was 5 months old and recovering from chicken pox. I have no memory of my first baptism. My second baptism was done by the same clergy … [Read more…]
If you want to encounter God, the essence of what is Holy, you don’t have to go searching in the depths of spiritual places. You only have to look at other people. We are constantly told in the scriptures that God is in the people that we meet, the people that we help, and the … [Read more…]
Have you ever noticed that when you help someone it just completely changes your day? Right before I left the preschool my teacher’s assistant at the time was someone who didn’t drive and the city bus stop was a mile away. I decided that I would give her a ride to her house at the … [Read more…]
