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Pastor’s Column – Dec 2025
Until We Reach the SunBy: Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed Buffaloes are the only animals that run into a storm.They can smell the snow coming. They can feel the temperature change—Deep in their bones. So they gather together, a pack on the plains.And with their large lumbering bodies, they run.They run through snow and ice, wind and rain. They do not stopUntil they reach the sun. When you are afraid, because this world is cruel and harsh,Or because humans are deported…
Pastor’s Column – Dec 2020
O come, Desire of Nations, bind All Peoples in one heart and mind; Make envy, strife, and quarrels cease; Fill the whold world with heaven’s peace. – New Century hymnal #116, verse 7, o come, o come, emmanuel It was the day after Halloween. I was driving to the store and went through my preset radio stations to find anything that was not a commercial or talk-radio. I needed music that day. No Politics. No one trying to sell…
Advent/Christmas Happenings @ Grace
We know this is a busy time of year for everyone. The same is true here at Grace UCC. Below is a list of most of the special events happening over the next few weeks. 8 Dec 11:30 AM – Congregational meeting 14 Dec 2:30 PM – Fairfield Strings Christmas concert 15 Dec 10:30 AM – Christmas Pagaent 11:30 AM – Birthday party for Jesus 24 Dec 4:00 PM – Christmas Eve Family Service 10:45 PM – Christmas Eve Concert…
Light of Christ
My dear Grace United Church of Christ family, Advent has come and gone, we talked about getting ready, preparing ourselves but most especially our hearts for the coming of our Savior, who came as a tiny baby, born in a dirty, dark, cold, smelly stable. For 4 weeks, we lit the Advent candles to help us prepare. On Christmas Eve we lit the Christ candle to share the light of Christ with the world. Then came the Christmas season, the…