December 31, 2015   

First Edition  
Let's Journey Together!

Sunday is STAR Sunday
Sunday we celebrate Epiphany--the official conclusion of the Christmas season--with STARS. Do you remember receiving a star gift last Epiphany? Do you still have it displayed someplace prominent? On Sunday you are invited to bring your 2015 star and share a story about what it led you to or helped you to see. Where was God leading you in 2015? How did your star word "illuminate" your experience? Later in the service you will pick out a star for 2016, a star gift to guide your steps and shine light on your path.

Communion Sunday -- don't forget food for the Granby Food Bank!

A prayer for the New Year
All during Advent we began worship with a chant: "Whichever way you turn there is the face of God." Although those words come from the Quran, they resonate deeply with Jewish and Christian teaching. Here, as you enter the New Year, is the entire prayer by John Philip Newell.

Whichever way we turn, O God, there is your face
in the light of the moon and patterns of stars
in scarred mountain rifts and ancient groves
in mighty seas and creatures of the deep.
Whichever way we turn, O God, there is your face
in the light of eyes we love
in the salt of tears we have tasted
in weathered countenances east and west
in the soft skin glow of the child everywhere.
Whichever way we turn, O God, there is your face
there is your face
among us.
John Philip Newell,
Praying with the Earth

No Sunday Night Youth or Sunday SchoolHouse this week. 

Contacts 

Sue Miltenberger (Office Manager)
Rev. Ginny McDaniel (Senior Minister)

Rebecca Brown (Leader, Children & Youth Ministry 

Jerron Jorgensen (Music Director)

Church Office Phone: 860-653-4537   

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