from the Pastor’s Pen…. This is what Frederick Buechner says about The Transfiguration, our gospel text for the day. “It is as strange a scene as there is in the Gospels. Even without the voice from the cloud to explain it they had no doubt what they were witnessing. It was Jesus of Nazareth all […]
PARISH NEWS – February 4, 2018
from Four Quartets S. Eliot I said to my soul, be still, and let the dark come upon you Which shall be the darkness of God. As, in a theatre, The lights are extinguished, for the scene to be changed With a hollow rumble of wings, with a movement of darkness on darkness, And we […]
Parish News – January 28, 2018
from the Pastor’s Pen… In response to the events of last summer the Charlottesville Clergy Collective will be sponsoring a two week walk during the month of October. Charlottesville to Jamestown: a Pilgrimage of Repentance, Reconciliation and Revisioning will be an opportunity for us to hear stories of descendants of enslaved and indigenous peoples whose […]
Parish News – January 21, 2018
YOU ARE THE PEACE You are the peace of all things calm You are the place to hide from harm You are the light that shines in dark You are the heart’s eternal spark You are the door that’s open wide You are the guest who waits inside You are the stranger at the door […]
Parish News – January 14, 2017
“All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you. The only lasting truth is change. God is change.” NEWS AND EVENTS ADULT FORUM meets every Sunday at 9:30 AM in Room 102. For more information, please contact Audrey Heivly (434.202.2410) or Pat Rader (434.973.3831). YOUNG ADULT FORUM meets every Sunday at 9:30 AM […]
Parish News – January 7, 2018
Traditionally, United Methodists have dedicated the beginning of each new year to a period of Christian reflection and recommitment that was centered around John Wesley’s Covenant Prayer. Here is the prayer that has shaped and guided the discipleship and lives of many devout Christians. A Covenant Prayer in the Wesleyan Tradition (# 607 in the […]
Parish News – December 24, 2017
A PRAYER FOR CHRISTMAS A Franciscan Blessing May God bless you with discomfort, at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships so that you may live deep within your heart. May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace. May God bless you with tears to shed […]
PARISH NEWS – December 17, 2017
NEWS AND EVENTS: COUNTERS AND READERS NEEDED for 2018. Do you enjoy hearing different voices reading the scripture passages during worship? Yours could be one of them! It’s not a huge commitment, only twice a year! If you’re not interested in being in front of the congregation, maybe you’d be interested in being an offering […]
Parish News – December 10, 2017
from the Pastor’s Pen… “In my view, we would do better if we had the faith of Jesus (open, humble, trusting toward God and reality) instead of simply having faith in Jesus (which history has shown usually becomes competitive and sectarian).” Richard Rohr This quote from Richard Rohr brings to clear focus for me the […]
Parish News – December 3, 2017
from the Pastor’s Pen… If you are at all like me you bristle at Christmas decorations in stores before Thanksgiving. That seems to me to be the clearest signal that the holiday has been acculturated almost to the point of obliteration. Test that theory: ask your friends how they observe Advent and see if you […]