From the desk of Reverend Heather Miner
 

Dear Church,

Memories and expectations can make the holidays difficult when we fit into neither.   When we speak of our church as a place where we welcome the stranger and proclaim that we are Open and Affirming, we are saying you don’t need to fit into either memory or a past expectation.  God does new things all the time.  And perhaps this is a time for God to do a new thing in you, through you, for you, and for another.

In the United Church of Christ we proclaim a “still speaking God.” We lift up the words of Pastor John Robinson who announced to the Pilgrims leaving Holland to become the Massachusetts Bay Colony “There is yet more truth and light to break forth from God’s Holy Word.”

I pray today you embrace that there is still more truth and light for you to experience in this world.  We are Pilgrims on a journey with God.  When we allow God to lead, every time in our lives can be fulfilling, full of beauty and love.  

In God's Love, 
Reverend Heather Miner