Sunday, February 21st, 2021 (1st Sunday in Lent) “Things to Do in the Belly of the Whale” by Dan AlbergottiFrom The Boatlands, 2008 Measure the walls. Count the ribs. Notch the long days.Look up for blue sky through the spout. Make small fireswith the broken hulls of fishing boats. Practice smoke signals.Call old friends, andContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – Feb. 21st”
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Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – Feb. 20th
Saturday, February 20th, 2021 “Go to the Limits of Your Longing” by Rainer Maria Rilke God speaks to each of us as he makes us,then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your recall,go to the limits of your longing.Embody me. Flare upContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – Feb. 20th”
Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – Feb. 19th
Friday, February 19th, 2021 The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,I go and lie down where the wood drakerests in his beauty on the water, andContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – Feb. 19th”
Sunday, February 28th: Game Night on Zoom
Game Night, Sunday 2/28 on Zoom Check for an email from Brookmeade for a Game Night coming up—5pm on Sunday, February 28th! Link to join will be emailed the day of. We’ll play Jackbox Games on Zoom together virtually, but you can also just watch and hang out if you’d like! Bring snacks and such!Continue reading “Sunday, February 28th: Game Night on Zoom”
Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – Feb. 18th
Thursday, February 18th, 2021 Psalm 42 (NIV version) 1As the deer pants for streams of water,so my soul pants for you, my God.2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.When can I go and meet with God?3My tears have been my foodday and night,while people say to me all day long,“Where is your God?”4TheseContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – Feb. 18th”
Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – Feb. 17th
Wednesday, February 17th, 2021 “Blessing the Dust” – A Blessing for Ash Wednesday by Jan Richardson All those daysyou felt like dust,like dirt,as if all you had to dowas turn your facetoward the windand be scatteredto the four corners or swept awayby the smallest breathas insubstantial – did you not knowwhat the Holy Onecan doContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series – Feb. 17th”
Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series
Throughout Lent we will send a list of poems each week that can be read each day as we walk through the 40 days of Lent from Ash Wednesday through Holy Week. This series includes well-known poets whose words will accompany us through the wilderness of the Lenten season. Let’s walk with each other throughContinue reading “Lent 2021: Daily Poetry Series”
Starting Feb. 14th: Learn & Grow “The Anatomy of Peace”
Join us for Learn and Grow Sunday mornings at 9:15 am via Zoom! Look for the link in the Sunday morning email! The Learn & Grow class is just finishing a study series on the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus tells us: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” (MatthewContinue reading “Starting Feb. 14th: Learn & Grow “The Anatomy of Peace””
Wed. Feb. 10th: Council Meeting
Our monthly Council Meeting will be Wed. 2/10 at 5:30 pm on Zoom. Non-council members who wish to attend may RSVP to brookmeade@comcast.net by noon on the 10th.
Sun. Feb. 7th: COW Offering
In addition to collecting canned goods for Second Harvest this month for Souper Bowl of Caring, we will also have our reguarly scheduled “COW” Offering that collects monetary donations for Second Harvest and Heifer International. You have two ways to donate: 1) Send a check to the church office with the memo “COW Offering”; 2)Continue reading “Sun. Feb. 7th: COW Offering”
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