Saturday April 5th, 9 am to Noon.  Help spruce up our beautiful building for Holy Week and Easter.  Bring your favorite cleaning "tools" and dust cloths and lend a hand for all or part of the morning.  Other supplies will be provided.  We will gather in the church at 9 for a prayer and then disperse to various areas in the building to dust, scrub, vac as needed.  See Beth Howland with questions.

Save the date (May 4) to be part of creating a public display proclaiming "love your neighbor," immediately following the 9:00 service. You don't have to be an artist; you just have to come!

“The shaman of serenity”
-Lindsay Cobb, The Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange

John Hughes is an internationally renowned composer, kora player, percussionist and vocalist whose style crosses myriad cultural boundaries and fuses disparate influences.  Playing ancient traditional instruments not often heard in the United States, many of which he builds himself, John takes his audience on an intimate musical tour of universal expressions of joy and hope that soothe and up-lift the spirit.  Whether playing elegant and stately pieces from the classical repertoire of the Jeli’s (Griot’s) of West Africa or original compositions, John's kora playing has an uncommon beauty that is, at once, exquisitely detailed and bold.  His signature pieces are rhythmically nuanced and laced with syncopations that cascade off the strings into whirlpools of mesmerizing sound.

This summer, we will offer TWO group trips to Tanglewood! We have secured 20 tickets for each of two performances: A Prairie Home Companion, at 7pm on Saturday, June 21 ($35), and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, at 7pm on Thursday, August 28 ($28). Bring a picnic and a chair (and a friend?), and carpooling is available. We'll meet up at a designated spot and have a lovely evening together -- twice! To reserve your spot, contact Beau in the office or Rev. Tanya and send payment via check, Venmo, or Tithely.