Retreat and vision
Last Saturday the CMC Leadership Team had a retreat. For newer folks, LT is the church board. An annual board retreat is part of a church structure model we’ve been moving toward in the last couple years. We’re taking our cues from Dan Hotchkiss’s book Governance and Ministry: Rethinking Board…
Swamped
These past two weeks I’ve had an unusually high amount of conversations with CMC folks who are overwhelmed with their jobs. Overly busy, swamped, worn down, exhausted, exasperated. I started noticing a pattern last week, then it kept coming. This is likely not an unusual condition. It’s just unusual for…
A big breakfast table
This morning I attended the Interfaith Justice Table. It’s a monthly breakfast, convened by Rev. Dan Clark, Ohio Director of Faith in Public Life. There were about 30 of us – mostly clergy and leaders of various faith driven not for profit advocacy groups. There were some common commitments that…
Practicing awareness on the move
This Lent season our worship focus is Practicing Awareness. For our family, this coincides with settling in to a new house. There’s nothing like moving to raise your awareness. How many boxes does it take to clean out a closet? A garage? When you move, just about everything calls for…
Practicing Awareness: An Ash Wednesday Reflection
Our theme for Lent this year is “Practicing Awareness,” and we will begin to explore what this means during our Ash Wednesday service this evening at 7p in the sanctuary. This will be a short service that will include not only the usual scripture reading, prayer, and singing but also…