Comments for Community Congregational United Church of Christ

Comment on Spring Half Off Sale by Nancy Mack

Nancy Mack — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:06:50 +0000

Apparently many heard our plea for donations to the Thrift Shop. We got a huge amount of goods today (4/16) so PLEASE donate your BEST items only. Thanks, Nancy Mack

Comment on Visitor Information by Emily

Emily — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:07:04 +0000

It was wonderful visiting your church! What a friendly, welcoming group of people you are! Thank you for making us feel so at home.

Comment on Bringing home our daughter by Ronda

Ronda — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:40:33 +0000

Thanks for reading my story, Julie! We are definitely lucky to have found one another! Blessings to you and your family too.

Comment on Princess Street by Chip

Chip — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:35:23 +0000

Karen,
Thanks so much for adding this to an already amazing story!

Comment on Princess Street by Karen Graham

Karen Graham — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:37:07 +0000

I am Diane’s sister. I remember another God moment that gave us all a feeling of “it can’t be a coincidence.” Not far from Diane’s rented flat, there was an open air market- what we in the states would think of as a Flea Market. Shortly after arriving in Preston, Diane and family went shopping for dishes. They had only brought what they could pack in their luggage and planned to purchase everything else or do without. Diane made a game of acquiring kitchenware, telling family members to each find a plate, cup, and bowl that could be used during their stay. They would create an eclectic set of dishes from the inexpensive pieces they discovered that day. While shopping in the market, Diane’s daughter, Kayla, held out a china cup and told Diane that she had found something she liked. Amazingly, the cup was an exact match to our mother’s china. Our mother had acquired a set of china when she married our father in 1955. The china, probably purchased in Massachusetts, shouldn’t have had any connection to Preston, England. Moreover, Kayla would have no way of knowing that china. It was something Diane knew very well, however.

A few months later, our mother and I traveled to see Diane and family for a short visit. Jet-lagged and exhausted, we plopped down in the kitchen to visit before going off to bed. Diane served our mother English tea in a replica of Mom’s wedding china. Amazing.

Comment on Spiritual Imagination by Nancy Mack

Nancy Mack — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:27:49 +0000

Thanks, Sandy, for sharing such a personal and insightful God moment with us. You are to be commended on your tenacity to keep trying and to keep doing what is right. I, too, enjoy a “win” but there’s also that thought in the back of my head that reminds me…it’s really all about love.

Nancy Mack

Comment on Bringing home our daughter by Julie Clark

Julie Clark — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:17:46 +0000

Ronda,
Thank you for sharing this beautiful story. Jillian is certainly a lucky girl to have a birth mother who loves her; who loved her enough to share her, AND to have you and Derek and Wesley as her family. I am sorry for all the pain you went through in trying to have a second child and in waiting for the ‘right one’ to come your way. I can relate to some of it. God does work in mysterious ways, and we are so fortunate to know that. May all the blessings of the season, and beyond, be yours!

Comment on The Longest Night by Bob and Marj Grunewald

Bob and Marj Grunewald — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:51:00 +0000

Caregivers often face darkness, however long.

Comment on In Blessings and Crises by Marie Glynn

Marie Glynn — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:35:43 +0000

Wow, Bob, thanks so much for writing this down and sharing it. I have always sensed, when you speak in church, that you would have a lot to say, but Joys and Concerns is never the time for extended development of the ideas behind what you’re talking about.

Thanks again, Bob.

Marie

Comment on Staff by Carol Spurling

Carol Spurling — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:29:32 +0000

Yay English majors!!