Have you thought about friendships lately?  Some of you have a cadre of friends that live near you and with whom you interact regularly.  Others have friends spread across the United States and globe.  Some friendships have lasted a lifetime, others are new acquaintances.             Nina Totenberg wrote of her friendship with Ruth Bader… Read More »

          This past Sunday I changed the direction for my sermon when the news came out that the Florida State Board of Education had issued guidelines for teaching social studies.  It included such nonsensical and egregious ideas as talking about slavery with ideas that included slaves learned skills that could help them later in life.  Also,… Read More »

          “Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.” (Sir Walter Scott, “Marmion”).  There is certainly truth in that well known phrase.  However, this morning I am thinking of entanglements in general – how we get ourselves so twisted up we can’t seem to get on with life.             As I… Read More »

          Today, when this is distributed, we will be on our way to the West Virginia mountains to enjoy a few days of rest and relaxation.  On the way we intend to stop off at the Shenandoah Valley Museum in Winchester, VA to enjoy a whimsical outdoor art exhibit of Lego Constructions.  According to their promotion… Read More »

          Happy Day after the Fourth of July.  Or should that be the Third of July?  Or was it in August?  Yes, yes, and yes.  July 4th became the settled date to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  The vote to accept the document and action was July 3rd.  And it wasn’t until August 7th that… Read More »

            This weekend, June 30-July 2, delegates and visitors to General Synod 34 will gather in Indianapolis, IN to do the business of the United Church of Christ and to look toward the future.             Greenbelt Community Church is a member of the Protestant denomination known as The United Church of Christ (UCC).  We are… Read More »

            This past Monday was our newest Federal holiday, Juneteenth.  It is a commemoration of General Order No. 3 where enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned they were freed.  Recently I purchased a small volume by historian Annette Gordon-Reed.  She is an African-American born in Texas and whose family ties go deep into Texan history. … Read More »

            This coming Sunday is Father’s Day, a day to say thank you to those who have been or who have served as father figures in our lives.  I was fortunate to know both my father and one of my grandfathers.  Those men made an impression on my life, shaping me to what I am… Read More »

It was a colorful weekend for GCCUCC June 3-4, 2023. Greenbelt Community Church members wore orange Sunday in observance of National Gun Violence Awareness Month and Wear Orange Weekend and the church is also spotlighted in Orange! #WearOrange #EndGunViolence And we showed up and supported the 2nd annual Greenbelt Pride Festival.

            Over the years I have learned the wisdom of “taking a break”, taking a day off and going somewhere I haven’t been in a long time or have never seen.  The object isn’t to meet up with someone, or go shopping, or sit in an audience of some kind.  The object is have a… Read More »