January is often a season of envisioning the journey of the year ahead, including making resolutions. As you do these things, I hope you will include something about your commitment … Continue reading The Meaning of Membership

Our 2024 – 2025 annual spiritual theme is “Join the Journey,” and this month we are exploring the topic of threshold. It is a fitting theme for January when we … Continue reading Thresholds as an Invitation

To get everyone in the mood for our winter solstice service, we offer this poem. Let us welcome the spirit of this season! The Shortest Day, by Susan CooperAnd so … Continue reading The Shortest Day

I first felt a call to ministry on August 27, 2017 (coincidentally, my very first sermon with you all was on August 27, 2023). The call was sudden and clear, … Continue reading May We Be Worthy Guardians of One Another

Beginning next month I’ll be taking a four month sabbatical leave from my responsibilities at the church. This was originally planned for a year ago but superseding issues in the … Continue reading Some Time Away

Thank you to all who joined us to rededicate Eliot Chapel in celebration of 100 years on this block! Scroll down to view images from the ceremony on Sunday, November … Continue reading A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words: Eliot Chapel Rededication Ceremony

You can read below or watch the full sermon, “Now What,” Rev. Alison shared last Sunday following the election as she oriented towards our shared calling in the weeks and … Continue reading Now What?

Yesterday, we opened our Eliot sanctuary – a place of refuge, a place to refuel our weary spirits, and a place to cultivate responses to the happenings of the world … Continue reading Looking in the Mirror

I remember when I first signed the membership book and made an annual pledge. It was the October break of my freshman year in college, and another time when reproductive … Continue reading Counting on Community