This Sunday is our Ingathering service and water communion. Summer is a season of spreading out. Tree canopies expand, and birds fly from the nest. You may have found yourself out and about as well, whether sitting in your yard, visiting a local park, or traveling further afield. Now, as fall approaches, we return. We return to one another, to our shared commitments, and to the rhythms of congregational life. Like drops of water that fall from the sky, fill streams, become rivers, and flow into the sea, we, too, return to one another and to the eternal that holds us all.  You may bring water from a place that is special to you. This could be a nearby stream, the hose you use to water your garden, or any other source. We will invite you to pour your water into a shared vessel, mingling these waters. Later you will be invited to receive a few drops of these mingled waters that you might take home to water a plant or to remind you of our shared lives. We will use the remainder of our water to dedicate the Memorial Garden.

Join us at 10:30AM at our newly renovated and expanded church home at 1574 Franklin Street, Lewis Center, Ohio, or, attend online using this link: Join Zoom Meeting: 

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