by Stacey Hilliard | Mar 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
After a couple of snow emergencies and giving up one of our nights to the WHS Interact Club, this we’re back to planning, preparing, and serving dinner at the Dweilling Place this month (Monday, April 27). Please sign up if you’re able to provide pasta with meat sauce, salad, roll, or dessert. (For the meat sauce, you can use this simple recipe or one of your own.)
If you’d like to help, please click the button below to see what we still need, and sign up for whatever you can provide. You’ll find more information on the sign-up sheet… if you still have questions, reach out to Steph Altavilla or Brian Rogers.
by Stacey Hilliard | Mar 1, 2026 | Sermons
This Sunday’s sermon will be an introduction for what we’ll be talking about for the rest of my time at Crawford. We’ll be looking at different Christian beliefs—from official church doctrines to Biblical foundations to things that are more cultural beliefs that sprang out of various religious tenets. My goal is not to proclaim what you should believe but to help us all look inward and do a bit of digging to discover what we actually do believe and where that belief came from for each of us.
– Pastor Anne
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by Stacey Hilliard | Feb 12, 2026 | Conversations
Rev. Dr. Liberato (Levi) Bautista, Church and Society’s Assistant General Secretary for United Nations and International Affairs, offers his reflection on 2026 Black History Month and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr ‘s Holiday. The photo above is of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., winner of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, being congratulated by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Harold (left) and His Majesty King Olav V (back to the camera) in Oslo, Norway, December 10, 1964. Dr. King is joined by his wife Coretta on his left. photo by Associated Press
“Now that the remembrance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2026 holiday is over and the celebration for Black History Month is here, I’d like to take a moment to reflect: What does love really look like when fear fills our headlines and racist injustice influences our systems?
“Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day last month, we remembered not just a dreamer, but a dedicated justice advocate—someone who organized, negotiated, marched, prayed, and sacrificed for the vision of the Beloved Community. Dr. King showed us that peace isn’t just the absence of tension; it’s the presence of justice. February’s Black History Month also carries that truth with many stories of struggle and progress by Black people against incredible odds. That truth continues to guide us today.”
Read the full article on the UMC Justice website, HERE.
by Stacey Hilliard | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
Led by Rev. Dr. Rand Peabody
VIBRANT congregations are attentive to what is required for healthy SYSTEMIC functioning. Every “Body-of-Christ,” we could say, has its underlying “metabolism”!
Yet we tend to bring much more focus to the spiritual and structural aspects of church life than we do to the systemic dimensions that are essential to maintaining such a healthy metabolism.
Rand Peabody will draw on his experience as an Interim Pastor in fifteen UCC churches to present what healthy systemic functioning looks like in congregations such as ours at Crawford. He will also offer examples of “Christian Conflict Management.”
Don’t miss his after-church “Systems-Thinkers Seminar” on Sunday, February 15th. The program will begin approximately fifteen minutes after the end of the service, and aim to finish at noon.
by Stacey Hilliard | Feb 10, 2026 | News
“The General Board of Church and Society and the General Commission on Religion and Race are participating in an ecumenical and interfaith worship service and march calling for the humane treatment of immigrants. Faithful Resistance: A Public Witness for Immigrant Justice is happening in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, February 25. The day will begin at 10AM ET with worship, followed by a prayerful march to the U.S. Capitol and afternoon congressional visits. United Methodists are encouraged to attend in-person, follow the event on social media, or hold simultaneous events in your own local area. This is an opportunity to show solidarity for immigrants and call upon Christians everywhere to live out Christ’s call on all of us to ‘welcome the stranger.'”
Click HERE for more information and to learn how you can participate virtually.
– from resourceumc.org
