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The Fourth Sunday in Advent

December 21, 2025

Sallie and Lucy brought their thoughts and insights from a recent book study of Christ in the Rubble, by Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac, the Palestinian pastor of Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem.

Sally began by quoting Jan Richardson, who wrote…

Blessed are you Who bear the light In unbearable times…

(Blessed are you In whom The light lives…)

She continued

I’ve always loved the Christmas holidays.  I love the tree, the lights, the music, the decorations, and the nativity scene. As I sat among those things writing this sermon, the disparities between this holiday joy and our worldly catastrophes is heart wrenching.…

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The Third Sunday in Advent

December 14, 2025

Good morning, Church.  Today is Gaudete Sunday.  We’re at the halfway point in the short season of Advent. Gaudete roughly translated from Latin means, “Rejoice, Our God is near.”  We lit a pink candle today, and I’m wearing some pink. Liturgically, it’s a whimsical color, signifying that we can barely restrain our joy at the coming of the Christ child, the incarnation of the divine.

Whenever, I hear or read the Magnificat, I can barely restrain my own joy. 

It is always a bit risky for a man to talk about what pregnant women might be going through, but I’m going to take that risk this morning, with your kind permission.…

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The Second Sunday in Advent

December 7, 2025

This “No-Rehearsal Christmas Pageant” is borrowed from Rev. Dan Harper, who adapted and modified it for use at First Unitarian in New Bedford from Rev. Jory Agate of First Parish in Cambridge, who got it from someone else. This version was modified by Deborah Sokolove for Seekers Church from the Harper version found at https://www.danielharper.org/archive/?p=40, which says that it is in the public domain.

Parts: Mary, Joseph, Caesar Augustus, Herod, Wise Persons, Stable Animals, Star, Angels, Shepherds, Sheep

Places: Nazareth, Bethlehem, Fields, Jerusalem…

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Third Sunday in Advent

December 17, 2023

This “No-Rehearsal Christmas Pageant” is borrowed from Rev. Dan Harper, who adapted and modified it for use at First Unitarian in New Bedford from Rev. Jory Agate of First Parish in Cambridge, who got it from someone else. This version was modified by Deborah Sokolove for Seekers Church from the Harper version found at https://www.danielharper.org/archive/?p=40, which says that it is in the public domain.

Parts: Mary, Joseph, Caesar Augustus, Herod, Wise Persons, Stable Animals, Star, Angels, Shepherds, Sheep

Places: Nazareth, Bethlehem, Fields, Jerusalem…

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Second Sunday in Advent

December 10, 2023

From time to time, Seekers Church takes time out from its regular preaching schedule for a service of chant, prayer and reflection modeled on the worship of the Taizé Community in France. This Sunday was one such time. Repeating the chants together until they die away into the silence provides rest for our world-weary spirits as well as an opportunity for individual reflection on our faith journeys. This time, as we joined in spirit with the monks at Taizé, we were nourished by their faithfulness as well as by their music and accompanied by the sounds of recorders played by the Sligo Creek Recorder Club.…

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