December 10, 2025,
Dear Friend, It has been 8 days since our first significant snowfall and temperatures have been low enough that the snow is still powdery, so there are still stories that are emerging from the tracks about who is going where and when. Just this morning I saw some tracks that I have not yet identified. If you know what they are, please let me know. The pattern created by whatever animal it was stopped me in MY tracks (quite literally). Check out the beautiful consistency of the pattern created. (You will also see my bigger trail that leads to my favorite maple tree; I visit her each morning).
Tracks in the snow are obvious, but the truth is that we leave tracks wherever we go. If we could see the full effects of our words, our demeanor, our tone, and our actions as clearly as tracks in the soft snow, I imagine we would be more careful, more compassionate, more kind. Perhaps we would slow down more. Perhaps we would speak less and smile more. Let’s be mindful of the tracks we are leaving behind. Let’s leave a work of beauty, like my little furry friend in the meadow. Let’s aim to leave each place and each person with a little more light, just because we were there.
“You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.” -Psalm 18:28
Urgent message from the Deacons:
We need more poinsettias to decorate the front of the church! It’s not too late to order. You can email me (tclark040@gmail.com) or Katharine Fox (foxkatharine@gmail.com) with your order, and pay by Dec 14. We have red, white, or pink, in small, medium or large. Prices: small – $12; medium – $20; large – $32. We can use more of every color and size, but especially white and pink. Thank you!
A special invitation to The Shepherds Play
-A medieval tradition in song and story of the nativity-
This Sunday Dec. 14th
2:00
Brick Church in Harrisville
Dec. 21 Christmas Pageant Sunday 10:30
Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7:30
A reminder that the Giving Tree gifts are due back, wrapped, with tag attached on the outside of the package on or before this Sunday, Dec. 14th.
The Church Hall is open during office hours, 9-1 Thursday and Friday this (and every) week.
The Heifer Project is a great place to find truly meaningful gifts for everyone on your list. Heifer will double all the proceeds during the month of December, so check out their possibilities through our church website https://dublinchurch.org/ or through the church hall bulletin board.
Please join me in a spirit of prayer if you wish.
Wherever we go, Lord, guide us in our ways of being. In our words, may others find encouragement and positivity. In our actions, may others see the reflected light of a compassionate Christ. In our every response, may we use the utmost care in full knowledge that our responses matter. As we prepare to celebrate the coming of the Christ child, may we begin within to prepare a dwelling place for Christ’s Holy Spirit. This I pray in Christ’s name. Amen.
“Prepare the way of the Lord.” -Isaiah 40:3
With all the anticipation of Advent,
Traceymay
603-715-0990
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