Rebuilding Together Eastern Shore helps people stay in their homes. They raise money and volunteers who keep homes warm, dry, and safe. Every 3rd Saturday, we gather volunteers to go to one of the approved projects sites and build a deck, repair a floor, install lights and fans, paint, whatever is needed. Sign up today.

This fun group supports one another in knitting, or learning to, for themselves or for others. If you’d like to take up this hobby/discipline, or share your gifts with others, join in! Even if you don’t have anything to get started, we can help there too.

Rev. Caitlan’s Book Club will be studying “Ordinary Mysticism” twice a month (1st and 3rd Tuesdays) till November! Join this group as they take turns hosting and studying together, learning and growing with each other.

Did you have questions from last week’s sermon? Were you not able to attend, but want to learn from others about it? Join our weekly group as we discuss past and future sermons in our different series happening this Fall. Bring you Bible, or we will supply one. We look forward to seeing you. Any questions, contact Pastor Joel.

Maybe you’d like someone to prayer for you, or maybe you are willing to pray for others. Its an odd, mysterious moment when we sit with one another and focus our minds, hearts, and spirits on the will of God for ourselves and others. If you’d like prayer, want to learn to pray, practice praying, this group is ready to welcome you and your gifts.

All children are always welcome for all of worship. In the middle of “big” worship, we invite younger ones forward for wondering time with one of the pastors. Afterward, children (and parents) have options: return to the pews with a busy bag, or sit quietly as a dedicated children’s space in the back of the sanctuary, or go with a vetted adult volunteer for Kids Korner. Children will dive deeper into today’s scripture and lesson. They will often have a snack and do a craft or game together too. Children return to worship or meet parents in the Fellowship Hall.

On these select Sunday evenings, middle and high school youth gather with Rev. Caitlan and other adult leaders for games, a meal, friendly fellowship, and sincere conversations on faith, beliefs, and doubts. Light and Love is always an inclusive, diverse, and safe space for all youth.

Anyone interested in big God/life questions and willing to wonder options with others? Join us the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month (until December)! We will help support our local businesses, and meet at Riley’s Mill Ale Works, in Chestertown. Any questions, contact Pastor Joel.

Any men seeking fellowship and guidance in living fuller, holy lives, please join us every Monday night! We will be studying “The First to Follow”. Any questions, please contact our group leader.

Those who care for loved ones also need care. Perhaps your spouse, family member, or friends is aging, losing physical or mental abilities, and you are trying to help. It can be lonely and exhausting. This group supports one another as you do the hard, beautiful work of caring.

Join our Spiritual Growth Group as they study “In the Shelter” . The group meets weekly and it’s a chance to grow with each other, seeking comfort and a sense of community. Any questions, contact our group leader.

Join us for this new group of Love and Loss. Are you grieving because of a loved one has recently passed away? Is life different now, and you are unsure how to go forward? Join this small group as we discuss dying, death, grief and life after loss with a journal to help us navigate through the different stages. Any questions, contact Pastor Joel.

On these select Sunday evenings, middle and high school youth go into the community with Rev. Caitlan and other adult leaders to exercise their faith and doubts through action and experience. Jesus didn’t just talk about faith. He embodied it, and so will we. Light and Love is always an inclusive, diverse, and safe space for all youth.

The Rev. Bryan Sirchio originally wrote a song “Dream God’s Dream” for a youth retreat in 1991. Bryan observes, “I wanted to remind the youth that Martin’s ‘dream’ was actually God’s dream… The challenge of course is for us all to do what’s ours to do to make sure that the ‘Dream’ doesn’t just remain a dream. It needs to become reality.”

Artist Adrian Sanchez, currently incarcerated in a California Institution for Men, created the “Process of Life” painting as part of an arts program funded by a local congregation. Sanchez’ art reminds us the chick can become the rooster, that no gift is too small to help make God’s Dream a reality.

Over these weeks, we will wonder, “How can we help make God’s Dream a reality?”

Every Advent, we light candles, sing carols, and pray for Christ’s coming because we believe God entered a frightened world to bring good news. We hold onto hope because we believe that Christ did come—that’s the promise of the season. Our hope is not flimsy or fleeting. It’s gritty, resilient, and can endure—no matter what we fear or face. This season, let us insist on hope and trust that good news is greater than fear.

This casual, candlelight service takes us up to midnight. Come in your pajamas if you’d like! The songs and stories are simple, but they point to the unbelievable truth of a God who loves so much, and sends God’s owns self among us. We share communion and depart into the darkness with little lights of hope.