“Stop what you’re doing. Take a break. Go outside. Change perspective. Take deep breaths. Slow yourself down. Unplug. Disconnect from devices. Gaze. What catches your eye? What’s beautiful? Hold there….” Come join us on our community website to read and reflect on the rest of this weeks quote and poem. We hope it helps you to find some inspiration this week.

“O God whose Word has come among us in the Holy Child of Bethlehem, may the light of faith illumine our hearts and shine in our words and deed. Amen” We wish you a spirit filled Christmas season! May the year 2025 bring you renewed hope and energy for all that is to come.

“The mystery of Bethlehem is that God can be known in gentleness and weakness…God chooses the places of gentleness and weakness of our lives in which to be known….” Come join us on our community website and find some inspiration this week.

“Everything we do goes back into the Body of Christ, to build up that Body for those who come after. We, each of us, have clothed ourselves in Christ, and we can’t take it off again in this life. Everything we do matters.” Come join us on our community website and find some inspiration this week.

“…That word ‘compassion’ comes from the Latin: com (meaning ‘with’) and passio (meaning 'suffering'). To have compassion for someone means to suffer with them. How are you called to mirror God’s compassion?” Come join us on our community website and find some inspiration this week.

“To be intentional about how we are using the gift of speech, we must first recognize the place we are in when speaking: Am I hungry, angry, lonely, or tired? Do I feel defensive? It might be wise to attend to some self-care, spend some quiet time processing how you feel, what has made you feel triggered….” Come join us on our community website and find some inspiration this week.

“It is easy for us to assume that God favors us because of our creed, our race, our gender, our orientation, our ethnicity, our citizenship, our politics. The reality is that... God says something, not primarily about us, but of God. It reminds us that God is love, and that love is for all people.” Come join us on our community website and find some inspiration this week.

"We welcome our new permanent rector, Rev. Karen Cuffie to ECA. As you may be aware Rev. Karen was here at ECA in the early years of her path to become a priest. We are blessed to have her loving, guiding presence in our spiritual lives...." follow this link to read more.