This week we are once again meeting at the North Branch Nature Center on Elm Street just north of Montpelier. We will gather at 10:00 for worship and community. In the meantime, the doors to our building remain closed as repairs are made. For the second time in three years those gloriously tall doors have been locked and shuttered. Our building, like nearly every church in town was damaged by the July flood. We haven't returned the sign on the front lawn but the sentiment remains. Our doors are closed but our church is open. In the darkest days of the pandemic and during the heartbreak of the flood we have found ways to be together. As much as we love our stalwart building and all the memories that dwell within its walls...it is not the church. We are the church! The people are the church!
We are reminded when we join with the children to sing:
I am the church. You are the church. We are the church together. All of us together. Every single one. We are the church together.
The church is not a building. The church is not a steeple. The church is not a resting place. The church is the people.
I am the church. You are the church. We are the church together. All of us together. Every single one. We are the church together.
And so...once again we bring the church with us as we gather in a building that is not our own to sing, smile, listen, learn, think, and rub shoulders with all those who with us are the church.
Remember...we will meet at 10:00. Children please dress warmly...autumn is in the air.
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