Dear Friends, This has been a season of suffering. The flu hit with a vengeance.

Dear Friends, Thank you for your generous and thoughtful contribution to the Ministers’ Discretionary Fund. Thank you for the holiday cards and notes. Thank you for the gifts for the CATCH program in memory of Ed Bryce, and the memorial gifts in honor of Greg Fried.

Dear Friends, This has been a strenuous time for me. I appreciate the support you’ve offered as I’ve gone about the business of honoring — and burying — three good friends. The earthly remains of Carl, Ed and Greg have been lovingly placed in the memorial garden behind the sanctuary.

Dear Friends, Greg Fried died on Sunday morning. We’ll celebrate his life next Saturday at 3 p.m.

Dear Friends, Jonathan was sixteen years old when we moved to Westport in 1984. He was glad to leave the high school he’d been attending, but not at all sure about the new one.

 Dear Friends, Carlyn and I were walking into Stop & Shop to get something for dinner. She said, thinking about food, “I’m never going to eat hummus again!”

Dear Friends, Our canvass team has chosen the theme:  Share the Commitment. I want to support their work by encouraging you to do exactly that — to share the financial commitment implicit in your involvement here, whether you are a member, friend or have a child in the church school.

Dear Friends, Fiddler on the Roof opens with these words from Tevye:  “A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof, trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck. It isn’t easy. You […]

Dear Friends, Jonathan and I opened the cabin in Maine. We had to make repairs, especially the damage done by kids on Halloween. They threw a three-foot long, 6″ by 6″ beam through the nine-pane window in the back door. A nice neighbor boarded it up for us.

Dear Friends, Rob Zuckerman assumed the chairmanship of our Board of Trustees at our annual meeting in February. A lot has happened under his watch! On Sunday Rob took the lectern to make the announcements, so that he could talk about our Search Committee’s work, their recent report, and the Board’s decision in response to […]