Blog Archives: October 2020

  We can't talk enough with kids about racial justice. For that reason we are providing some resources to encourage more family discussions. You will find watch & play together activities, discussion guides, and a kid friendly version of the Black Lives Matter Guiding Principles. If you use these resources and want to share feedback, you are invited to join our Parenting in a Pandemic zoom gathering on Mondays at 8:15 pm. Enjoy! Black Lives Matter Early Childhood & Elementary Resources The Power of We: A Sesame ...

Hello CHUC Folks!   You may have noticed a couple of unfamiliar faces joining you in Sunday Zoom Worship. My husband and I have been joining you from Michigan pretty regularly so I thought I would introduce myself. I am Becky Jamros and I live in SW Michigan just a few miles from Lake Michigan with my husband, John, and our three dogs, Pal, Samson, and Billy. We moved to the tiny town of Fennville about three years ago from Lansing, our state capital in the center of the "Mitten." Our area is a lush, fruit-growing region filled with ...

During these tumultuous times do you find yourself confused about how to answer the seemingly simple question, “How are you doing?”   I try to avoid the answer “fine.” I have said okayish. I’ve even answered with a slogan borrowed from an Instagram post by responding “I am happy, hurting, and healing all at the same time.”  Let me elaborate on specific reasons that make me feel each of these various ways. I’ll share two things that made me happy recently. First, I passed my final ordination exam and after a discernment process that began in ...