Rev. Megan
Berkowitz
Rev. Amy
Clark Feldman
Pastor Amy
March 14 2025
Dear Church,
We are almost beginning the second week of our Lenten journey, walking in the wilderness together. It is always amazing to me how the liturgical seasons map onto the events and seasons in our world and lives. What wisdom and support we have in these deep traditions of our faith! This year it does indeed feel like Lenten wilderness times – each day with new revelations, challenges, news, and worries. Yet God provides for us, just as God provided for Jesus during his 40 days in the wilderness, as the forces and temptations of fear, scarcity, uncertainty, even evil itself, swirled around him.
We invite you to lean in to Lent this year; to know that in the wilderness and uncertainty our faith provides. The invitation this season is to let go of that which does not give you life, hope, love, strength, guidance; and, in that space, to cultivate the growth and fruits of a life-giving faith. This Sunday, the prayer station the kids worked on last week will be up. You are invited to pick up a Lenten Devotional, and to add your Lenten intentions of letting go and cultivating to our prayer tree. If you are at home, and would like a PDF of our Devotional, you can find it HERE. It is formatted for printing as a booklet, so please follow along with the headers and page numbers. May this wilderness time be one of growth, spaciousness, fortification, and life for you and our beloved community.
With Lenten Peace,
Pastor Amy
Past Posts
- From Pastor Megan
Rev. Megan Berkowitz
December 5, 2025 This week, with the amazing music that led us all through this meaningful worship still ringing in my ears, I am particularly pleased and grateful to share that Karen Harvey has graciously agreed to stay on at UCW as our Interim Music Director through the end of the church year, or until the Search Committee has a candidate ready to take on the permanent Music Director role, if that occurs before June. Learn More - From Pastor Megan: Novemeber 30, 2025Rev. Megan Berkowitz
November 30, 2025“‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’ And he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.’”
Matthew 25
I pray that you all have had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your loved ones, and that those who are traveling return home with ease and in safety.
Learn More - From Pastor MeganRev. Megan Berkowitz
November 21, 2025 In the professional development training where I spent the last week, the core curriculum for my cohort this year was about faith-based, relational community organizing for congregations. This congregation has plenty of experience with this community organizing model thanks to GBIO, Learn More - From Pastor Megan: November 14, 2025Rev. Megan Berkowitz
November 14, 2025 There’s a lot going on behind the scenes at UCW these days! I wanted to be sure everyone is up-to-date, even on processes that are in quieter phases right now. Learn More - From Pastor MeganRev. Megan Berkowitz
October 31, 2025 It’s All Saints Sunday this week, and we’ll be singing many favorite hymns about the saints that we usually save for this one Sunday a year. As we bless the children on their way to Sunday School, we’ll sing “When the Saints Go Marching In,” with an extra verse Karen and I came up with based on this Sunday’s scripture readings: Learn More - From Pastor MeganRev. Megan Berkowitz
October 24, 2025 Many of you have heard me quote Julian of Norwich, a mystic nun from the 14th century: “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.” I often repeat this phrase in a lighthearted way, but in truth, I do not mean it flippantly, and Julian of Norwich certainly did not. Learn More - From Pastor MeganRev. Megan Berkowitz
October 17, 2025 Did you see Wednesday’s Save-the-Date for the All Comers Dinner a week from tonight? All Comers Dinner is one of my favorite UCW traditions: part party, part loaves-and-fishes dinner, all community fun. We’ll share in a potluck meal at the Lynch-Johnson home at 6:00 p.m. on Friday the 24th (thank you for hosting, once again, Linda & Kevin!) and just spend time in fellowship and social fun together. Learn More - From Pastor MeganRev. Megan Berkowitz
October 3, 2025 What a joy it has been to be the bearer of good news where our staff is concerned these last few weeks! And what a joy it is to welcome Katie Brown-Bright, our new Bridge Associate for Children, Youth, and Families on to the staff this week, in particular. Whether you are a parent of a child or youth in the church’s program or not, Katie wants to meet you, so greet her in worship or arrange some time with her for a walk or coffee in the coming weeks. Learn More
