Reimagining Today

Discovering Who We Are on the Path God Has Set At the start of this project I was focused on the change question. How can the church be better? Be fixed? Be re-energized? However, halfway through the year, I have gained so much more respect for who the church is right now.	By Lizzie Chiarovano February 3, 2025	First UCC, Milford
Creating Something New As I contemplated what to write in this blog I was listening to Youtube videos of Jacob Collier, a London-based 29 year old music prodigy.	By Denise Lundgren January 13, 2025	Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
What Is Your Ten Acres? As part of an activity for our first Visionary Leader workshop, Molly Baskette asked working groups to bring in one sacred object and one “sacred cow”—in her words, “something that is an actual obstacle to growth”—from our sites.	By Molly Cooke January 13, 2025	St. John's Episcopal, North Haven
Baby Steps I have to admit that joining the Reimagining Church group took me a bit outside my comfort zone. I had the same fears and questions that everyone has expressed to our group from the start. What is this really all about, why are we doing this now, and what are other groups around CT doing in their journey to re-imagine?	By Michael Copenhaver, St. John’s Working Group member December 13, 2024	St. John's Episcopal, North Haven
Three Churches; One Community The parishes of St. Monica’s, St. Martin’s and St. Stephen’s are all within a five-mile radius of each other within the Hartford Metropolitan area of CT.	By Stephanie Lightfoot, Sr. Warden St. Monica’s December 13, 2024	St. Monica's Episcopal Church
Being Church Together Church starts with the very presence of us gathered together in community before God. The church is the people. But it’s not the people alone.	By Tim Bergeland November 21, 2024	Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Church in Three Parishes– Blessed Trinity! St. Martin’s, St. Monica’s, St. Stephen’s. In their distinctive way– each church has been found holy.	By Morenike Oyebode October 16, 2024	St. Monica's Episcopal Church
Church Town Trinity Episcopal Church Branford is a centuries-old church on the Branford Green with a storied past and an unfolding story to come.	By Milton Glider October 9, 2024	Trinity Episcopal, Branford
In the Midst I first walked into St. John’s Episcopal Church in late August of 2022.	By Molly Cooke October 9, 2024	St. John's Episcopal, North Haven
Beginning the Co-Creating Process At the beginning of this project, my thoughts are filled with wondering what Reimagining Church will become.	By Lizzie Chiarovano October 9, 2024	First UCC, Milford