Reimagining Today

“We Come to Worship We Leave to Serve” When I was selected by Pastor A.J. Smith to represent our Church, First Baptist of Branford I wasn’t sure what was to be expected of myself or the group. Caroline put my anxieties to rest as she really helped guide us along in this process from the first meeting on.	By Dave Chadwick May 14, 2024	First Baptist Church of Branford
To Do God's Will I have been so impressed for the courage of my working group members at First Baptist Church in Branford – their courage to say yes to this program, say yes to the process, and say yes to the listening for where the Spirit is already moving.	By Janice Lexton May 14, 2024	First Baptist Church of Branford
Learning to Embrace Uncertainty To be a Christian in 21^st century America is to have plenty of opportunities to practice tolerating uncertainty. We are in the midst of navigating a huge shift in what it means to be religious, to be Christian.	By Sarah Neumann May 14, 2024	Church of the Holy Trinity
Reflections on My Year at Cornerstone Community Church For me, the end of an academic year always brings up a multitude of feelings—gratitude for the people who taught me so much, relief to be done with writing papers and taking exams, and disbelief that nine months could go by so quickly.	By Sutton Smith May 14, 2024	Cornerstone Community Church
The Spirit’s Work is Never Finished We are reminded that we are not merely finding our “mission,” we are attempting, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to locate our “next proximate purpose,” that place where the “divine spark” is already being kindled in our midst.	By Amanda Bryant May 14, 2024	Woodmont UCC
Waves of Grace I used live on Mission Beach in San Diego. Outside of the busy summer months, the beach houses were turned into student rentals.	By Jonathan Maresca April 30, 2024	Zion Episcopal Church
Find the thread. One of the speakers at a recent Reimagining Church session at Yale Divinity School spoke of “finding the thread” that both connects us with our past, present, and future as a church community.	By Sarah Robertson March 26, 2024	Church of the Holy Trinity
A Glorious Mystery When I first heard about Reimagining the Church and that our church (Zion Episcopal, North Branford) was applying to be a part of it, I thought “fantastic!”. We’re a small church that has so much spirit and love and we do our best to share what we have with anyone who needs a helping hand; yet we could use some help with getting that out past the red doors.	By Jane Chick March 4, 2024	Zion Episcopal Church
Simply Trust: The Holy Spirit Is Guiding Us What does First Baptist Church of Branford look like in the future? What an inspiring question, with so many potential opportunities to do God’s will.	By Janice Lexton January 25, 2024	First Baptist Church of Branford
‘Tis the [liminal] Season We like to refer to Advent as THE Season – the season of waiting, of decorating, of shopping. But for the folks who are working with the Yale Divinity School on visioning, this is also a liminal season.	By Bettina Thiel December 21, 2023	Woodmont UCC