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In fellowship,

Rev. Alison Miller

We lament the Christmas Season beginning earlier

and earlier these days. What we usually reference in

this complaint is the commercial aspect of

Christmas and the pressure to buy, buy, buy

beginning even before Thanksgiving. Christmas

decorations go up in some stores practically the day

after Halloween!

I feel the same way. However, this year on the

heals of all of the unrest in Ferguson and the

realization that we are living in a world that has

grown dim with injustice, isolationism, and

oppression, I remember that Christmas is not

merely about December 25th. The Christmas

Season does in fact begin right after Thanksgiving

with the first Sunday in Advent, which was

November 30th. What is more, the spirit of Advent

cannot be purchased in a store.

Advent is about attentive waiting and active

preparations for the arrival of God, or a savior, or a

peaceful reign on earth. Advent reminds us that

Christmas is not just about one day of celebration

after the event we have long waited for has arrived.

It is also very much about the journey that will

bring us to that moment.

The journey of Advent means opening our hearts

and making room there for belief. If we do not dare

to hope that this world filled with flawed human

beings cannot be turned towards a redeeming love,

then we will surely miss the miracle when it

arrives. We shall greet the child born with a pure

and radiant love and counter that love with fear and

nay saying.

The journey of Advent means exercising our own

minds, hands, and feet in service of justice. If we do

not dare to act on our own heart’s impulse to love this

world fiercely through daily deeds of compassion,

resistance, and hope, then the miracle may not

happen at all. The child that is born will not find

companions who are ready to give up on

complacency, selfishness, and destruction, and his or

her leadership will fall on deaf ears.

It is a journey of longing and becoming, of softening

and strengthening, of positioning and practicing. It is

a journey worth celebrating in and of itself. For

without our willingness to take the arduous, hope

filled path, we will never arrive at the moment when

change is born.

I have dusted off a red, wooden box version of an

Advent Calendar that I have at home. There are 24

doors that reveal a spot inside for an object – a piece

of candy, a small trinket, or the like. I think I shall

fill the spaces with words and quotes that inspire and

fortify me for the journey. When I really think about

the invitation the true spirit of

Christmas offers each one of us,

the season just may be too

short.

Mission, Contact Info, Benefit Concert 2 Board Corner, Renewal Service 3 DRE, Religious Education 4 Service Auction 5 Giving Tree 6 Alternative Gift Fair, Social Justice 7

Social Justice 8 Facilities, Deeds Well Done, Milestones 9 Holiday Party, Amazon Link 10 Calendar 11 Sunday Services 12

In this issue...

From our minister...

December 2014

Volume 59, No. 11

Staff Leadership Minister Rev. Alison B. Miller [email protected]

Director of Religious Education Tim Atkins [email protected]

Congregational Administrator Mandi Huizenga [email protected] Music Director:

Dr. Jim Blanton [email protected]

Finance Coordinator Katy Julich [email protected]

Religious Education Assistant

Anne-Marie Heinrich [email protected]

Custodians Eduardo Guzman, Sergio Lopez-Rojas

We, the members of the Morristown Unitarian

Fellowship, mindful of the rich diversity and essential

oneness of human experience, covenant to weave the

fabric of community from the strands of our separate

lives. This is our pledge:

To create for ourselves and our children a

spiritual home which will nurture, challenge and

offer us renewal

To seek what is true even as we celebrate the

mystery of existence

To reach out to all who share our liberal

religious values and participate in the broader

Unitarian Universalist movement

To work for social justice and the well-being of

our planet Earth

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It's the Fa la la la la, la la la la time of year.

Come on out, one and all!

The Folk Project is presenting a Winter Holiday

Benefit Concert on Friday, December 19 at 8 pm to

raise money for the Fellowshipʼs Building Fund.

Suggested door donation is a minimum of $10. The

Fellowship has been the long-time host for our Minstrel

concert series and numerous other Folk Project events.

The festivities will have something for everyone, from

soulful holiday ballads, traditional seasonal classics, to

original tune. Sing along with Jeff (Big Jeff) DeSmedt,

Liz Pagan (of Yankee Caravan), Bill Hall, Kathy

Haynie, Jefferson Berry (of Urban Acoustic

Coalition) and Christine DeLeon, hosted by Master

Elf emcee, Bob McNally.

Keep the sleigh bells ringing and jingle bells jingling!

─Folk Project’s Special Concerts Committee

Winter Holiday Benefit Concert

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We are on the cusp of exciting times at the Fellowship. Planning for our building project moves

ahead; before we know it ground will be broken. The time will soon be here when our parking

lot is smooth (Imagine!) and our indoor spaces are ample. The appeal of the Fellowship to our

members and visitors is evident both in the success of the Capital Campaign and in the growth

of our community.

A time of growth and expansion is also a good time to consider whether existing processes and

structures will work best for the future. As this year progresses, the Board is particularly

focused on leadership development, committee health and effectiveness, and engaging our

newer members.

Any effective plan involving change begins with asking the appropriate questions. With the help of

committee members and leaders (current and former), the questions the Board are considering include:

How can the Board and committees best communicate so that the mission of the Fellowship is

fulfilled? How do we evaluate committees? Should committee assignments be for specific terms and

should there be a rotation process? How will we mentor new leaders? How can the Network best be

utilized to add value? Answering these questions and others will take some time. But it is an objective

of this year’s Board to take the first steps toward updating our processes so that our ongoing growth is

managed effectively and for the benefit of all.

We look forward to developing this discussion with your help and to utilizing the

many talents of our amazing membership.

Happy Holidays!

Tom Perch

Morristown Unitarian Fellowship

Monthly Midweek Renewal Service

"Advent: Awaken Our Hearts" Wednesday, December 3rd at 6:30 pm

Join us for this circle of inspiration, meditation, song, spoken

word, ritual and renewal as we explore the meaning of Advent

and make Advent Calendars to take home. Led by Rev. Alison

Miller and David Snedden.

From the Desk of the Director of Religious Education

─ Tim Atkins


Yours Is A Journey Worth Celebrating!

Our Journeys are worth celebrating. Each of us is on our own unique journey, but

we’re taught early in life to compare our journeys to others’ journeys: progress

reports in kindergarten; standardized tests with percentile scores in elementary

school; class rankings in high school. Wait! According to Facebook, others who I

graduated high school with now have families, and doctoral degrees, alongside their perfectly behaved

2.5 children, loving spouses and a job where they save the world on a daily basis, and I don’t. That

person is so much more calm and spiritual than I am and they always seem to be meditating. And on and

on the comparisons go.

We learn early on that it matters where we are in comparison with others. We learn early on that our own

personal journey isn’t good enough: we’re falling behind our peers who are making further “progress”

than we are. I think it’s high time we say enough is enough, and begin to celebrate instead of compare.

Odds are we occasionally look at someone else’s journey and think that they must have it so easy.

They’ve got it so together. Their life must be happiness,sunshine and rainbows 24/7. While we find

ourselves envying that easy, put together life, and even, if we’re really honest with ourselves, can find

ourselves resenting them for just having the perfect life. But odds are, we don’t realize that others’ view

our own life is the same way we view theirs.

It doesn’t matter how fast we are moving in comparison to others - what matters is that it’s our own

journey. And our own journeys are worth celebrating, no matter where we are on them, no matter how

messy they are, no matter how fast we’re moving, no matter what other journeys we might envy. I can’t

stress this enough – your own journey is worth celebrating. Each one of us has a unique journey, all with

unique starting points and unique twists and turns along the way. All of us are moving toward the vast

unknown in our own way, trying to make sense of our surroundings as we travel along .

Each of these paths on the journey is inherently worth celebrating, because each of you is inherently

worth celebrating. In this season of celebrations, I invite you to take a step back from this constant race

and celebrate your own journey, just as it is. Celebrate the twists and turns, celebrate your own pace, and

celebrate the sights you’re seeing along the way. Yours is a journey worth celebrating.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Are you interested in offering an adult learning course between January - May 2015?

If so, please send your course proposal to Tricia Armstrong at

[email protected] or call her at (973) 377-2646.

We would like your submissions during the month of December so that they can be

added to the Fellowship newsletter, Adult Learning brochure and Adult Learning

calendar.

mailto:[email protected]


heavy lifting: Dan Byrd,

Bob Campbell, Paul Ferm,

David Horst, Jake Liberman, Zella Geltman

and David Palmer. *Silent Auction Setup:

Annette Tyler, Jane Kelly, Marjorie

Wormser and Donna Perch. *Decorations:

Kathy Burgess, Ana Menendez, Joan Belz,

Jane Kelly, Annette Hanna, Diane Koslow

and Marjorie Wormser. *Bidding paddles

preparation: Katharina Pietraszek. *Live

Auction Photographer:

Donna Becker; Silent

Auction Monitor: Bill

Becker. *Bar Tenders:

Beth Hayward and Kate

Sa. *Wine baskets: Susan

Lausell, Cintra Fricke

and Nancy Lee McClure.

*Sound System: Joe

Uhrhane.*Power Point

Presentation: Avianca

Bouchedid, Marjorie

Wormser and Kathi

Caccavale.*Bid

Accountants: Toby Tyler and Susan Oxman.

*Kitchen Cleanup Organizer: Melissa

Cimafranca and Crew: Kris Clarenbach,

Kathy Burgess, Tom Moran, Jake Liberman,

Nina and Jim McCormack, Donna and Tom

Perch, Chris Reynolds. *Also thanks to our

custodian Sergio Lopez-Rojas and his father

for all the work they did to get our Fellowship

ready for the gala event and to help out with the

cleanup until all was done! *Silent auction final

Sunday setup and takedown: Mandi Huizenga,

Annette and Toby Tyler, Jim Kane and son

Aidan, Jim McCormack and son James,

Charlie Becker, Don Preziosi, Dan Byrd,

David and Janet Horst, Jeff Hulmes, Paul

Mitchell, Bob Scott, Andrew O’Toole, Tom

Moran and Marjorie Wormser. *Mandi

Huizenga for calculating the totals and getting

the bills out quickly!

The Board of Trustees

extends its sincere

appreciation to all those who gave so

much of their time, and above all, their

hearts, to support the Fellowship’s

2014-15 Annual Service Live and

Silent Auction. We are grateful for all the

generous offering donations, lively bidding, and

enthusiastic volunteerism.

What a night it was! The

dinner and dessert were

scrumptious; the music

outstanding; the costumes

were over the top; the

Auctioneer and helpers kept us

laughing. Everyone pulling

together made the Service

Auction a tremendous success.

We especially recognize the

following individuals for so

graciously contributing to the

Auction's success:

*Captain Rita Morris for her infectious enthusiasm

and countless hours of inspired hard work organizing

and leading this wonderful team of volunteers!

* Gourmet Cooks: Meiling Chin and Ken Nemeth,

who put together a delicious menu at short notice with

their superb kitchen crew: Elizabeth Bain, Jeanne

Craft, Anne Gaynor, Beverly and George Hays,

Steve Parker, Michael Hacker, Nancy Tweed and

Donna Perch. * Auctioneer: Dan Cohen and assistant

Beth Wilson who kept us bidding and kept the auction

moving at just the right speed! *Music: Steve

Humphreys in the Terrace Room; The Flaming

Chalice Folk Project led by Darrell Courtley during

dinner and dessert, and Amy Sunshine during the Live

Auction. *For the fabulous colorful auction booklet:

Kathi Caccavale and editors: Mandi Huizenga and

Claire Dixon. *Publicity: Ana Menendez, Kathi

Caccavale, Mandi Huizenga, Linda DeLap, and

Anne Bungo. *Offerings Intake: Mandi Huizenga

and Kathi Caccavale. *Box Office: Annette Tyler,

Donna Perch, and Ana Menendez. *Live Auction

Greeters: Joan Belz, Arlyne Dalman and Sharon

Glickman. *Tables Setup Organizer: Paul Mitchell;


Annual Giving Tree Starts on Sunday, November 30 Step right up and take a tag – or two or more – from the Holiday Giving Tree in the Great Hall

and get the opportunity to bring holiday cheer to a disadvantaged child or adult in our

community. Last year, the Fellowship donated over 120 holiday gifts! All gifts must be brought to the Fellowship by Sunday, December 14th at 12:30 pm. Contacts:

Karen Burns-Rutigliano or Katharina Pietraszek.

Gifts of Warmth – The workers from Pathways to Work need heavy sweatshirts, warm

jackets, gloves, scarves or hats in sizes medium or large preferably in darker colors. The

Community Soup Kitchen is asking for thermal undergarments (size L or XL), along with hats,

scarves, and gloves, also in darker colors.

Gifts for Children on the Green Nursery School - child’s name and age and

requested items will be listed on a “double” tag. Sign your name and phone number and leave

that tag in the envelope on the wall by the tree. Please return these gifts ($25-$30 suggested

value), wrapped and tagged.

Gifts for Neighborhood House, Dover - requests: shoe lace tying tool, hoola hoops,

jump ropes, soft medium/large balls for indoor play (kick ball, four square, etc.), playing

cards, Uno games, board games (like Connect Four, Sorry, Checkers, Chess, Scrabble,

Operation), first aid kits and area carpets. These gifts will be tagged for the Neighborhood

House and do not need to be wrapped.

Gift Cards for Disadvantaged Teens – at Morristown High School (via Guidance

Counsellors) $25 generic Gift Cards or cards for Century 21, TJ Maxx, Walmart (local, easy

access stores.)

Gifts for Morristown Neighborhood House: STARS (Smart Talented Athletic Responsible Students) - afterschool program for kids at Frelinghuysen Middle

School. The goal is to help improve students’ academic performance. They currently have 20

STARS students, 12-14 years old and are requesting $25 generic Gift Cards or cards for

Century 21, TJ Maxx, Walmart (local, easy access stores.)

Gifts for Families in Need – Distributed to families from Family Promise -

$25 Gift Cards from Walmart or Shop Rite or generic gift cards which can be

spent anywhere.

Thank you for your generosity in giving these needed gifts!


Gifts of Conscience Holiday Fair Our 10th Annual “Gifts of Conscience” Holiday Fair is December 5, 6 & 7. Give the

people on your shopping list a unique “Gift of Conscience” or make a donation in their

name. A variety of organizations will offer items made by artisans around the globe, in-

cluding fair trade handmade gifts from Ten Thousand Villages such as jewelry, scarves,

bags, home décor, toys, and tree decorations. The other 11 charities offering gifts of con-

science and donation opportunities are: Heifer, Family Promise of Morris County, Peace-

works, NJ AIDS Services/Eric Johnson House, Neighborhood House/Women on the Go,

Grupo Cajola, Ghar Sita Mutu, Foundation for Peace, Women of the World, Green Earth

Ministry, Seeds of Peace. Hours: Fri: 6:30 - 9:30 pm; Sat: 8:30 am-4:00 pm; Sun:8:30 am-

1:00 pm.

We need lots of Fellowship Volunteers for 2-3 hour shifts. Come and help make our Holi-

day Fair fun and successful! Contact [email protected]

DU JOUR DONATIONS

We will continue to donate our

December’s du Jour food items to

The Interfaith Food Pantry. They

need: 1 - 2 lb bags of rice, peanut

butter, canned tuna, canned pork & beans, pinto, red,

white. Contact Katharina Pietraszek

[email protected] , 973-590-0449. Thank you

for your constant generosity!

WOMEN ON THE GO!

Join us for our ‘Women on the Go’ support

group meetings, primarily serving young

immigrant Hispanic mothers. We provide

snacks and babysitting services and now meet

on the second Monday of each month at the

Neighborhood House. Katharina Pietraszek, 973

-590-0449 or [email protected]

Family Promise has asked for working laptops and Windows 8 CDs. Please contact

Katharina Pietraszek, (973) 590-0449 or e-mail her at [email protected].

Thank you to everyone who came out to demand an end to

the New Jim Crow and to stop mass incarceration. There

were 220 people at the New Jersey State House in Trenton

and at least a third of those were Unitarian Universalists,

representing eight NJ congregations! Those in attendance were motivated and moved by the inspiring and

passionate speakers. It has been a busy and successful month for UULMNJ and we thank all of our friends

for organizing and SHOWING UP!

Unitarian Universalists

of New Jersey Legislative Ministry





The Social Justice Council meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month from 7 - 9 pm. Members of the congregation

and interested persons are welcome to attend. The next meeting is on January 15, 2015.

In the month following the close of each fiscal quarter – October, January, April and July – the Social Justice team

allocates the donations the Sunday Collection (50%) along with any other SJ funds accrued for that quarter (like

bake sale monies.) Members are invited to nominate charities to be recipients of the Fellowship’s gifts (Contact

Katharina Pietraszek, [email protected].) Gifts are made to local Morris County charities, regional chari-

ties, and Unitarian Universalist initiatives whose work is aligned with our Signature Project theme of alleviating

hunger and homelessness or the social justice causes of the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry or Unitari-

an Universalist Association Social Action Issues/or Statements of Conscience. Environmental charities are nomi-

nated for gifts through the Green Earth Ministry.

For 1st Quarter, the Social Justice portion of the Sunday Plate collections was $ 2,162. The 1st quarter disburse-

ments will go to:

Community Food Bank of NJ (Hillside NJ) $500

Homeless Solutions Shelter of Morris County – cooked dinner for 65 guests $220

Neighborhood House- monthly Women on the Go meetings $90

Neighborhood House – Pathways to Work Program $200

NORWESCAP - (NW NJ Community Action Partnership) Family Loan Program $500

Stamp Out Despair – First Friends UULMNJ Project to support Immigrant Detainees in Prison $250

Wind of The Spirit - Immigrant Resource Center $300

From the proceeds of the bake sale, the Interfaith Food Pantry of Morris County will receive $400 Harvest Festival

donations plus $200 cash donation.

Our Bake Sale was a huge success! Thank you to all you wonderful bakers and all

you wonderful buyers! With your awesome 'raising dough' help, we ‘raised’ $618,

amazing and oh so delicious!

Social Justice Council Update

SAVE THE DATE -- Saturday, January 31st 29th Annual SCAN Benefit Concert for Central American Charities

Tickets Go on Sale – January 3rd!

The Fellowship welcomes special guest star Toby Walker, guitar virtuoso and exciting performer on the

acoustic, folk and country blues scene! Equal parts instrumentalist, singer and storyteller Toby Walker

plays with the truehearted feeling of a man whose heart and soul lives and knows the blues. Emcee and

opener Mike Agranoff of the Folk Project will bring on Darrell and Mary Courtley. The Courtleys have

crisp, sonorous voices with a fantastic folk music repertoire beautifully played. Proceeds of the concert go

to agencies providing direct aid to impoverished people in Central America for self-sufficiency enterprises

and to the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Service Committee Action Network (SCAN). This

concert is a very proud tradition of the Fellowship, so come out and enjoy superb evening of music, great

refreshments and noble cause, indeed!



Facilities Council sends a HUGE thank you to all the folks who helped with fall clean-up on

Sunday, Nov. 16. We saved nearly $2,000 in leaf clean-up costs in addition to all the work done indoors

by our fabulous volunteers! We had the biggest turnout yet for a clean-up.

Tricia Armstrong

Joan Belz

Dan Byrd

Jim Blanton

John Bowles

Noreen Bowles

Sofie DeMasi

Sandy DeSmedt

Hannah DeSmedt

Steve Gruber

Jeff Hulmes

Harry Harris

Susie Harris

Beverly Hays

Roxanne Hiltz

David Horst

Jonathan Jeans

Susan Jeans

Jeff Hulmes Jim Kane

Brian Luscombe

Elijah Marrero

Kendall Martin

Galen Martin

Ellen Minde

Laurel Minde

Maria Naranjo

Oliver Grenner

Andrew O'Toole

June Perigo

Nan Perigo

Nisha Puranapanda

George Rogers

Karol Ruiz

Jo Sippie-Gora

Jim Stevenson

Toby Tyler

Sydney Vuong

Andrea Zugale

Greg Van Nest

Spencer Van Nest

The Choir

In addition, a big THANK YOU to Joe Urhane and John Franklin for fixing the emergency door so it closes

again, and for all the work he does to maintain our Spiritual Home.

DEEDS WELL DONE...

David Horst, for his professional job of painting the butler’s pantry with its tall walls and high ceiling.

Lou Matuyza, for spending part of his Saturday sawing down a tree that was threatening to fall on the

neighbor’s property!

To the fabulously fun Kids Halloween Party volunteers: Carrie Davis, chair of the Children’s Religious

Education Committee for being the lead organizer, with help from the committee coordinators: Heather

Holley, Kendall Martin, JoAnn Quattro, and Kristine Horton. Other volunteers for the event were Nan

Perigo, Noelle Jensen, Macaire Pace, Natasha Kirk, Marlaina Cockcroft, Edith Lee and Ellen Minde;

and Anne Bungo for designing and editing our newsletters.

─ Caroline Gower

Many thanks from the Board of Trustees on behalf of

the entire congregation to our generous volunteers. . .

Milestones and Passages

Shari Loe and her husband, David Matsushima celebrated 20 years of marriage.

Rob and Paula Peterscheck are excited to announce that they are expecting a baby in May.


2014 Tax Planning

With the end of the year quickly approaching, we

want to remind you of 2014 tax considerations for

your 2014-15 Annual Operating Pledge or for your

pledge to the Capital Campaign.

Any contribution you make to the Fellowship by

the end of year will be treated as a 2014 charitable

contribution.

As always, it is recommended that you consult with

your tax advisor.

Get Clicking!

Use the Amazon link on the Fellowship’s homepage to

raise money for the Fellowship. Click on the link to

connect to Amazon and make your purchases as you

normally would. A percentage of the sale will go to the

Fellowship. But you must use the link through the

homepage! Use the link each time you shop Amazon.

Many thanks to Laurent and Mia Comes for the idea

and technical work and Kathi Caccavale and Gabor

Kiss for getting the link on the homepage!

The First Monday Book Group meets now on the THIRD Monday at 1:30 pm.

Everyone is welcome to join us. Even if you haven't finished reading, you will still have ideas and

experiences that can add to the discussion. Contact Nancy Lee McLure [email protected] or

(908) 204-9572 with any questions.

Books for upcoming months:

December 17 -Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie - Led by Kathy Adams.

January 19 - Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison- Led by Sharon Glickman

February 16 - Your choice of a short story by Margaret Atwood - Led by Frank Siwiec

March 16 - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce - Leader T.B.A.

April 20 - The Human Age by Diane Ackerman - Led by Jackie Mulcie and Cecilia Horne



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December 2014 Volume 59 No. 11

Sunday Services: 9 am & 11 am Coffee Hour after services

Dec. 28 Packing for the Journey Led by Dr. Elias Ortega-Aponte

As we come to the end of the year, we have an opportunity to reflect on closures and new beginnings. What

journeys lie ahead of us? What new possibilities to be part of wondrous things might we discover on our

way? What will we take with us? Let us ponder the elements: fire, water, air, and earth as we pack for our

journey.

Dec. 21 at 5 pm Winter Solstice Led by Danelle Simonelli

On this longest night of the year, we will call back the sun with family-friendly stories, songs, firelight, and

ritual. Please bring a snack to share and a drum or other percussion instrument, if you have one.

Dec. 21 Winter Solstice Celebration Led by Rev. Alison Miller

Join us for this multigenerational service as we celebrate the turning of the season, as well as the longest

night and the shortest day of the year.

Dec. 24 at 5 & 9 pm Christmas Eve Candlelight Services Led by Rev. Alison Miller

Celebrate Christmas Eve as we share traditional stories, sing carols together, and enjoy performances by the

Fellowship's talented singers and musicians.

5 pm – Children’s Choirs, Chamber Ensemble, Jim Blanton & Rev. Alison Miller

9 pm – Adult Choirs, Soloists, Chamber Ensemble, Jim Blanton & Rev. Alison Miller

Dec. 14 Steps of Mindfulness Led by Rev. Alison Miller

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is a spiritual teacher for many who are inspired by the Buddhist path. He has

been struggling with serious health issues, and people around the world are sending the energy of compas-

sion his direction. Let us take this occasion to join them and to reflect on his life, his teachings, and our own

path.

Dec. 7 Advent: A Journey Worth Celebrating Led by Rev. Alison Miller

In the wake of events in Ferguson, which raise the pain, fear and injustice that exists, we are in need of the

lessons of Advent. May we enter into that time of attentive waiting and active preparation for hope, love,

reconciliation and peace to be born.

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