News and Announcements
2021 SCYL Winter Retreat Canceled
It with deep sorrow and regret that I must cancel the 2021 SCYL Winter Retreat. With soaring COVID infection rates too many volunteer adult staff members did not feel safe to attend. They did not want to risk bringing COVID home to their family, friends, and co-workers. And I do not feel safe exposing you …
Spirit in Action: Civic Engagement and Religious Life
We all want to help our neighbor and help make the world a better place through useful action. But sometimes it is hard to know how to have a meaningful impact. Ours is a tradition that encourages people of faith to be active and conscientious citizens. We will explore this aspect of the Swedenborgian tradition …
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Thoughts on Hope for this First Week of Advent
Wings of hope languish from lack of use. When wings dissipate and weaken life begins to lose its value.RUMI The first week of Advent we light the candle of hope. It is the candle that lights the way to the light of peace, joy, and love, which opens our hearts to receive the light of …
2021 Annual Appeal
Written by Rev. Jane Siebert Dear Friends, My final ask —With only seven months left in my presidency, I am writing with thankfulness for your past gifts to the Swedenborgian Church of North America, and to ask for consideration of a gift for our future. As I think about the joy of giving, I share these …
Arson at the Portland New Church in Portland, Maine
You probably have heard about the damage that was done to the Portland New Church when someone set fire to the front of the church and took their Black Lives Matter sign last weekend. Pastor Lorraine Kardash reported: “Sometime in the middle of the night someone started a fire on the porch near the Black …
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2020 Annual Appeal from the Swedenborgian Church
To donate click here, or follow the instructions below the video. Please take a minute (well maybe a few minutes—less than ten), to click play and watch the video below to meet members of the General Council. They will share how the funds of the Swedenborgian Church are distributed and the many initiatives that are happening in General …
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