Read the Order of service.

This month we have said that we are “a community of story.”  On this Sunday after Thanksgiving, many of us no doubt have stories to tell – stories from this year, and stories of years gone by; stories that evoke laughter, and those that bring out tears.  Today we will have an opportunity to share some of those stories with one another.  [Note: This is a single, multigenerational service at 10:00. No RE classes.]

This month’s theme question:  What does it mean to be a people of story?

There is a Hassidic parable told by Holocaust survivor and human rights activist Elie Wiesel in his book The Gates of the Forrest.  The last line is, “God made [humanity] because God loves stories.”  Each of us has stories.  TJMC has stories.  The human species, the planet, the cosmos all have stories.  This month we’ll be exploring what it means to be “a people of stories.”