Dear Friends,

You are a tremendous blessing!  It is a gift to serve with you. Thank you for being a loving and welcoming community of Jesus' disciples. Thank you for praying for each other and our local and global communities. Thank you for adapting to different ways of worshiping together and serving in ministry together. I am grateful for the many ways you continue to share the love of Christ with others in these times.

This month, I am particularly appreciative of the opportunity we have through the offering of letters for Bread for the World. This is a way we can still be involved in the focused mission of reaching out to children and youth. This is a way we can still work on overcoming hunger. One of my favorite memories of Friedens this past year was looking across the narthex and seeing folks in their eighties writing letters with elementary students for the Bread for the World offering of letters. Over the years, Friedens has grown in our participation in the offering of letters. I am excited and grateful that we can still offer ourselves to God, to others, and to ourselves in this way - we are, after all, all siblings of one another - when one of God's precious ones is hungry, we are hungry, too, of body and spirit. We hope you'll be able to participate in the offering of letters for Bread for the World to ask our governmental leaders to work to make sure people receive the support they need in order to have food to eat even during this pandemic and in the times to come. You will find information about how to participate below.  

Please be in touch if you have any questions - pastorsarah@friedensucc.org.  Thank you. 

With gratitude, deep care, and the love of Jesus~  Sarah

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you
gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in...  

Matthew 25:35