This past Sunday in Faith Exploration we assembled 26 meal kits as part of our month-long project that so many of you donated ingredients to. This amount was so voluminous that the Community Fridge did not have enough space for them, but thankfully Sue Twombly volunteered to return later in the day to drop off the rest. So much thanks to everyone who helped make this project happen. Our Faith Exploration classes are picking new recipes for May and I’ll share the needed ingredients in next...
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Faith Exploration – April 2026
For April, Faith Exploration is trying out a month-long intergenerational activity that addresses food insecurity by making meal kits to bring to the Watertown Community Fridge. This is how we’ll do it: On Sunday, April 5: Our children will select 1 to 2 recipes for FPW to focus on for the meal kits. On Friday, April 10: Information about the ingredients needed for the chosen recipes will be shared in the weekly email newsletter. Before Sunday, April 26: Donations will be accepted in labeled...
Faith Exploration – March 2026
Throughout March, Faith Exploration will focus on the month’s theme of paying attention. When we consider that phrase, paying attention, we might think of being told to sit a certain way, or behave a certain way. To perform paying attention, to perform anything, can suggest normative routines or expectations. But our look at paying attention is not about one’s behavior to fit into a mold; instead, we seek to use the act of paying attention to learn something about our shared world. We will...
Faith Exploration – February 2026
When I joined this community several months ago, one of my areas of focus became building trust. This is, of course, common in any relational work. And trust building is not work often measured in minutes and hours, but in weeks, months, and years. Our future selves will understand our shared trust so much more than we do currently, and yet I want to share what I have noticed recently about the trust between us. For me, a foundation of trust is routine. I know not everyone craves routine, but...
Faith Exploration – January 2026
This month’s worship theme of courage has me thinking about the courage it takes to volunteer. This can be true in any setting, and is certainly true here at FPW. The courage you need to lean into a program, activity, or cause can sometimes feel easy, but can also be a little fleeting. This can be especially true when it comes to really knowing what you are signing up for. For Faith Exploration, we are generally looking for one to two volunteers a week to support our Sunday classes that happen...
Faith Exploration – September 2025
Last year, as I began my ministerial internship, a congregant gave me a small bottle of seeds they had collected after I shared my love for seed starting. That bottle sat on my desk throughout the church year. And when I finished my internship, I planted those seeds in a container on my back porch. This is a shady area and it took the entire summer for the stems to emerge from the soil and twist in the dappled sunlight. Then last week, the flowers started to bloom. I carry this image as our...
From our new Director of Faith Exploration
Dear FPW,
As your incoming Director of Faith Exploration, I have recently had the opportunity to meet more and more people from your church. I am so grateful for these moments to begin learning about the stories you carry, the futures you imagine, and the many threads that hold you as a community.
Faith Explorers – Be an Explorer – November 3, 2023
No matter what church I’ve attended there’s always suddenly a sermon or two about giving. More like, the trendy way to say tithing. For anyone, like me, whose faith was developed in in Christian community, those words are not without meaning. Specifically I was taught that it meant ten percent of my time or money. In some faith communities, there have definitely been leaders who have taken that very specific number to heart, and it harmed their faith communities. For some people ten percent...