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| Pledging |
| From Our Board President: |
| On a clear, dark night, the human eye can detect a candle flame from 30 miles away. Sometimes I think that Sugarloaf Congregation is like that flame - very small, very brave - a light in the darkness. There aren't a lot of resources like us around in upper Montgomery County - right now we are a small light for religious freedom of thought, and spirituality without dogma. Perhaps more important, we are a community - a group of people who come together in a very anonymous age. |
| Something Larger than Ourselves |
| I love Sugarloaf - the kids, the parents, the music, the ideas - but most of all, the neighborhood we provide. It's one of the few areas of my life where enjoyment and commitment go hand in hand. We live, we learn, we become part of something larger than ourselves, and we give something back. |
| Planning for the Future |
| One of the things we give is money. Many of us - most of us - have given volunteer time and effort. Money won't provide what the hands and thoughts of people provide, but we can't live without it. We need money to pay the mortgage, our staff, and buy materials for RE. And, we don't need just a gift of money - we need to know what we have so we can plan for the future. It's really about our commitment as a community.
I hope you will think about your commitment to Sugarloaf, learn what our expenses are, and pledge together with all of us to sustain this congregation physically, spiritually - and financially. |
| "Can Anybody Remember…?" |
| I am reminded by a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson in his Society and Solitude, "Can anybody remember when times were not hard and money not scarce?" Times may not be so hard right now for Sugarloaf, but we always need funding. Look over the information here, feel free to ask questions, and make plans to put your pledge dollars to work for Sugarloaf. |
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| We arrive out of many singular rooms, walking over the branching streets. • We come to be assured that brothers and sisters surround us, to restore their images on our eyes. • We enlarge our voices in common speaking and singing. • We try again that solitude found in the midst of those who with us seek their hidden reckonings. • Our eyes reclaim the remembered faces; their voices stir the surrounding air. • The warmth of their hands assures us, and the gladness of our spoken names. • This is the reason of cities, of homes, of assemblies in the houses of worship. • It is good to be with one another. -- Reading 443 |