Easter Sunrise at Dayspring
6amSunday, April 17 Dayspring Farmhouse Lawn11301 Neelsville Church Road Germantown, Maryland 20876 In the dawn’s light we will gather in front of the Dayspring Farmhouse and process up to the community garden, remembering the first Easter morning when the women at the tomb found the stone rolled away. Please bring a flashlight and wear comfortable […]
Holy Week
I was raised Catholic with a rich tradition of liturgy to engage all my senses on this momentous walk with Jesus from Palm Sunday to Easter.* On Sunday we waved palm branches and sang with joy welcoming the One who came to save us. And barely catching our breath, we entered the Passion narrative with […]
Callings – Saving Dayspring from M-83, 40 Years of Faith + Money Network, Hope Credit Union, Festival Center Collectives
Callings – Spring 2022 The first issue of Callings for 2022, now it its eleventh volume, features the continued effort to protect Dayspring from the encroachment of Midcounty Highway Extended/M-83, an unnecessary and disastrous road project. Editor Marjory talks about the fun of caroling outside The Festival Center with hot chocolate this Winter, and later in the […]
Greening Power
I am still reflecting on the silent retreat day at Dayspring this week. An unseasonably warm late-winter day, our time began with an overcast sky, a soft, warm breeze and bright birdsong. The cloudy sky was like a vast blanket of cotton balls scudding west across meadow and forest. Hildegard’s poem about the ever-creating Source of all […]
