Tag: April 2024

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  Granted! Shaker Village gets help fixing Meeting House

  Canterbury Shaker Village has received a $7,500 award to preserve ten windows in the Meeting House. The money was awarded by the Preserving America Grant Program, which gave more than $1.4 million this year to assist nonprofit organizations in telling “the incredible story” of America from its founding through its…

• We’re all one

  “My mind gathers tranquility from the thoughts of the birds, the squirrels, the mice, the millions of insects, and the other animals that live here.”  ~ Bernd Heinrich A Year in the Maine Woods Indigenous people had totem animals. Perhaps some of them still do. I assume they chose animals…

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  WindowDressers is coming to Canterbury!

  Drafty windows? Want to save $$ on heating? Learn how at the Merrimack Window Dressers information session on Thursday, April 4, at 6:30 pm at the Town Hall. Learn about the Community Build (think barn-raising or quilting bee) in November where neighbors will gather to build custom-built insulating window inserts…

• CUCC services and events

  SPECIAL SERVICES AND EVENTS Thursday, March 28, 6:45 pm: Tenebre in the Parish House An ancient service of light and shadows; we gather at table and retell the story of Jesus’ passion. Friday, March 29, 7-8 pm: Good Friday meditation and prayer in the church Sunday, March 31: EASTER! –…

• April: Our month of surprises

  Dear Friends, It seems like every morning in Canterbury brings a surprise these days: the changing light, the tree buds, vicious prickers that grow a foot overnight, new birdsong. April is full of surprises. Of course there are those surprises we keep on our calendars, like April Fools Day and…