First Congregational United Church of Christ

an open and accepting congregation

2503 Main Street     La Crosse, Wisconsin  54601-3962
(608)784-8137
 
Worship: Sundays at 8:30am & 10am
The church office is open 8am-4pm Monday - Thursday. 
The Chapel is open for prayer 8am-4pm Monday - Thursday.

Spiritual Nourishment

Prayer for late summer

All summer the days come to us, various, wide, from mornings of meadows into the green dark and the nightfall of stars.

We heard the weather gathering, coming and going; small birds were among the berries; the grasses dried, and we felt our hearts in their swaying.

And, then, always the trees, the great combs of shade in our yards, and the hundred thousand leaves for our watching.

All was good and gift and grand! And the days come on; the gift is still given. Thy goodness stays. Thy grandeur stands. Amen.

(Arnold Kenseth, USA, from Gifts of Many Cultures, c1995)