Wow! We had a great party celebrating both Patchwork’s 40th birthday and Alan Winslow’s 95th birthday! Hundreds of people filled the Patchwork Meetinghouse on Saturday. They had traveled from the Pacific Coast and Florida, South Texas and Winnipeg, Manitoba. Four of Patchwork’s six founders were here, and the first couple to be married as part […]
It’s Thanksgiving–the time to take stock of all that we’re thankful for. At Patchwork, it feels like a good time to reflect on all we’ve done in the past year of service to our neighbors and our community. We are thankful for everyone who has helped us to provide these services including our staff, our volunteers, and our […]
August 1 & 2 saw a unique and wonderful gathering of people at Patchwork. Old friends who moved away nearly 25 years ago, toddlers getting their first introduction to Patchwork, and many Patchwork regulars gathered in our big room for stories, laughter, music, photos, plenty of food, and some tears. The occasion was the Decommissioning […]
Last week at Patchwork’s Sunday worship service, Jean let the group in a meditation on Paul’s words in Romans 12: 3-8: “For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to […]
Some of you know Patchwork primarily through what we do for the community during the week. However, everything we do during the week began with a group of people who gathered together on Sunday evenings for worship. That worshiping community continues. Each Sunday evening Patchwork Central is host to a diverse and informal gathering of […]
As some of you may have heard, Patchwork was broken into a few weeks ago. In the grand scheme of things, the value of what was taken was relatively low–some lawn equipment, the camera I use, and an assortment of keys to the buildings. However, for a small nonprofit like us, any extra expense and […]
Early Patchwork Community members went about building a sense of of family and community through shared ceremonies and rituals. Since its start, Patchwork has always created new Community celebrations and kept many of the old ones going. One long-held tradition is to gather in the Patchwork parking lot early on a Saturday at the beginning […]
The Patchwork Worship Community Song Book includes a song called “Circles” by Harry Chapin. The lyrics include the lines: All my life’s a circle, still I wonder why? Seasons spinning ‘round again, the years keep rolling by. Seems like I’ve been here before, can’t remember when. I got this funny feeling we’ll all be […]