The Talbot Association of Clergy and Laity (TACL) will hold its annual Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Service this Sunday, November 24, at 4 p.m. at Temple B’nai Israel, 7199 Tristan Drive. The service is long-standing tradition in the county, providing an opportunity for the community to come together in the spirit of gratitude and unity. All are welcome to be a part of this family-friendly service.

The service this year will include a variety of music and story, and a message on “The Hope of Thanksgiving” offered by Pastor Walt Wiltschek.

Walt Wiltschek serves as pastor of Easton Church of the Brethren and as an academic advisor at Chesapeake College. He also does frequent writing and editing and serves as chair of the board for Camp Mardela in Denton. Walt was born in Germany and grew up in Pennsylvania and moved back to the East Coast in 2017 after a decade and a half in the Midwest. He is a graduate of York College of Pennsylvania, Lancaster Theological Seminary, and Northern Illinois University.

Our collection at the service will be donated to the Neighborhood Services Center, which provides services and assistance to low-income families and elderly residents in Talbot County Maryland, and to the Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center which serves children, youth and adults guided by its mission “to empower people from different cultures to become successful and engaged members of our community.”

Light refreshments will follow.

For more information, please contact to taclexcom@gmail.com.

All are invited to attend the Talbot Association of Clergy and Laity (TACL) meeting on Wednesday, September 12th from 12:00 – 1:30 at St. Marks United Methodist Church, 100 Peachblossom Rd., Easton.

TACL will provide lunch and activities designed to encourage networking and fellowship among clergy and lay faith leaders as we engage in this year’s theme of “The Children Among Us”.

Our speaker will be Katie Sevon, the Executive Director of the Talbot Family Network. She will be describing the cross section of Talbot’s children and the programs they are excited about, including ongoing work on issues related to race. We are excited about this year as we focus our efforts on issues concerning the youth of Talbot County.

TACL is a welcoming interfaith association of congregations, clergy and laity, now in our 51st year. TACL promotes spiritual welfare through works of compassion, justice, peace and reconciliation for the common good. TACL achieves this through education, relationship building, and diverse ministries.

To help with our planning, please tell us if you plan on attending: taclexcom@gmail.com

TACL Chairperson – Rev. Sue Browning
TACL Vice Chairperson – Rev. Dartanyon L. Hines
TACL Secretary – Rabbi Naomi Hyman
TACL Treasurer – Jeanne Halpin

Our final TACL program this year will include a chance to learn from our speakers and to celebrate the winners of our annual TACL service awards.

We will meet on Wednesday, May 16th from 12:00 – 1:30 at St. Mark’s Untied Methodist Church, 100 Peachblossom Rd., Easton.

TACL will provide lunch and activities designed to encourage networking and fellowship among clergy and lay faith leaders as we engage in this year’s theme of “Making Connections”.

Our speaker for our meeting will be Rev. Dartanyon Hines, Pastor of Asbury United Methodist Church in Easton and Pastor of Scott’s United Methodist Church in Trappe.

We will also recognize several community members with well deserved TACL service awards and we will be electing our new TACL officers

TACL is a welcoming interfaith association of congregations, clergy and laity, now in our 54th year. TACL promotes spiritual welfare through works of compassion, justice, peace and reconciliation for the common good. TACL achieves this through education, relationship building, and diverse ministries.

To help with our planning, please tell us if you plan on attending: taclexcom@gmail.com

TACL Chairperson – Rev. Sue Browning
TACL Vice Chairperson – Rev. Tim Poly
TACL Secretary – Rabbi Naomi Hyman
TACL Treasurer – Rev. Nancy Sajda

All are invited to attend the Talbot Association of Clergy and Laity (TACL) winter meeting on Wednesday, January 17th from 12:00 – 1:30 at St. Marks United Methodist Church, 100 Peachblossom Rd., Easton.

TACL will provide lunch and activities designed to encourage networking and fellowship among clergy and lay faith leaders as we engage in this year’s theme of “Making Connections”.

Our speaker will be Julie Lowe, Executive Director of the Talbot Interfaith Shelter (TIS), an organization with roots going back to 2008 when Evelyn Sedlack brought together service providers and interested community members to discuss the problem of homelessness in Talbot County.

At our meeting Julie update us on TIS’s current efforts, including the transitional housing program, and will share the challenges and opportunities facing TIS this year.

Julie has been engaged with TIS since its inception.  On the work to address homelessness through a coalition of community groups, Julie notes, “It’s a beautiful thing to witness collaboration between people with different religious beliefs (and those who do not subscribe to organized religion at all) reaching out to help our neighbors who are in a very fragile, stressful point in their lives, grappling for basic needs for themselves and their families . . . and to realize these folks are no different than ourselves.”

Julie grew up near Westminster, Maryland and holds a degree from Old Dominion University.

TACL is a welcoming interfaith association of congregations, clergy and laity, now in our 52nd year.  TACL promotes spiritual welfare through works of compassion, justice, peace and reconciliation for the common good.  TACL achieves this through education, relationship building, and diverse ministries.

To help with our planning, please tell us if you plan on attending: taclexcom@gmail.com

TACL Chairperson – Rev. Sue Browning

TACL Vice Chairperson – Rev. Tim Poly

TACL Secretary – Rabbi Naomi Hyman

TACL Treasurer – Rev. Nancy Sajda

All are invited to an interfaith family service offered in the spirit of  Unity and Gratitude, with guest speaker Rev. Dr. Shirlyn Brown on Sunday, November 19, 2017, 4-5:30 p.m., at Temple B’Nai Israel, 100 West Earle Ave., Easton.

The Rev. Dr. Shirlyn Henry Brown is an ordained Elder and the Easton District Superintendent (consisting of 124 churches) of the Peninsula Delaware Conference of The United Methodist Church.

This service is sponsored by the Talbot Association of Clergy and Laity. TACL is a welcoming interfaith association of congregations, clergy and laity. TACL promotes spiritual welfare through works of compassion, justice, peace and reconciliation for the common good.

All are invited to attend the Talbot Association of Clergy and Laity (TACL) fall meeting on Wednesday, November 15th from 12:00 – 1:30 at St. Marks United Methodist Church, 100 Peachblossom Rd, Easton, MD 21601.

TACL will provide lunch and activities designed to encourage networking and fellowship among clergy and lay faith leaders as we engage in this year’s theme of “Making Connections”.

Our speaker for the meeting will be the Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity, Nancy Andrew.  Ms. Andrew will share her experience of leading this volunteer-based group for the last 8 years and will update us on the Habitat’s latest initiatives.

TACL is a welcoming interfaith association of congregations, clergy and laity, now in our 51^st year.  TACL promotes spiritual welfare through works of compassion, justice, peace and reconciliation for the common good.  TACL achieves this through education, relationship building, and diverse ministries.

To help with our planning, please tell us if you plan on attending: taclexcom@gmail.com

TACL Chairperson – Rev. Sue Browning
TACL Vice Chairperson – Rev. Tim Poly
TACL Secretary – Minister Dee Pinder
TACL Treasurer – Rev. Nancy Sajda

Our final TACL program this year will include a chance to learn from our speakers and to celebrate the winners of our annual TACL service awards.

We will meet on Wednesday, May 17^th from 12:00 – 1:30 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Easton at 7401 Ocean Gateway.

TACL will provide lunch and activities designed to encourage networking and fellowship among clergy and lay faith leaders as we engage in this year’s theme of “Making Connections”.

Our speaker for our meeting will be Cindy Green, Inmate Classification/Case Manager, for the Talbot County Department of Corrections.  She will share the needs and hopes for their organization and for the many people they serve.

We will also recognize several community members with well-deserved TACL service awards.

TACL is a welcoming interfaith association of congregations, clergy and laity, now in our 51^st year.  TACL promotes spiritual welfare through works of compassion, justice, peace and reconciliation for the common good.  TACL achieves this through education, relationship building, and diverse ministries.

To help with our planning, please tell us if you plan on attending: taclexcom@gmail.com

TACL Chairperson – Rev. Sue Browning

TACL Vice Chairperson – Tim Poly

TACL Secretary – Minister Dee Pinder

TACL Treasurer – Rev. Nancy Sajda

All are invited to attend the Talbot Association of Clergy and Laity (TACL) winter meeting on Wednesday, March 15th from 12:00 – 1:30 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Easton at 7401 Ocean Gateway.

TACL will provide lunch and activities designed to encourage networking and fellowship among clergy and lay faith leaders as we engage in this year’s theme of “Making Connections”.

Our program, “Living Our Values: How Service Ties to Faith” will be an opportunity to learn from one another about volunteer opportunities in Talbot County, and to consider ways faith communities can help their members reflect upon their experiences of service.

TACL is a welcoming interfaith association of congregations, clergy and laity, now in our 51^st year.  TACL promotes spiritual welfare through works of compassion, justice, peace and reconciliation for the common good.  TACL achieves this through education, relationship building, and diverse ministries.

To help with our planning, please tell us if you plan on attending: taclexcom@gmail.com

TACL Chairperson – Rev. Sue Browning

TACL Vice Chairperson – Tim Poly

TACL Secretary – Minister Dee Pinder

TACL Treasurer – Rev. Nancy Sajda