on Feb. 25 causing significant structural damage;

the people of South Sudan where nearly 1 million people are facing famine;

John Polglase, husband of the Rev. Betsey Polglase, Pastor of the Columbia Congregational Church UCC, who has chronic pulmonary disease;

the members and staff of Thompson Congregational Church after a fire severely damage the building on Dec. 29;

Michael White, former Operations Manager at Silver Lake Conference Center, who was diagnosed with colon cancer;

Juliane Silver, the daughter of the Rev. Jim Silver of Middletown, who is in dire need of a liver transplant. We pray that a donor will come forward giving the gift of life and a portion of their liver to Juliane;

Chacy Eveland, husband of the Rev. Marcia Eveland, pastor of the First Congregational Church UCC of Ansonia, who hasBuddhist Circuit Tour Via Lumbini

Lumbini (Sanskrit: “the lovely”) is the sacred birthplace of the enlightened one, Lord Buddha who is also known as Tathagatha Tathagatha one who has found the truth).It is now an ubiquitous pilgrimage site and is geographically located 25 km east of the municipality of Kapilavastu, the Shakya capital inNepal. King Suddhodana, father of Gautama Buddha belonged to the Shakya dynasty, a Kshatriya(the warrior caste). Lord Buddha’s birthplace is commemorated by the Maya Devi Temple, the site where he was born.
Lumbini is one of four major attractions for pilgrimage that have a profound reference to the revered life of the Buddha, the others are Kushinagar, Bodhgaya and Sarnath. The Indian emperor Ashoka, erected one of his commemorative pillars in Lumbini. Also located here is the