Two years ago this month, the pandemic sent us all into isolation. Ten months ago, your beloved minister of many years left the congregation very suddenly, under circumstances that were painful. Since then, you have experienced other losses; deaths, staff transitions, and financial challenges. These kinds of experience can be traumatic both to you as individuals and to you as a community. Today Rev. Bonnie Dlott will reflect on the ways that collective trauma can manifest itself in communities, as well as the gifts that trauma offers if we know where where to look for them.