As we enter the week of Thanksgiving, we will reflect this Sunday morning in an all ages service on gratitude. Gratitude is easy to value, and harder sometimes to remember to practice. Don’t forget to come to Pie Sunday after the service to share in some delicious Pie! Click here for: Sunday Worship Livestream New Online … Continue reading The Gifts of Gratitude
Singing, especially singing together with other people, can be a powerful spiritual tool, especially during challenging times. Join us as we come together to sing in this service, featuring hymns that are personal favorites of many members of the congregation. We will hear from several folks why the hymns they requested have deeper meaning for … Continue reading The Songs of Our Heart
The outcome of Tuesday’s election will have major consequences for our country, for all of us, moving forward. Join us as we take stock, reflect on what happened, and think together about how we move forward. While there are dark days ahead, we remain steadfast in holding on to hope. Please also note that we … Continue reading Where Do We Go From Here?
We gather this Sunday for our annual “Remembrance” service, where we honor and reflect on those in our lives who have died. If you wish to have a loved one who has died named in the sung Ritual of Litany, please make sure to email their name to our Music Director, John Kramer, ASAP at … Continue reading Remembrance
There is so much good in the world. It can be easy to forgot, with the wars in the world and the divisiveness in our country, and the racism and sexism on display in our current political environment – and so much more. Our brains are attuned to seek out and monitor threats. Remembering the … Continue reading There Is So Much Good
So often we tell ourselves that there must be a meaning for the things that happen in our life and world. Many faith traditions look to a deity who ultimately has a plan for absolutely EVERYTHING! This can be very difficult for those of us who don’t have the surety of even a made-up God … Continue reading Random
Who amongst us does not sometimes struggle with forgiveness? Forgiveness is one of life’s most powerful spiritual tools, and yet, we so often have a difficult time practicing it. Join us as explore what it means to forgive, why we do it, who we do it for, and how we might try to embrace forgiveness … Continue reading Finding Forgiveness
Holding on tight to the past is a common human experience – sometimes we hold on tight both to that which we grieve, and sometimes we also hold on tight to our grudges and grievances. We invite you this Sunday to consider the power of release, and how listening, listening to your heart, might help … Continue reading Listening for Release
Adapted from a quote by the South African theologian and religious leader Desmond Tutu. Tutu reminds us that to someone suffering from injustice, neutrality can and will look like taking the side of the oppressor. Two equally real places in which we see individuals trying to remain neutral are in cases of animals abuse and … Continue reading Neutrality in the face of injustice
Most of us want community of some kind in our lives, and yet we don’t often talk about what it means, what it takes, to form deep, genuine, meaningful, connected community. Join us this morning as we extend the invitation to one another to join in the kind of community that makes our hearts sing. … Continue reading Invitation to Community
