For our late summer Stewardship Campaign our faith community celebrates, teaches, and practices generosity across the generations through a series of questions. On this First Sunday of Stewardship as Living Generously, we reflect on the question: Why live generously? A member of our community shares how faith in a generous God leads to following Christ […]
Sunday, August 6th, 2023, 10th Sunday After Pentecost
As a patient farmer delays removing weeds in order to give the wheat full chance to mature and grow, God patiently delays judgment to nurture our growth in Christ. We take comfort that we are not called to judge and weed and that God’s judgment is imbued with mercy greater than the mountains and grace […]
Sunday, July 30th, 2023, 9th Sunday After Pentecost
As rich and full of joy as life may be, it is also often filled with pain and suffering. Faith in Christ, and the faithfulness of beloved community, strengthens us for these journeys and imbues life with joy and abundance. Thus we can boldly proclaim in the midst of all circumstances, “the steadfast love of […]
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023, 8th Sunday After Pentecost
Sabbath rest is God’s gift to a people in need of being freed from constantly producing and earning worth. This is both a matter of compassionate care for self and others as well as a matter of creating a just and equitable society.
Sunday, July 16th, 2023, 7th Sunday After Pentecost
Sabbath rest is God’s gift to a people in need of being freed from constantly producing and earning worth. As we teach our children faith to sustain them, we would do well to instill habits of rest, renewal, and reconnection with God, self, and others.
Sunday, July 9th, 2023, 6th Sunday in the Season of Creation
During the Season of Creation, we begin worship with the song, “ FEEL THE PULSING OF GOD (In the Ten Moments of Creation) based on Genesis 1. In these words, we experience creation happening around us as the life pulse of God brings all creation to life. Each verse corresponds to the ten moments in […]