“The Good Book(s): In Praise of Summer Reading”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. As we transition from the regular church year into summer, let’s pause to celebrate the simple joy of reading. Worship Associate: Ann Meeks
Topic: Gratitude
Giving Trees
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE Whether you love or hate Shel Silverstein’s 1964 book, The Giving Tree, it offers an interesting place to begin a discussion of the nature of giving. What does it mean to take and to give? When is giving unhealthy and when is it life-affirming and mutually beneficial? Who or what … Continue reading Giving Trees
Tending the Fire: Honoring Teachers
In-person and streaming to YouTube. Direct link to live stream HERE. Register to attend in-person HERE (goes live on Wednesday, closes Sunday at 9:00) On this first Sunday returning to an in-person RE program for children and youth, we will pause to honor all the teachers who have given so much of themselves over the … Continue reading Tending the Fire: Honoring Teachers
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
This will be an online (Zoom) service only. During this reflective service, we’ll engage in a gratitude practice and look back on the past year to name the things that brought us light, joy, and hope. Because we will be breaking out into small groups during this service, there will be no virtual coffee hour … Continue reading These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
What We Bring to the Table
400 years ago, in the fall of 1621, a group of religious dissenters from England had just made it through a time of terrible hardship in a place they called Plymouth. The truth was that they wouldn’t have made it all if not for the help of an original inhabitant of the land, a Native … Continue reading What We Bring to the Table