It isn’t MLK’s death day but his birthday that we celebrate each year, and yet, there is a tendency to focus on his martyrdom and on the trials and travails of civil rights leaders. We might think that MLK, Fannie Lou Hamer, Bayard Rustin, and other leaders were only ever deadly serious, were only ever … Continue reading Pleasure Activists and Love Evangelists
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Join us as we usher in the winter holidays! Families and friends gather in the sanctuary for an opening hymn and offering, then split into different groups. Some sing beloved carols, some decorate the church, and some create ornaments. The groups rotate and then we return to the sanctuary … Continue reading Hanging of the Greens
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. The official start of our new church year is September 11. This will be a special Ingathering service — our first together in person since September 2019! Once again, this service will feature a water ceremony. In this ceremony, everyone brings a small container of water that represents a … Continue reading Rivers of Life (Ingathering)
“Radical Joy” Often in times when suffering is so clearly evident, which seems to be often these days, sometimes we feel an immense guilt for not being in the same state of constant anger/sorrow/suffering. Yet, our joy needs to be uplifted just as much as our pain, our joy is powerful, and is radical in … Continue reading Seminarian-Led Summer Worship: “Radical Joy”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE. Today, we celebrate our high school graduates who are transitioning to young adulthood, along with others who are at thresholds in life.
YouTube direct link HERE Each year, Rev. Diana offers a sermon as part of our spring fundraiser auction. The winner of last year’s “Pick a Sermon Topic” has asked for a service based on the work of Monty Python. This is it! Today, we’ll consider the subversive and sustaining power of laughter, especially during bleak … Continue reading “Life’s a Laugh and Death’s a Joke”
Direct link to YouTube stream HERE Register to attend in person HERE On this Sunday before the Hindu spring festival of Holi, the festival of colors, we celebrate the science, the politics, the history, and the meaning of color in our lives. Guest musician: Hannah Helbig Reflections by Catalina Flansburg, Margaret Flansburg
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
