Pastors' Blog
This summer we welcome our neighbors to come and share about their lives, work, passions, spirituality and give us sense of how we can serve "our neighbors as ourselves," following what Jesus called the second greatest commandment (Leviticus 19:17-18, Matthew 22:35-40, Mark 12:28-31, Luke 10:25-28). See speakers list below...
This summer we welcome our neighbors to come and share about their lives, work, passions, spirituality and give us sense of how we can serve "our neighbors as ourselves," following what Jesus called the second greatest commandment (Leviticus 19:17-18, Matthew 22:35-40, Mark 12:28-31, Luke 10:25-28). See speakers list below...
This summer we welcome our neighbors to come and share about their lives, work, passions, spirituality, and give us sense of how we can serve "our neighbors as ourselves," following what Jesus called the second greatest commandment (Leviticus 19:17-18, Matthew 22:35-40, Mark 12:28-31, Luke 10:25-28). See speakers list...
This is a big weekend for us.
On Saturday, we'll have our postponed Strawberry Festival on the lawn, 11am-3pm. Emily and Stefan have been valiantly carrying this big event forward for us. WE STILL NEED MORE VOLUNTEER HELP -- please click here to sign up. This is our...
This Sunday, June 18, we begin summer worship in Willett Hall at 10am (June 18-September 3). It’s the first time in three years that we'll return to this type of worship and I have missed it greatly.
Why? For those of you who haven't been, when we worship all at the same level, in slightly closer proximity and visibility, and slightly more informality, it connects us better. Personally, I feel more clearly the creativity of God, the human connection with Jesus Christ, the...
Dear Ones,
This week we're traveling way back to some of the earliest roots of our faith, to journey with Abraham and Sarah. This is our first introduction to the characters of Abraham (then called Abram), and Sarah, and we meet them one day when God, somewhat out of the blue, instructs them to pack up their lives, leave everything familiar to them, and follow God to an...
Dear United Parish Family,
If you’re reading this, chances are you have some feelings about being a teenager- whether it’s something you’re looking forward to with joy or anxiety, something you’re right smack dab in the middle of and trying to navigate, or something you look back on with a whole mix of memories, angsty and nostalgic all at once.
And you know what? Even Jesus was a teenager, with all that that entails - ...
This Sunday is the Day of Pentecost, when we remember that stunning moment when the Holy Spirit descended on a diverse crowd of believers and seekers, giving them the ability to understand one another despite language and cultural differences. The movement increased by about 3,000 people that day. Afterwards, God performed "many signs and wonders" through Jesus' apostles (Acts 2).
In...
During this Eastertide (April 9-May 27), we have been reflecting individually and collectively about our money stories: Remembering (April 30) what about our personal history has shaped our relationship with money, Releasing (May 7) what attitudes or feelings about money get in our way, Reimaging (May 14) how our money story can be different,And this Sunday, we look at Restoring (May 21, Consecration Sunday), how we can come into greater...
Beloved,
We're halfway through our Stewardship season, are you ready to talk about money some more? As we've dived into the exploration of Our Money Stories, we've prayed, sung, and reflected on themes of Remembering and Releasing, and now we arrive at an invitation to Reimagine. A word of warning: reimagining can be dangerous- revolutionary, even, because dreams are powerful: just ask Joseph, of technicolor-dreamcoat fame, or Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Nevertheless, God...
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