Topic: Hope

Peace Like a River (Water Communion)

Please join us for this traditional service that marks the in-gathering of our energies and our hopes for the start of the congregational year.  Please bring some water representing your dreams and hopes for the community.

The Joy of Protest – Text

Introduction                                                                                                            

What the heck is going on here? Why are we sitting at tables? Why are there pencils and markers and sheets of poster board? And what’s with all the color?

Today is a day of pulling some threads together – threads that seem unrelated. Yes, … read more.

The Mitten Tree – Homily Text

Reading 

“The Mitten Tree” by Candace Christiansen

 

Homily

In our story, it was a small kindness that made a huge difference. And that seems strange – counterintuitive, in fact.

There’s so much big stuff we’re facing – the world seems to have lost its collective mind and there was … read more.

After Life – Sermon Text

We live our lives in stories – this happened, then that, then the other thing, and happily ever after. We can imagine what happens after the prince kisses the princess, or the assassin goes to jail, or the war ends, or the last alien returns … read more.