Our new consulting minister the Rev. Dr. David Messner will be in our pulpit for the first time. He will be speaking about new beginnings and how our different frames shape how we feel about living and possibility. He says “Feeling powerful is a good place to start the entire year’s work. Know that you … Continue reading “Rising Up from Out of Nowhere”
Service Leader Clinton Hebard will share reflections on the inspirational aspects and science of hope. To join the service via livestream on YouTube at 10:30 a.m., please click here. (You can also use this link to view the service later in the day.) To view the Order of Service, please click here. (The latest OOS is uploaded … Continue reading “Hope in Action”
Service Leader June Cerveny will share insights for living in our changing world from reading the acclaimed writer of science fiction. Octavia Butler’s fiction offers a blueprint for inhabiting our world and calls us to resist empire and work for love and justice. To join the service via livestream on YouTube at 10:30 a.m., please click … Continue reading “God is Change: Reading Octavia Butler in 2025”
Service Leader Wendy Engelhardt will share thoughts on how Sesame Street reflects changing views on childhood education and cultural diversity. Creators Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett aimed to help viewers connect with Jim Henson’s characters and learn about themselves and the charging world around them. To join the service via livestream on YouTube at … Continue reading “Sunny Day, Sweeping the Clouds Away”
Service Leader Jim Calkins will relate the journey of Sichan Siv, a Cambodian who escaped from a Khmer Rouge death camp, arrived in the United States as a refugee with $2.00 in his pocket and was eventually unanimously confirmed by the US Senate as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. To join the … Continue reading “I Was a Stranger and You Took Me In”
