This Sunday, we explore a dichotomy of stories as we reflect upon the teachings and values of Martin Luther King Jr., contrasted with those of prevailing current events. Will we choose love or hate? Justice or injustice? Faith or fear? Join us as we cultivate both wisdom and inspiration towards nurturing and fostering a just and compassionate world.

This Sunday, we garner insight and wisdom from L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.  Through the magical narration, we travel with a group of newfound friends, focusing on two prevailing themes. First, they undertook an arduous, mistaken journey to find a power of which they already held deep within. Second, while on this journey, they do together what none could do alone.

May we join together in a contemplative Christmas Eve service. Together, we will honor this special holiday with a homily, hymns, scripture, and a much beloved Silent Night candle ritual. Join us in celebration and reverence as we spend a meaningful evening together. Following the service, we will have cookies in the fellowship hall.

This Sunday, we celebrate the sacred wisdom offered by the ancient celebration of the winter solstice. We embrace winter’s presence, imbuing our lives with blessings in this season of hope, renewal, introspection, and contemplation.  Fostered in the unique beauty of the dark, the cold, and the silence, we cultivate a new self, brought to the world during this season of the returning sun. 

This Sunday, we welcome the true blessing that is presence in the current moment. Together we explore how this practice frees us from the depression of living in the past and the anxiety of residing in the future, while welcoming the peace that arises when we are fully present in the now.  When we give this to ourselves, we are further able to cultivate full and…