This week we begin our Lenten journey with “Abraham: Rescued from Separation.” Pastor Gary’s sermon, “You’re grounded!,” explores our relationships with the Divine and one another. The ladies of the Choir will introduce our theme song for Lent, “You Alone Can Rescue.” Plan to come early for Sunday School for Children and Adults at 9:00 [...]
This Sunday we conclude our sermon series of “Lessons learned from other religions” with “Eavesdropping, or the deadly half argument.” We will also ordain and install our deacons for the coming year. Please note that the “Passing of the Peace” will take place later in the service as part of this rite. Our Adult [...]
After a week of thinking about zombies and parasites, Pastor Gary is ready to deliver this Sunday’s sermon, titled “Brains! (Yum!).” It is the second in a series on lessons learned from other religions, bringing the Tantric traditions of South Asia into conversation with Christian practices and the human body. Next to Jesus, no single [...]
Ever wonder how the same guy can heal the crippled, preach God’s justice, and yet also curse the fig tree and call the Syro-Phoenecian woman a dog? This week’s adult faith development class in the Living the Questions series focuses on the Jesus we encounter in the gospels and in the church. The class meets [...]
Ever wonder why there are two stories of creation in Genesis? This Sunday in Adult Sunday School, we wrestle with how a progressive Christian can make meaning with these ancient tales. (9:00 AM in the Vestry) The Children’s Sunday School continues its unit on “Just Eating” at the same time in the Library. In worship, [...]
This Sunday we continue our Faith and Science series with a look at the mysteries of complexity and complex adaptive systems. Pastor Gary’s sermon is titled “On the complexity of not going to Metz.” Our visual liturgy will carry forward last week’s theme of creativity. At 9:00 AM children gather in the church library for [...]
This Sunday marks the start of our three week sermon series on Faith and Science. This week is Evolution Sunday. Pastor Gary’s sermon is titled “Monkey-Soul-A-Phobia.” We’ll also recognize Rev. King with a justice-themed visual liturgy and the choir will close the service with “Precious Lord.” Children’s Sunday School will enter the second week of [...]
Join us this week as we ring in the New Year with a Pajama Service at 10:15am in our Vestry. Pastor Gary’s homily is titled ‘To plant and to pluck, to gather and to throw’. Bagels and coffee will be served during the service. Sunday School will resume on January 8th.
December 24 5:00 PM “Family Service and Brown Bag Pageant” A brown bag pageant is a fun unrehearsed pageant for children and adults. This year we will take part in “Meanwhile in Hollywood.” Our children will be joined by children from the local community in a song from Emmanuel, and we will close with the [...]
In this week’s sermon, “You have to be lame,” Pastor Gary examines the clash between Christian values and those of our popular culture, beginning with a popular ad campaign. Join us as we continue “Believing is Seeing,” a series on the basics of progressive postmodern Protestant belief. Our faith development programming continues on the theme [...]
People use the Bible as a weapon all the time, using it to justify sexism, racism, homophobia. What should a progressive postmodern Protestant believe about our sacred texts? This week in our “Believing is Seeing” series we turn to the “Not-so-good” Book.
We continue our sermon series “Believing is Seeing” with a sermon titled “In or Of?” We’ll look at what it means to be church in a progressive postmodern Protestant context. Be sure to see the ushers on the way in to receive your bag of rice, part of our educational preparation for the CROP Walk. [...]