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friday | april 18 | 7:00 PM | gathering and streaming

Good Friday: worship gathering

Good Friday, the Friday before Easter Sunday that commemorates Jesus’ crucifixion and burial has become a tradition of our own at theeffect. We move into a more contemplative posture and give the day its reverence and gravity. With the cross covered in purple as the church has done for millennia, images depicting Holy Week scenes of Jesus’ passion roll in the background as we delve into the deeper meaning of these events with a “theater of the mind” dramatization from the point of view of Jesus’ friends and followers. Music and spoken word evokes the experience of the past to find its relevance to us today. We have communion together and physically nail our cares and concerns to a cross in preparation for the new life of the resurrection.

Come join us In person or online Friday evening, April 18th starting at 7PM for a time of connection and introspection at the end of the Lenten season that will take you on a journey toward Easter.

If you’re joining us virtually from your computer, iPad, or smart phone go to our Video and Streaming page here and simply click the play button in the streaming window. To fully participate, set a small table with bread and grape juice or wine for communion and pens and paper for each family member to write their cares, concerns, or prayers to symbolically nail to the cross as we will be doing in our sanctuary.

sunday | april 20 | 10:00 AM | gathering and streaming

Easter Sunday: worship gathering

Easter Sunday, the morning of the day that changed everything two millennia ago is just as present today if we allow. In fact, that’s the meaning of Easter, of resurrection, that life continues, that Jesus is just as present to us now as he was to his first followers if we are present and paying attention. Our Easter gathering reflects these convictions with a recounting of the events of that amazing day with a focus on how we enter the story ourselves. 

Come join us in person or online Sunday morning, April 20th starting at 10AM for a time of remembering the origin of Easter and the message of new life that is central to our lives as followers of Jesus. With a music-filled message that takes us back to the emotions and thoughts of Jesus’ first followers as they begin to realize that he still lives, we’ll have communion together and will all decorate the cross with fresh cut flowers as the symbol of new life Easter represents.

If you’re joining us virtually from your computer, iPad, or smart phone go to our Video and Streaming page here and simply click the play button in the streaming window. To fully participate, set a small table with bread and grape juice or wine for communion and fresh cut flowers for each family member to place in a vase or some special place in your home to symbolize new life as we cover the big cross with flowers in our sanctuary.

friday | feb 21 | 6:00 PM | Movie, Food, Discussion

Movie Night: Watch, eat, discuss

wednesdays | 6:30PM | online study

book study: Just This

We are working through the book, Just This by Richard Rohr, which is a collection of meditations on the contemplative life and mindset and what it brings to our daily experience. A more recent book by Rohr, it captures his thoughts on contemplative practice as he winds up his career and moves into a less visible place in his ministry and work. Seems it will be a great follow on to Br. Lawrence and his practice of presence.

Book summary from Amazon:
Just This is a collection of brief and evocative meditations and practices that invite us to cultivate the gift of waking up to the beauty of reality in all its glorious ordinariness. With his signature blend of contemplation, theology, and pastoral sensitivity, Fr Richard Rohr creates a spaciousness for the soul to grow into a kind of seeing that goes far beyond merely looking to recognizing and thus appreciating. This is the heart of contemplation, the centerpiece of any inner dialogue that frees us from the traps of our perceptions and preoccupations. The contemplative mind does not tell us what to see; it teaches us how to see what we behold.

This book has a longer order time for some reason on Amazon, so please order as soon as possible. But if you don’t have the book by start date, join us anyway. We read through together so you can still follow till your book arrives. The Amazon link is here.

Our weekly book study meets online via Zoom connection, Wednesday evenings @ 6:30P PST. Click here for links and more information. Come join us to dive into a different world of experience and a different level of presence. Hope to see you on the little screen for this!

And if you want to see our archives of past book studies and workshops, click here to visit our Workshop Youtube channel.

tuesdays | 6:30 PM | online

Conversations: applying faith to life

Sunday morning messages go by quickly.

And the format doesn’t give time for the processing and discussion that gets us down to real understanding–and maybe more importantly, how concepts and issues actually apply to daily life and make it better. Tuesday evenings, we’ll dig back into material from the previous Sunday to discuss, dive into completely new topics, hear personal stories, see how our faith applies to real life…and makes it better.

Conversations is held online via Zoom connection. Click here for links and more information. Join us Tuesdays: 6:30PM PST.

And if you want to see our archives of past book studies and workshops, click here to visit our Workshop Youtube channel.

first mondays of month | 6:30 PM | online gathering

Prayer: stronger together

Since the pandemic started, we’ve been isolated to one degree or another, and the issues we face individually and collectively, in our families, community, nation, globe seem to have increased exponentially.

Praying together and having time to talk about the issues we face and for what we’re grateful, to listen and support and realize God’s empowerment in our lives is what this gathering is all about. Come join us online to pray and support each other when we need it most.

You can pray with us through Zoom connection online. Click here for links and more information.

Join us on the first Monday of each month: 6:30PM PST.