Pick up a hard copy of Promises, Promises, the 2021 Lent Devotional by the UCC’s Stillspeaking Writers’ Group from the church office (beginning Fri., 2/12, 1 to 4 pm; Tues., 2/16 & Wed. 2/17, noon to 4 pm. The office is closed Mon., 2/15 for Presidents’ Day) or from participating neighborhood captains. The devotional includes a biblical text, reflection, and prayer for each day …
This Lent we will lend our attention to the idea of Repairing the Breach, from the words of Isaiah, Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in. As we reckon with our nation’s history and present of entrenched …
Tuesday, February 16, 6 pmhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85301553393?pwd=R2sxZ3gzbWR1eG1Rck43NHRKY2IzZz09ID: 853 0155 3393 Passcode: 403141 You’re invited to join your church family for an intergenerational celebration as we reinvent our Mardi Gras pancake dinner and dance party traditions for pandemic times. Our celebration will include catching up while eating breakfast-for-dinner together, telling jokes in breakout rooms, singing and dancing, and then moving into the season …
Wednesday, February 17, 6 pmhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88625368833?pwd=cHQwWnpJZlNSNzlEelJWYnRKNjFhUT09ID: 886 2536 8833 Passcode: 557430 “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” This year you won’t get to have one of your pastors say these words as they look you full in the face while they dust your forehead with last year’s Palm Sunday palms transformed into ashes, that singular reckoning with the fact of our …
Thursday, February 4, 11 pmPurchase Tickets Here Beloved! Some of you were lucky enough to hear Rev. Dr. William Barber in person when he spoke to a sellout crowd at our church a couple of years ago, in a conversation with Mother Jones’ writer and voting rights advocate Ari Berman. Mother Jones is sponsoring a new conversation with Bishop Barber, …
Dear Church Members, Look for an email in your inbox (dated Jan. 25) or a letter in your mailbox (by Jan. 29) with ballots to cast your vote on the following: Use of Special Endowment Funds for 2021 and 2022 Approval of the 2021 Budget Slate of New Officers and Ministry Members Your ballot must be received on or before February 3 to be counted. If …
Saturday, February 13, 9:30 am – 1:30 pmRegistration Form Although we’d really rather be heading back over to the Ralston White Retreat for our beloved annual Women’s Retreat in person, we’ll tide ourselves over until our in-person retreat comes back with a sweet, intimate online version. The theme for this online retreat, “Grieving and Growing into Hope,” is an homage …
Sunday, February 7, 11:30 amhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85736070220?pwd=UEpabThVdDJoNS8ydjhPRmxwd2NuQT09 Join us on Sunday, February 7 at 11:30 am for our 146th Annual Meeting and our very first all-virtual Annual Meeting. We will hear results of the budget vote and new roster of leaders from outgoing Clerk Janet McDonald, sing, look at the year in review, and look to our future together with words from …