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Sunday Service – March 15, 2020

Although our regular worship service for March 15th was canceled, we did live-stream the abbreviated service of meditation and music. We welcome all to view it here. Download QR

Desperately Seeking Wisdom

Reading  “Autobiography in Five Short Chapters” by Portia Nelson https://palousemindfulness.com/docs/autobio_5chapters.pdf Sermon Wisdom. It’s the pearl of all pearls. It’s lifted up in cultures all over the world. I picture us diving to the bottom of the ocean in search of it –  seeking some magical scroll locked in a treasure chest in the hull of … Continue reading Desperately Seeking Wisdom

On Wisdom – All Ages Service

In this service for all ages, we consider the many faces of wisdom through stories from around the world. Please join us!
Note: if you have a smartphone, you are invited to bring it to the service for a special activity. If you don’t have one, don’t worry, just bring yourself!
Two Services at 9am and 11am  in the Sanctuary
Child Care available at 1st service
Choir sings at 9am service

Two Services at 9am and 11am  in the Sanctuary
Child Care available at 1st service

February 2, 2020 – The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm – All Ages Service

Story: “The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm” by LeVar Burton (Author), Susan Schaefer Bernardo  (Author), Courtenay Fletcher  (Author, Illustrator) Reflections Part I by Sarah Quigg In our story, both Mica and the Rhino are both facing something big and scary, which is threatening to take away things that are important to them.  It may be … Continue reading February 2, 2020 – The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm – All Ages Service

January 26, 2020 – All of Me

“I am large” Walt Whitman wrote, “I contain multitudes.” We, humans, are multifaceted beings. Yet from the time we are small we receive messages telling us who and how we are supposed to be. What about the rest of us? As we explore the theme of integrity this month, let’s talk about what it might mean to embrace all the parts of who we are.

January 19, 2020 Where Do We Go from Here?

That’s the title of a sermon Martin Luther King preached in 1957. And an ever-recurring question for our day. Where do we go from here, in a country so divided along ideological lines, still so conflicted around race? What might we do to move toward a vision that is unified and hopeful? And what might be our part, yours and mine, in helping make those dreams come true?

January 12, 2020 Cleaning House in Home or Heart

  Reading ‘Thanks, Robert Frost’ by David Ray https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2007%252F01%252F31.html Sermon I walked by the window of a bookstore and saw something that made me stop short. There, at the front of the display case was Marie Kondo’s bestselling book: The life-changing magic of tidying up. And, there, perched right next to Kondo’s book, in a … Continue reading January 12, 2020 Cleaning House in Home or Heart