Gena Wade will lead our service, reflecting on courage and self-deception. She says, “Small and big deceptions of ourselves.  What’s wrong with them, if they help us get through the “right now” in front of us?  What consequences can self-deception have? How do we courageously move away from it?” Remote attendees: join at the link … Continued

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Debs Szymkowiak will lead our service, sharing a sermon by Rev. Carrie Holley Hurt.  Hurt observes, “Fear breeds in isolation. Community is the antidote… Bringing your beautiful and precious life into the service of community, into the service of your values, makes us brave!” Remote attendees: join at the link below. https://zoom.us/j/91757547354?pwd=BXbgSgnHwIbD72AaCtN6IIGNas6a8n.1 Meeting ID: 917 … Continued

We all can recognize and honor heroic courage, and wonder if it is inside us. This week, Gena Wade considers the ordinary courage that we might each be called to live, at any moment in our regular lives. How do we define this ordinary kind of courage? How do we evoke it in ourselves?  In … Continued

What is the brave course of action? Jackie Triplett will read a sermon by Rev. Sandra Fees entitled, “Ordinary Bravery and the Warrier Spirit.” Quoting from writers and Buddhist teachers, Rev. Fees explores a variety of spiritual answers to this question.  Our re-scheduled Blessing of the Backpacks will be held this Sunday.  School children of … Continued

This week, Debs Szymkowiak leads our service, anchored on a sermon by Rev. Rod Richards.  Richards asks, “What do you want to be when you give up trying to become who you are not? What do you want to be when you give up checking that list of ‘what you’re supposed to be’?  What do … Continued

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This week concludes our summer viewing series, in which we join other East Coast congregations via Zoom for shared worship. Partway through each service, we’ll step out of the broadcast to share our local Joys and Concerns and to take up our Offering, keeping our familiar touchstones of care and generosity at the heart of … Continued

This week continues our summer viewing series, in which we join other East Coast congregations via Zoom for shared worship. Partway through each service, we’ll step out of the broadcast to share our local Joys and Concerns and to take up our Offering, keeping our familiar touchstones of care and generosity at the heart of … Continued