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Toward Sunday
We’re thrilled to begin a new worship series this week called I Wonder… While Godly Play is our ministry with children, we have shared Godly Play with students at UC Davis and colleagues in various ministry settings. This worship series will be transformational for people of all ages as we wonder together about the stories of our Christian tradition through the lens of Godly Play. Outline for I Wonder… ▪May 31: Godly Play Brought Me to Faith, a Witness by…
This Christian Life
Here is a clip of an interview with Ira Glass, the host of This American Life. In it he shares his interest in lifting up the Christian life in realistic ways on his radio show. If someone knows you are a Christian how are you treated? Are you picked on? Are you respected? How do you feel about allowing others into your own practice of the Christian Life?
Toward Sunday
We are in the third and final week of our worship series called Practicing Generosity. We hope this series helps us to explore how faith shapes hearts of gratitude & generosity. Please note that Ash Wednesday is quickly approaching. We will gather in the Sanctuary at 7:00 am on the MORNING of Ash Wednesday, February 18. Worship will include both imposition of ashes & communion. We anticipate the worship service will take about 45 minutes and we hope this will allow time…
Toward Sunday
We’re grateful for the many people who worked diligently to expand our teams for Godly Play, Nursery, Counting, and Hospitality this week! We welcomed 234 people to worship at The Table on Sunday. Thank you for your generous spirits and for all the ways you are making more room for folks to find a place at The Table. We are in the second week of our worship series called Practicing Generosity. We hope this series will help us to explore how faith shapes…
“What’s Genosity?”
This post was written by a mom named Stacy May from Minneapolis, Mnn and shared on FB. How might you teach “genosity” this week? “We have been the recipients of incredible acts of generosity in the three years since my husband lost his full-time job. Friends bought and installed a toilet and sink in an old bathroom that we had never used so we would have two workable bathrooms. My sister asked for donations and raised more than $1,000 at…
Toward Sunday
This is an exciting week in the life of our church. We’re thrilled to make room at The Table as we move to two worship gatherings this Sunday. Please remind your Kitchen Table of the new times: 9:30 am and 11:00 am. We’re grateful for the many people who are working diligently to expand our teams for Godly Play, Nursery, Counting, and Hospitality. We look forward to taking this next step with you all! We begin a new three-week worship…
Toward Sunday
We continue our four-week series, What Keeps You Awake At Night?, this week with focus on Matthew 2.19-23. Mary, Joseph and Jesus journey home from Egypt. The death of Herod provides no relief for them. Joseph learns that Archelaus, the son of Herod, was the new ruler. Archelaus was every bit as cutthroat as his father before him. The family seeks safety in the town of Nazareth. Outline of the series January 4 Matthew 2.1-12 Epiphany Sunday January 11 …
Tubman House
Some of us are kept awake at night with concern for others. We are especially concerned for women and children who live on the margins of our city. We are grateful for the work of Tubman House in Sacramento, CA. “Through Tubman House, young parents (18 to 21 years old) experience healthy living, intensive case management, parent coaching and educational support so that they leave prepared to be leaders in their own lives, and leaders in the lives of their…
Toward Sunday
We continue our four-week series, What Keeps You Awake At Night?, this week with focus on Matthew 2.13-18. Outline of the series January 4 Matthew 2.1-12 Epiphany Sunday January 11 Matthew 2.13-18 January 18 Matthew 2.19-23 January 25 Mark 1.14-20 Take time to read Matthew 2.13-18 aloud. This is one of the many violently troubling stories we encounter in Scripture. Herod’s order to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and it’s vicinity who are two years old and under…
Toward Sunday
We begin a new four-week series this week called What Keeps You Awake At Night? At the end of the day, when we have finished our work and are ready for rest, often our fear and anxiety get the best of us. Rather than finding rest we find worry. Instead of being able to fall asleep, our minds turn over endless “what ifs.” We will explore passages from the Gospel of Matthew and Mark as we wonder together about how…
What we need.
“Night is drawing nigh – How long the road is. But, for all the time the journey has already taken, how you have needed every second of it in order to learn what the road passes-by.” Dag Hammarskjold
Toward Sunday
This week we begin the season of Advent. Advent is the time in which the church waits for the mystery of Christmas to be born. Sometimes we talk about this as waiting for “the light to illumine the dark.” As I write this the light is fading in the sky outside of the church and the clouds are illumined from beneath by the setting sun. Darkness is coming soon. Darkness is often feared rather than welcomed. But what if there…