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Where The Wild Things Are

Homily Title: Where the Wild Things Are On Trinity Sunday, we conclude our series, Teach Em How To Say Goodbye: Jesus’ Parting Words to a Community in Transition, which looked at the final discourse of Jesus with his disciples before the whirlwind of his death,...

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Embodying an Ecology of Participation 

What is our connection to the environment, our faith, one another, and our bodies? Christopher Mack closes our series on participation by leaning into our call “to care for and serve the earth we belong to.” [Romans 8:19-23; 12:18] Reflection Where do you see creation...

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Cultivating Our Soul

What is the movement that we are invited to as we cultivate our souls? Weylin Lee explores how tending our souls centers us around love, invites us into harmony with others, and forms us in humility. [Romans 12:9-16] Reflection When it comes to our participation, how...

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Participating in a Creative Body

What does it mean to be the body of Christ? What places inside my body are crying out? Gena St. David reflects on how we embody participation, as we continue our series. [Romans 12:1-5] Reflection How is your body unique?How is God creating transformation through our...

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Cultivating the Common Good

What is our communal interpretation and incarnation of the life of Jesus? Christopher Mack continues our series on Participation by reflecting on how we might navigate enduring hopelessness with our beloved belonging and collective creativity. [1 Corinthians 12:1-3,...

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Work of the People

How does liturgy (“the work of the people”) invite us towards Christ’s embodied vision of the church community? Weylin Lee continues our series on Participation by considering collaboration that is expansive, inclusive, sustainable, and mutual. [1 Corinthians...

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Participating with Us

What does it mean to be invited to participate? Gena St. David begins our six week series on Vox’s value of Participation by reflecting on where we have been to imagine a collective future where each of us is essential. [1 Corinthians 12:4-7] Reflection What makes you...

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Liturgy Bread-Baking and Coffee Teams

Liturgy Bread-Baking and Coffee Teams

As we reengage as a community in-person, we would like to resume having home-baked bread for our communion and serving coffee before liturgy. Bread-Baking Team If you are a baker and would like to help contribute to this important and meaningful part of Eucharist,...

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The Unifying Gifts of the Spirit

Weylin Lee reflects on how the gifts of the Spirit invite us to a practice and experience of unity with each other [1 Corinthians 12:1-11]. Reflection How would a lens of revelation impact how you see the gifts in others?What is an outlet where your gifts might...

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Wisdom and Word for Exiled Lives

As we begin a new year, Christopher Mack reflects on how wisdom and word are embodied with us through Christ and how that opens us up to grace [John 1:10-18]. Reflection How are you feeling at the start of this new year?How does the image of God moving into our messy...

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