Bridging Ceremony
The focus of this service will be our graduating High School seniors. We’ll celebrate them, as well as acknowledging other transitions in the lives of our children and youth.
Speaker: Rev. Elizabeth Stevens
INTERGENERATIONAL Flower Communion: Blooming
Flowers need certain things to bloom and grow. What do we humans need if we are to realize our full potential? If we are to become the person we are meant to be? We’ll be celebrating new members and new babies as part of this service. (See Child Dedication and New Member Ceremony descriptions, below.) … Continue reading INTERGENERATIONAL Flower Communion: Blooming
Question Box Sunday
Do you have a question you’ve been wanting to ask your minister? What are your wonderings, your ponderings, the subjects you’d like to hear more about? Who knows what will happen in this free-form service built around questions submitted on the spot by members of the congregation…
Earth Day
In celebration of the 48th Earth Day, we’ll reflect on several exciting new strategies for protecting and loving our blue boat home. In particular, we’ll be inspired by “Our Children’s Trust”, the group that is “Leading the game-changing, youth-driven, global climate recovery campaign to secure the legal right to a stable climate and healthy atmosphere.”
Our Flourishing Is Mutual
In Braiding Sweetgrass, author Robin Wall Kimmerer shares what she has learned through her studies of indigenous traditions and plant biology. The insights garnered invite us to embrace an ethic of interdependence rather than competition. If all flourishing is, by definition, mutual, how then shall we live?
The Hallelujah Response
Every Easter, we sing “Hallelujah” (or “Alleluia.”) This word means, simply, to praise with reverence. Spontaneous “Hallelujahs” arise in us when we experience beauty, relief, connection, and love. However, we can choose to hallelujah any time. If we embrace more complex and nuanced experiences as worthy of praise, what gifts might emerge? Easter Treats after … Continue reading The Hallelujah Response
To Save or to Savor?
Human beings are naturally compassionate. The hurting world calls to us, and something in us must answer. However, because the suffering is so vast, when we engage, we run the risk of tipping into self-forgetting, burn-out, and despair. What if the best way to avoid this trap is to ground ourselves fully in heart-centered love … Continue reading To Save or to Savor?
The Gifts of Radical Hospitality
For several years, we have been opening our facilities and our hearts to homeless families through the Family Promise program. On this special Sunday, we’ll reflect together on the ways our faith calls us to this work, and the blessings we receive when we participate.
Jazz Hands!
It’s Jazz Fest weekend on the Palouse! In celebration, we’ll consider the nature of improvisation and the different forms creativity takes.
Evolving Understandings
In honor of the birthday of Charles Darwin, we’ll take a closer look at the process of evolution. Natural selection is not always pretty or easy to witness. What are the insights waiting for us as we apply this theory to our lives and our society?