Upcoming Worship Services

This text is used at many a funeral or graveside service. The words Jesus offers are meant to be a source of comfort, “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me.” Where do you hang your heart these days?  Casey Hovick is liturgist and Rodrigo Cardenas is providing special […]

Abundant Life – John 10:1-10, Acts 2:42-47 Jesus used the metaphor of a shepherd several times in his ministry. In this passage, the sheep know the shepherd’s voice and they follow because this Shepherd offers abundant life. What is the abundant life? Has Covid-19 changed our thinking about this? What would it take for us […]

In the Breaking of the Bread – Luke 24:13-35 Two heart-broken disciples are making their way from Jerusalem to Emmaus when they are joined by a ‘stranger’. They walk on together but it is not until the ‘stranger’ breaks the bread while they are eating that they recognize Jesus. It is in the breaking of […]

50th Anniversary of Earth Day Celebration – Psalm 8“We need the sun, the moon, the stars, the rivers, and the mountains and birds, the fish in the sea, to evoke a world of mystery, to evoke the sacred.”  Thomas Berry “On the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, what would you say to us?” Casey Cook […]

The Garden: Risking Temptation Gethsemane is the moment when a chain of events begins that cannot be halted. Once Jesus is taken into custody, there is no going back. So we pause a moment with him in the garden just before his arrest, and we feel with him the temptations that arise when facing difficult […]