When it comes down to it, the most profound experiences of safety come from what we offer one another. How can we shore one another up and be shored up? Worship Leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter and Tricia Garcia. Tech Maestro: Adlai Frederickson.

Anyone who has been transformed through struggle can attest to its power to open up more capacities for resistance, creativity, action, and vision.  What makes the struggles of our lives lead to more possibility in the world? What does it mean to be joyfully militant? Worship Leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter, Robbie Edge, and Melynda Rodriguez. … Continue reading Joyful Militancy

In a culture that works hard to distract us from death and dying, we gather to remember, mourn, and/or celebrate those who have died. Please bring mementos and/or photos of those who have passed on, as we will co-create an altar for those who have died. Worship leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter, Matte Black, and Melynda … Continue reading Remembering Our Dead

Join us as we experience this innovative, community-building, intergenerational service. Worship leaders: Sharon Arpoika, Alex Block, Bernadette Burns, Emily Patton, and Angel Wilmarth. Tech Maestro: Adlai Frederickson.

When musician, producer, and artist Brian Eno moved to the United States from England, he was struck by how, when people said, “here and now,” they generally meant “this room” and “these five minutes” as opposed to a larger here and longer now that he felt was how time was experienced in England. Join us … Continue reading The Long Now

Krista Tippett, host of NPR’s On Being, says that “spiritual life, at its best, is about befriending reality, the way things are.” But is it that easy to determine the way things are? How do we pursue possibility and befriend reality? Worship leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter, Tricia Garcia, and Melynda Rodriguez. Tech Maestro: Todd Whiteley.

Dance educator Adrienne Sansom writes, “Dance is not what we do, but how we do it. It is a state of consciousness involving full engagement and awareness, attending to the inside.”  Upon returning from sabbatical, Rev. Darcy reflects on why, even in these times, we can keep dancing.  Worship leaders: Rev. Darcy Baxter, Robbie Edge, … Continue reading Let’s Dance

Rev. Erin committed to the practice this year of writing a love letter to herself every day. The focus is: “Dear Love, what would you have me know today?” Each letter begins, “Dear Erin …”.The letters often contain themes of the human journey relevant to anyone: particular struggles, joys, learnings, and more. Come hear where … Continue reading Dear Love, What Would You Have Me Know Today?

It is in the experience of finding our way to being anchored in ventral safety and offering that welcome to others that we change the world, one nervous system at a time. Worship leaders: Robbie Edge, Emily VanTassel, and Melynda Rodriguez. Tech Maestro: Adlai Frederickson.

In my faith tradition, there is a text that eventually says, “…so that they might take hold of the life that really is life.” Long ago, this set me off pondering, “What IS the life that really is life”? What does that entail? I think for anyone of any tradition this is worth pondering. What … Continue reading Taking Hold of the Life That Really is Life