Devotion: Earth Day Ask the Animals

Job 12:7-13 7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,    the birds of the air, and they will tell you;8 ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you,    and the fish of the sea will declare to you.9 Who among all these does not know    that the hand of the Most Powerful has done this?10 In God’s hand is the …

Lighting the Christ Candle – Like The Milkyway

Like the Milkyway across the night sky; like the flash of salmon scales in running water; like the white on a flying eagle; like the glow of lightning bugs hiding among the edges of trees - God has covered the world with startling signs of love and care. We light this candle as one more …

A Simple Thank You Prayer

Thank you, thank, thank you, God.Thank you for the fall.Thank you for each other.Thank you for this life.Thank you for our families and friends.Thank you for our animal and plant companions.Thank you for the stars, the moon, and the sky.Thank you for the sun, the wind, and the rain.Thank you for the snow, for gravity, …

Christ Candle Lighting: Creation & Light

As the sun warms the earth, feeds the trees and grass, fuels the weather, and upon it we track time as we spin around it: so too do we circle around God. So, too, are we warmed by God's love. So, too, we find nourishment in Word in Christ's community, and in the breaking of …

Offertory Prayer: Creation

Generous God, thank you for the gifts of the world: for all of nature. Thank you for the gift of the cosmos: the night sky, and the life-supporting sun. Thank you for the gifts we share today: our time, our resources, our prayers. Let all of us receive and give, and let all of creation …

The Shrewdness of the Current Generation

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:1-7 and Luke 16:1-13 Listen or watch this service here on Facebook or on our webpage. Our Bible Study group has been reading a book called ‘The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi.’ Today’s story from this controversial rabbi is… definitely enigmatic. There is so much we don’t know about this parable! …

Sermon: What Can I Do?

Judas ate too.

Benediction – Fruit

Benediction You are the branches making fruit, Jesus is the vine. Together we are sweetness for the bees and butterflies, the deer and the skunks, the strangers and friends among us. Go out and be good fruit! Amen.

Trinity Offertory

Invitation to the Offering No one stands alone. We are made for community. Our God is known to us as community. For community with other humans, with other creatures, with rocks and soil, water, and air, let us dedicate our gifts and receive others' gifts. Offertory Prayer God, known to us as a circle, a triangle, …

Psalm 8 – Opening Prayer

God of fish and birds, hooves and paws, feet and pads, fins and hairs - we praise you. Your power is vivid in the life around us; in the sounds of babies, the peeps of chicks, the mews of kittens, the calls of children of all kinds. Your power is vivid in the night sky. …