We’ll meet second Mondays at 1:30 at Martha’s home  4124 Persianwood Drive in the Garden Homes, part of Friendship Village The Village Clubhouse Game Room is also reserved if we need it. September 9 – Afterlife by Julia Alvarez (2021) Susan October 14 – The Good Earth by Pearl Buck (1931) Mary Lewis November 11 … Continue reading Afternoon Book Club Schedule 2024-25

Sermon Seminar with Rev. Rachel Beginning September 24 6:30-9pm, Room L1, 2nd and 4th Tuesdays through February 11 (no class in late November or late December) The class, Rev. Rachel previously offered in the 2018-19 church year, is about writing sermons – and more. It is also a chance to learn about the purpose of … Continue reading Sermon Seminar with Rev. Rachel

Saturday September 7, 10am-noon with tours to followAt the Justice Center, 330 Eleanor Street, KalamazooRev. Rachel Lonberg, our minister, is one of two clergy who will offer blessings at the new Kalamazoo County courthouse. People’s people (and all residents of Kalamazoo County) are welcome to attend this ceremony, which will feature many local leaders, and … Continue reading Judge Charles J. Pratt Justice Center Dedication

Last year we started out needing to cover a substantial deficit. So we got to work: we plowed the soil,planted the seeds, fertilized the garden, and pulled the weeds. Then a miraclehappened! When all was said and done our year-end budget showed aSURPLUS!!How did this happen? It happened because everyone involved with People’sChurch pitched in: … Continue reading WOW!!! Thank you to the whole People’s Church Community for helping usreach financial sustainability!

Meetings are 2nd Thursday of the month, 6-7:30 pm, at Lois Loeffler’s home

If you are looking for a very enjoyable and engaging way to serve our church, please consider this opportunity. We are searching for a volunteer to work alongside Donna McClurkan to plan and run the cafe at this year’s Bazaar, which will occur on November 23 ( the Saturday before Thanksgiving). The cafe prepares and … Continue reading Wanted: Co-Leader to Manage Bazaar Mini-Cafe

This year’s RE curriculum is going to be World Religions! We know this is a very exciting and popular curriculum so to help with our planning, we’re reaching out now to request your completion of our Religious Education Registration form! You can access the form here:  https://forms.gle/9GbtjZyxANQMC76TA The form has been streamlined to be much quicker … Continue reading RE Registration and Volunteer Helper Forms

July and August, 2024Reception Sunday July 14 at noonMRC artWorks – a program of MRC Industries, Inc. – is a professional working art studio and retail gallery located on the historic Kalamazoo Mall in the heart of downtown Kalama-zoo. MRC artWorks offers unique and affordable art created by in a way that promotes personal growth, … Continue reading Art Wall Exhibit People’s Church: “The Summer Collection”

For the last several years, based on the Net Zero Carbon initiative from the Green Sanctuary Committee, a small group of dedicated members of the Building & Grounds Team (Thank you Tom, Gary H, Gary L, Steve, Bob D,, Bob F., Andy, Roger, George, Martin & Rick!) have been working on upgrading the energy efficiency … Continue reading Status Report on Net-Zero Project from the Green Sanctuary Committee

Summer Sunday activities for kids start June 16. Meet at 10:45 in Room 9 (Buddha room) for our open-ing, and then we’ll be outside for games, crafts, experiments, nature walks, and more! These lean to-wards elementary age but pre-K through teens are welcome. Play clothes and sneakers, not fancies and flip flops, please. Nursery is … Continue reading Summer Religious Education

On Saturday June 15th, People’s Church held our annual White Elephant sale. Thank you to everyone who donated wonderful treasures as well as to the folks who came shopping, put out a yard sign, helped with donations, set up, tear down, hauling unsold items to donation places and staffing tables during the event. This event … Continue reading White Elephant Sale HUGE SUCESS

In late June, the Unitarian Universalist Association (People’s Church is one of about 1,100 member congregations of the UUA) held an annual meeting, the General Assembly. In addition to inspiring worship (some of which you will see at People’s Church soon), several pieces of business happened. Bylaws were updated, including a major revision of Article … Continue reading Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly Update

Hello All! My name is Lillian Slack (though I usually go by Lily), and my pronouns are she/her.  It would come as a surprise to my younger self that I am joining a congregation and attending a place with “church” in the title. I grew up in a semi-practicing pagan household, with extended family ranging … Continue reading New Member Bios

Thursday June 20, 4-6pmFriday, June 21, 2:30-6pmSaturday, June 22, 2:30-6pmThe CommonsJoin Rev. Rachel in The Commons to watch the Livestream of the business sessions of this year’s Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly, including the revision of Article II of the UUA Bylaws. Stop in for a few minutes or a few hours over any of … Continue reading General Assembly Watch Parties

We will not meet in June to allow people to find books to suggest for the next church year. Our next meeting will be at 1:30 on July 1 at Friendship Village when we will decide on what those books will be. People should bring 2 or 3 suggestions. We focus mainly on quality fiction. This … Continue reading Afternoon Book Club