From June 21 through September 6, we will have summer services on Sunday morning. These services have lower production values, usually, but greater intimacy. Most weeks, People’s people will share reflections on things that matter to them and there will be time for small group conversations. The speakers’ schedule is not available as the newsletter … Continue reading Summer Service
From June 21 through September 6, we will have summer services on Sunday morning. These services have lower production values, usually, but greater intimacy. Most weeks, People’s people will share reflections on things that matter to them and there will be time for small group conversations. The speakers’ schedule is not available as the newsletter … Continue reading Summer Service
From June 21 through September 6, we will have summer services on Sunday morning. These services have lower production values, usually, but greater intimacy. Most weeks, People’s people will share reflections on things that matter to them and there will be time for small group conversations. The speakers’ schedule is not available as the newsletter … Continue reading Summer Service
From June 21 through September 6, we will have summer services on Sunday morning. These services have lower production values, usually, but greater intimacy. Most weeks, People’s people will share reflections on things that matter to them and there will be time for small group conversations. The speakers’ schedule is not available as the newsletter … Continue reading Summer Service
From June 21 through September 6, we will have summer services on Sunday morning. These services have lower production values, usually, but greater intimacy. Most weeks, People’s people will share reflections on things that matter to them and there will be time for small group conversations. The speakers’ schedule is not available as the newsletter … Continue reading Summer Service
From June 21 through September 6, we will have summer services on Sunday morning. These services have lower production values, usually, but greater intimacy. Most weeks, People’s people will share reflections on things that matter to them and there will be time for small group conversations. The speakers’ schedule is not available as the newsletter … Continue reading Summer Service
Poet and Essayist Ross Gay writes about our current reality, ‘[The wreckage] commands our attention, and for good reason. We have to survive it. But even if we understand the wreckage to survive it, it needn’t be the primary object of our study. The survival need be.’ The world is an often heartbreaking place. In … Continue reading Summer Service
In this week’s sermon, our own Mac Armstrong asks, what if sensitivity is only part of what is needed to facilitate growth? After introducing the concept of an emotional dialectic, he identifies vulnerability as a counter-force to sensitivity and argues that through emotional cycling between sensitivity and vulnerability, we can balance the dialectic and break … Continue reading Summer Service
Michigan is home to more than 1,000 environmental and conservation organizations. The vast majority of Michiganders care about protecting our environment, communities and people. Imagine the force for change that would be possible if their collective concerns could be harnessed and leveraged. That’s a new focus for the Michigan Environmental Council (MEC). Chief Operating Office, Joe … Continue reading Summer Service
Laura Bultman and John MacLellan will lead us in this year’s Hymn Sing Service! Join us for a collection of People’s peoples’ favorite hymns, led by Tim Kieffer, Bridget and Michelle Nickerson, Holly Hunter, Karen Tinklenberg, and Amy Meyer! From June 21 through September 6, we will have summer services on Sunday morning. These services … Continue reading Summer Service
The reflection will be given by Don Miller, a poet, family psychologist, long time member of People’s Church and an adult leader of our high school youth. I am pleased to announce that the talented Rachel Bair will be singing 3 songs and leading 3 hymns! From June 21 through September 6, we will have summer … Continue reading Summer Service: “I’d Like to Love More Than 75%”
At a time in our national life when so many conversations rapidly devolve into us vs. them, let’s take a look at how our choices of words affects what others truly hear when we talk. Likewise, what do we hear when others talk to us? What do we all expect, need, feel? With his nonviolent … Continue reading Summer Service: How Will We Ever Learn to Talk to Each Other?
We will close our church year with our annual flower service. This ritual at the core of this service was created by Rev. Norbert Čapek, a Czech Unitarian, in the 1920s as a celebration of community and diversity. In the years since, especially after Čapek was killed by the Nazis, it has become our anti-fascist … Continue reading Flower Service
On the weekend of the Kalamazoo Pride festival, we will bring the party celebrating LGBTQIA+ folks to church, with joy, music, and blessings. If you are a LGBTQIA+ People’s person and would like to participate in ritual leadership (there are both speaking and non-speaking ways to lead), please reach out to Rev. Rachel. We would … Continue reading Pride Service
Several months ago, Rev. Rachel led the People’s Church board through a process of asset mapping – recognizing all of the resources (human, physical, spiritual, programmatic, and more) that we have here at the church. The process was inspiring and the board suggested that everyone at the church have achance to take part. This service … Continue reading We Have Everything We Need
In this service we will honor those who have died in war in military service to our country, remember the people we love who have died in the last year, and recognize all of the grief we are holding in our hearts. If you have a photo of someone you love who has died in … Continue reading Memorial Day Service
As the program year draws to a close, we will celebrate all of the wonderful People’s people who gave their time this year to keep the religious education program thriving. We will also reflect on the importance of religious community for children – and people of all ages. For this service, Rev. Rachel wants to … Continue reading Religious Education Service
Well, here we are again for another People’s Church Poetry Service. Rumor has it that it is a favorite! For those who are not familiar with the service, you will be treated to a host of church and local community poets reading their original work. Our theme this year is Unity. If you are interested … Continue reading Poetry Service
Come sing a song with us! Join a variety of People’s musicians this Sunday for our annual celebration of the aural arts. You can access the order of service HERE. This Sunday at the end of service, there will be a fire drill, evacuating the building. Please join us on Zoom or in person! Services are … Continue reading Music Service
Rabbi Simone Schicker (she/her) has been the spiritual leader of Temple B’nai Israel in Kalamazoo since her ordination from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in 2018. Rabbi Schicker currently serves as the co-President of the Women’s Rabbinic Network, is on the Board of Friendship Village Kalamazoo and is a member of Faith … Continue reading Abortion Bans are Against My Religion: What Judaism has to Teach About Reproductive Justice
