We begin our church program year with our annual water service. We will celebrate the joy of community. Please bring water from somewhere meaningful to you to add to a common bowl as a symbol of our connections with one another and the wider world. If you are not able to attend the service in … Continue reading Water Service
This year our broad theme for summer services is “Navigating the Unexpected.” People’s People will speak on this theme in a variety of ways. Each service will include a ten-minute reflection from a speaker followed by group discussion.
Missy Howse-Kurtz, April Schmidt and Tim Kieffer who are members of the The Dismantling Racism Team, which works in collaboration with the Board of Trustees to apply anti-racist, anti-oppressive, multiculturally-centered principles to the collective work of the congregation.”
This service will be a first hand experience of the work of visionary musician/composer Pauline Oliveros. We will explore her concepts of Deep Listening through readings and sound meditations together, with a goal of finding a deeper understanding of the sounds that surround our everyday life.
When People’s person Kay Spade died this spring, she left a collection of the poems she loved best. We will hear some of those poems and celebrate books and reading, especially in this time when access to books is being threatened by the rising wave of book challenges and censorship. This service will also include … Continue reading A Celebration of Poetry and Books
