August 23 – A Backpack of Beginnings

As school opens up to receive our students and our teacher, we work together to confirm our commitment to living our values in all places, including schools. We will have a backpack blessing – not only can students get their backpacks blessed, but all ages are welcome to join – purses, phones, laptop bags, you name it. Whatever you need to be productive in the coming year – bring it and we will bless it!

August 30 – Holy Troublemakers

What if some of the most faithful people in the Bible were also the ones who refused to behave? This morning we’ll meet women who defied expectations, challenged authority, broke the rules, claimed their own power, and sometimes changed the rules themselves. Their stories invite us to wonder whether troublemaking can sometimes be an act of faith—and whether, when the world is unjust, being a little unruly might be exactly what love requires.

September 6 – Labor Day Reflection

This morning we will a have a Bridging ceremony for our RE classes. This is a celebration of moving to a new class, a celebration of growth and change. As our young folks grow older, let us explore the facet of labor and the working life that will face them in the not so distant future.

September 13 – Water Communion

Our week of Ingathering begines with our annual water communion which provides us time to work with the power of Water. We will contemplate waters of transformation, waters of grief, waters of renewal, and waters of joy. In this service, the message is all about our differences, and how they make us more beautiful …. the water symbolizes our commonality – all of us are more water than anything else.

September 20 – Always Becoming

Every beginning is also a continuation. We are happy to invite Hiroya Tsukamoto to continue sharing his music with us. We will explore how the person we are today is not quite the person we were yesterday, and yet we carry all of those selves with us as we move forward. As Heraclitus reminds us, “You never step into the same river twice”—because the river has changed, and so have we. Transformation invites us to trust that we are always beginning again: becoming, releasing, discovering, and making our way toward who we are called to be. Will there be an interactive art project too?? You bet your sweet bippy!