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All are welcome to worship with us at any time, day or night!
About Us
We are an inclusive, progressive and diverse Christian community, dedicated to loving others as Christ has loved us. We welcome all who wish to join us.
Welcome!
We extend a warm welcome to all visitors! Connect with us through our weekly newsletter The Fledgling, or scroll down to Happening Now.
Prayer Requests
Let us know if you have a prayer request for yourself or someone else, and we’ll include it in our Sunday bulletin. For indefinite requests, please submit a new request each week. If you have a pastoral care emergency, please call our office or email us.
Volunteer to help at Loaves & Fishes
Loaves and Fishes needs volunteers! Help greet and provide meals to the hungry.
Lunch is served Monday, Wednesday and Friday; dinner is served Tuesday and Thursday. Shifts are Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00-11:30 and 11:15-2:15; and Tuesday and Thursday 2:00-5:00 and 4:45-7:45.
Volunteers are needed, especially for the 2:30-5:00 pm and 4:45-7:45 pm shifts on Tuesday and Thursday.
Please see https://loaves.org/volunteer/how-to-volunteer/ if you can help or are interested in learning more.
Liturgical Season
Advent is the first season of the church year, beginning with the fourth Sunday before Christmas and continuing through the day before Christmas. The name is derived from “adventus”, the Latin word for “coming.”
The season is a time of preparation and expectation for the coming celebration of our Lord’s nativity, and for the final coming of Christ “in power and glory.”
Advent is meant to be a time of reflection and a time set aside to renew our connection to Christ.
The Advent Wreath, seen at the front of the Nave during the Advent season, is a circle of greenery, marked by four candles that represent the four Sundays of the season of Advent. An additional candle is lit as each new Sunday is celebrated in Advent. Our Advent wreath includes a white candle in the center known as the “Christ Candle,” which is lit on Christmas Eve.
A Festival of Lessons and Carols
Adult Education
Adult Ed. for the fall starts on September 22nd at 9:15 in the Parish Hall. We will be reading and discussing The Church Cracked Open: Disruption, Decline, and New Hope for Beloved Community, by Stephanie Spellers.
You can find a review of the book here.
Laundry Love
is doing more laundry than ever before! If you would like to help out, and do someone’s laundry, let the office know.
- Laundry Love needs extra tote/grocery bags so guests can carry their things home in comfort! If you have spare grocery/tote bags (those fabric-ish ones you pay 5 cents for are perfect) bring them by the church!
- The Dignity Pantry provides hygiene items, socks, underwear, and other necessities to our guests who come to Loaves and Fishes and Laundry Love. The Dignity Pantry is running low on detergent, diapers, shampoo, toothpaste, and other hygiene necessities.