Category: Worship
Ash Wednesday Service
Worship, Feb 14, 5:30pm (Sanctuary)
Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent, acknowledging that we have all fallen short of God’s glory. We will use the Iona Abbey Worship Book for our prayers, sing and listen to beautiful music, partake in communion, and receive the imposition of ashes. Please join us for this quiet service of repentance as we take our first steps toward the cross.Read more
Focus, Everyone
Worship, Feb 11
VIDEO. In Mark 9:2-9, Peter is outdoing even himself by proposing that they all live in this transfiguration glory on the mountaintop. Jesus has other plans and reminds us that we focus on his vision, not our own.Read more
The Gospel of Peace
Worship, Feb 4
VIDEO. We welcomed Father John Dear, longtime peace activist, author, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, who worshiped with us and delivered the message at our service on February 4th at 10am. His message focused on the theme of his newest book, The Gospel of Peace, which he will also talked more about after our lunch together.Read more
Nonviolence Frees a Man
Worship, Jan 28, 8:30 & 11am
VIDEO. Jesus encounters a man with an unclean spirit and proceeds to do a political exorcism, freeing the man and the synagogue from complicity with the imperial occupation and its unjust political order (Mark 1:21-28). How might we use such acts of nonviolence today?Read more
MorningSong Message
Worship, Jan 21
At our MorningSong Worship Service this Sunday, Dan Turk, a missionary co-worker from Madagascar, delivered the message. Then you can hear more about Dan's program at a lunch and presentation in Pope Hall at 12:30 and watch a video of that presentation.Read more
After John Was Arrested
Worship, Jan 21, 11am
At our 11am service, we begin to look at the Gospels through the eyes of nonviolence. John the Baptist was a mentor to Jesus and his arrest by the empire was a turning point and a beginning for Jesus. Why is nonviolence so vital to the world and when will we begin to see its power? We look closer at Mark 1:14-20.Read more
Jesus Goes to Galilee
Worship, Jan 14, 8:30 & 11 am
VIDEO. Jesus decides to go to Galilee where people begin to wonder who he is and what he’s doing here. Ever wonder that yourself? Then come and see what all the fuss is about. Our scripture for the day is John 1:43-51. Read more
Spirit Descending
Worship, Jan 7, 10am
VIDEO. Remember your baptism? Most of us don't, so Pastor Harry asks us to come this Sunday for a Renewal of Baptism and learn why baptism is such a big deal. It really is! Scripture for the day is Mark 1:4-11.Read more
Go Back and Get It
Watch Service, Dec 31
VIDEO. Sankofa is a phrase that encourages learning from the past to inform the future, reaching back to move forward, and lifting as we climb. Songs by Toni Morgan and a message by Madeleine Wright urge us to do just that.Read morePage 6 of 11