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The Labor of Love
Rev. Leia Durland-Jones & Greg Townsend
September 6, 2026

Have you ever wondered what we mean when we say “love is at the
center” of our faith? How does putting love at the center help shape
who we are, what we believe, and how we show up? As we mark this Labor Day weekend, come explore what putting love at the center means to you.

JOIN US ON ZOOM

This Sunday, September 6, come to church early and join Music Director Scott DeVeaux in the Sanctuary at 10:30 AM to learn hymns from our NEW online hymnal! All ages are welcome!

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February 11, 2018: Intergenerational Sunday

Posted on February 10, 2018 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

This month’s image is shawl. Alex McGee talks about the transformational quality of love.

February 4, 2018: The Promise & The Practice of Our Faith

Posted on February 6, 2018 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

On, Sunday February 4th, the congregation I serve engaged in an Association-wide project titled, “The Promise & The Practice of Our Faith.” It was designed to give our overwhelmingly white congregations an unfortunately rare — if not entirely unique — experience of centering the voices of People of Color. A packet of resources was created from which […]

January 28, 2018: The Bodhi Tree

Posted on January 25, 2018 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Rev. Wik explores the symbol of the Bodhi Tree and the Buddhist concept of Dukkha.

January 21, 2018: When There Are No Leaves Nor Fruit

Posted on January 21, 2018 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

There’s this odd little story in the Christian scriptures, recorded in the gospels of both Mark and Matthew. Jesus goes over to a fig tree to get some figs to share with his friends, but there are no figs. Only leaves. So Jesus, perhaps in a fit of pique, says to the tree, “May no […]

January 14, 2018: War, Lament, and the Social Gospel

Posted on January 15, 2018 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

Tomorrow is Martin Luther King Day. Here is a quote from MLK’s nephew, Isaac Newton Farris, Jr., who spoke this past Friday at the White House: He said: “If my uncle were here today, the first thing he would say is, “What are we or what are you doing for others?” And that’s why it […]

January 7, 2018: If Trees Could Talk

Posted on January 12, 2018 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

During that tree planting ceremony I was talking about during the Story Time, when it got to my mentor and friend Ed Lane, he talked about spending time in Sequoia National Park, out in California. He mentioned, in particular, one tree there – the largest and oldest tree in the Park – the General Sherman […]

December 17, 2017: The Giving Tree

Posted on December 16, 2017

Leia Durland-Jones, Director of Faith Development leads our annual Giving Tree service. As we prepare for the holidays, she asks, what do we anticipate, and what do we give of ourselves.

December 10, 2017: Giving Birth

Posted on December 10, 2017 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Chalice Lighting: The mystic Evelyn Underhill wrote, “The Incarnation, which is for popular Christianity synonymous with the historical birth and earthly life of Christ, is for the mystic not only this but also a perpetual Cosmic and personal process. It is an everlasting bringing forth, in the universe and also in the individual ascending soul, […]