<description>&lt;p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;“We don’t always get a breakfast on the beach with the Giver of Existence, but we sometimes get the miracle of a change of perspective that leads us to question who we are going to be now. May you SEE that you are invited to be so much more than you have allowed yourself to be.” – &lt;strong&gt;Scott Erickson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

We continue our sermon series “Stations of the Resurrection” where we remember the beautiful story of the resurrected Christ preparing breakfast for the disciples on the beach. The sermon text is John 21:1-14 and Pastor Teresa’s sermon is “Breakfast with Jesus.” 

Breakfast with Jesus

<description>&lt;p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;“Doubt will be your constant companion on this journey. Doubt will be the consistent wall of understanding that you bump up against as you pursue the Endless Mystery. Doubt is the doorway to each new way of knowing, each new perspective. Doubt is the feeling of your heart expanding for a larger capacity of Love. May you SEE your doubt as the invitation to endless knowability.” – &lt;strong&gt;Scott Erickson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This Sunday we begin our sermon series “Stations of the Resurrection.” This series carries us from through May 3 where we will encounter the resurrected Christ appearing to the disciples. This Sunday the scripture lesson is about Doubting Thomas from John 20:19-31 and Pastor Teresa’s sermon is entitled “Wounded Healers.”

Wounded Healers

<description>&lt;p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;“Hallelujah that in spite of it all, there is love, there is singing, nature, laughing, mercy.” – &lt;strong&gt;Anne Lamott&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="preFade fadeIn" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Death cannot stop the good news. It is alive, unbound, and wild in the world. Like the mustard seed, it grows without limit. Like water turned into wine, it surprises us with joy. Like loaves of bread, it expands to feed each hungry soul. And now, even in the face of death, it will not be buried or silenced. Just as the angels in Advent, the angel at the empty tomb delivers good news: “Do not be afraid.” On the way to Galilee, Jesus greets the women with this same message, but adds: “Go and tell my brothers and sisters to go to Galilee; there they will see me.” As we celebrate the good news of Easter, let us also go out seeking Christ in the faces of neighbors and strangers, and in the good works that are alive in this world. – &lt;strong&gt;A Sanctified Art&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Join us for worship Easter Sunday as we celebrate the joy and hope of Christ's resurrection. The sermon text is Matthew 28:1-10 and Pastor Teresa's sermon is "Alleluia, Anyway!" 

Alleluia Anyway

<description>&lt;p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;“Revolutionary and subversive acts do not have to be grandiose or immediately altering. They can be small, seen but immediately unseen, loud and expected but bewilderingly unconventional. In that way, the powers that be cannot control, stop, or even anticipate the next revolutionary act. . . . So for the upcoming Palm Sunday, please try this revolutionary act. Disrupt the indifference, distract the oppressive. Perhaps someone out there is waiting for your invitation. Perhaps someone in your church is waiting for the church to become a source of positive change in the world.” – &lt;strong&gt;Dr. Dong Hyeon Jeong&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="preFade fadeIn" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;"Two processions entered Jerusalem on a spring day in the year 30. . . One a peasant procession, the other an imperial procession. From the east, Jesus rode a donkey down the Mount of Olives, cheered by his followers. On the opposite side of the city, from the west, Pontius Pilate, entered Jerusalem at the head of a column of imperial cavalry and soldiers. Jesus' procession proclaimed the kingdom of God; Pilate's proclaimed the power of empire." – &lt;strong&gt;John Dominic Crossan&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;strong&gt;Marcus Borg&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;in “The Last Week”&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This Sunday is Palm Sunday! We continue our sermon series “Tell Me Something Good.” The Gospel Lesson is Mark 10:1-11 and Pastor Teresa’s sermon is “The Good News Inspires Us To Act.”

The Good News Inspires us to Act

<description>&lt;p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;“Our love and mercy are stronger than the hate that ignores the call to love neighbor and stranger…What we can do now is find our people; wrap our arms around the most vulnerable of us; have honest conversations; lean into mutual aid and kindness; and curate moments of joy and fierce love.” — &lt;strong&gt;Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

It is the 5th Sunday of Lent and we continue our sermon series “Tell Me Something Good.” The scripture readings are Matthew 23:23 and John 8:2-11 and Pastor Teresa’s Sermon is “The Good News is Rooted in Justice, Mercy and Faithfulness.” 

The Good News is Rooted in Justice, Mercy and Faithfulness

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