for February 15, 2026 Before Worship Begins A Brief Shared Moment Before we begin, we invite you into a short moment of reflection. If you are comfortable, turn to one person near you. Take a moment to consider this question: Think of a time you realized something important only after it had already happened. What …
for February 8, 2026 We Gather A Moment of Personal Reflection Before Worship Begins Before we begin, let’s take a moment to notice something together. If you have a phone, take about thirty seconds and look up “the most powerful people in the world” in a search engine. Then click on images.If you don’t have …
for February 1, 2026 We Gather A Moment of Shared Reflection Before Worship Begins Before we begin,we take a moment to notice who is hereand what we carry with us. Today’s scriptures tell the truth we often avoid:that God’s attention does not move firsttoward the loudest voices,the strongest arguments,or the most impressive lives. God’s care …
for January 25, 2026 We Gather Personal and Quiet Reflection Before Worship Before we speak,before we sing,before we explain ourselves or one another,we pause. We come from different weeks,different burdens,different hopes.Some arrive confident.Some arrive uncertain.Some arrive carrying questions they no longer try to answer. Yet we are not gathered by similarity,nor by agreement,nor by certainty. …
for January 11, 2026 We Gather When Light Breaks In Light changes what we can see. Sometimes it reveals beauty.Sometimes it exposes what we would rather ignore.Sometimes it draws us forward, even when we are unsure where we are going. The scriptures today speak again and again of light—not as comfort for a few,but as …
A Service for the Beginning of the Year for January 4, 2026 We Gather Remembering Who We Are At the beginning of a new year,we arrive carrying expectations—about what we should do,what we should change,what we should become. Before any of that,we pause. Before plans are made,before promises are spoken,before effort is measured, we remember …