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Choosing to Stay

for February 22, 2026 Before Worship Begins Beginning Without Pressure You are welcome here exactly as you are. Some of us arrive eager and open. Others arrive tired, distracted, unsure, or carrying…

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When the Work Does Not Stop

Holding Limits, Call, and Compassion Together Mark 6 reminds us that faithful leadership begins with telling the truth, making space to rest, allowing compassion to surface, and only then asking what we…

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Ash Wednesday

Learning to Stay February 18, 2026 Preparing Yourself For Worship This Lent, our worship will feel different on purpose. We are practicing learning to stay—staying present with God and with one another, without…

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Sabotage and Ministry

When Anxiety Disrupts Faithful Work Natural Responses In the parable often referred to as the Prodigal Son, the older son responds to his brother’s return by standing outside the celebration, resisting the…

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Seeing More Than We Expected

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…

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Power in a World of Noise

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…

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The People Nobody Picks First

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…

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Called Together

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…

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You Don’t Have to Be Ready

for January 18, 2026 We Gather Quiet Reflection Before Worship We gather today not because we are certain,but because we have been called. Not because we have answers,but because we are curious.Not…

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The Light Is for Everyone

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…