A Lenten devotion by the pastor of our sister church in Calderitas.
Read MorePastor Gary writes about our responsibility to speak out for the justice of all people, on the holiday on which we remember the life, work, and message of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Read MoreWe need your questions, insight, and engagement in our 2018 Annual Congregational Meeting. A ministry update meeting and a financial update meeting will precede the official meeting.
Read MoreAdvent is a season of waiting. It is a time when days are short and nights are long. This season of waiting is a time when, much like the people in our passage from Isa, we embrace the profound dissonance between the beauty of God’s promised kingdom and the grotesque injustices of our world.
Read MoreA new year beckons. With it come plans for personal change, growth and service, whether we formulate them into “New Year’s resolutions” or not. But with all our plans and hopes, will we find ourselves over-committed and stressed out?
Read MoreIn this video, step into the perspective of the voiceless, and see clearly how Christ remains a radical and much-needed inbreaking of love and hope this Christmas.
Read MoreBeginning January 23rd, Advent will launch a 6-month study for white Christians, exploring the role that white privilege and internalized white superiority has in shaping attitudes, belief systems, cultures and those of the church and society at large.
Read MoreThe message everywhere is that this holiday season is all about us. But as Christians, we know this Advent/Christmas season is in fact all about God and God’s gift of love and mercy through Jesus. And so, let's give gifts this year to the Christ Child.
Read MoreOver the years, as a spiritual practice, I’ve collected an Advent sound track to help me get ready and stay firmly rooted in the Advent season! These are some of my favorites…what are yours?
Read MoreCould you or someone you know serve on our Congregational Council next year?
Read MoreJoel was in medical school. Pastor Danielle had just finished seminary and had student debt. And Pastor Danielle was looking for a job. So why and how did they do it?
Read MoreThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you. It is a familiar line for a longtime Lutheran Church goer. In fact, you can find it in almost any service, from everyday Sundays to weddings and funerals. So what is so important about this short section of the service?
Read MoreJesus spoke these words to his disciples, people who would soon experience life without his physical presence. They would be tempted to view life from the perspective of scarcity. They wouldn’t have Jesus . . .
Read MoreThe challenge: Take one picture of something you are grateful for every day, through Thanksgiving. See our daily pictures here.
Read MoreThis Thanksgiving season, hear different Advent members give thanks for how God is at work in their lives through this faith community in a series of 2-minute videos.
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