What to Expect:
We gather for worship at 10:30 every Sunday in our sanctuary where, together, we can seek meaning, wrestle with tough questions, and find joy, solace, and belonging.
Worship includes a sermon, prayer, poetry, scripture reading, hymns, and beautiful music from our choir, organist or guest musicians. We know worshipping at a new place for the first time can feel intimidating. An order of service is provided that will help you follow along. As long as you come with an open heart and mind, you can’t mess up!
While some elements of our worship (like the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer) speak to our Christian history, we draw from a variety of both secular and religious sources of wisdom during our services. Our congregation is diverse, with folks who identify as humanist, atheist, pagan, Jewish, Christian, or simply searchers and seekers. At various points throughout the year you will hear these traditions represented during the worship service. Our sermons touch on spiritual and ethical questions that are relevant to the times and offer grounding practices, questions for reflection, or calls to social action that you can carry with you throughout the week.
Children are always welcome in the sanctuary! Every week,our children and youth join us for the beginning of service. After an engaging and fun “time for all ages,” they are invited to join our Religious Education Director for Sunday School. You can find more information about our programming for children and youth here.
After service, we gather in the Cleveland Room, just behind the sanctuary, where we enjoy coffee and tea, snacks, and conversation. We take hospitality seriously, and visitors often comment on our beautiful blue and white cups and saucers! In the winter, we may even have a fire going. In an increasingly virtual world, it is a lively and beautiful place of connection.
We hope you’ll join us for Sunday services soon!
Upcoming Worship Services:
September 28, 10:30am
Begin again, and again, and again…in love
The Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are an annual time of reflection, repentance, and renewal. Judaism is one of several religious traditions that set aside time every year for these practices. This Sunday we’ll explore how these rituals and traditions help remind us this work is both never done but also part of a greater cycle. We will always return to the work of atonement and forgiveness but we don’t have to be stuck there.
October 5, 10:30am
In the Breaking of the Bread
Join us on World Communion Sunday as we explore the ways we encounter the divine through acts of radical hospitality. We will draw on the Gospel of Luke, stories from ancient mythology, and wisdom from LGBTQ theology to help us understand how we can welcome the stranger and open ourselves up to one another when we meet at the table.