Sermon Archive – St. Croix United Church

January 2025

1-26-2025, "To What Ministries are We Each Called?"
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1-19-2025, "Do We Believe in One Another?"
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1/12/2025, "Get in the Tub!" Preacher, Rev. Dan Warnes
1/5/2025, "What Contributes to Our Radiance?"
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December 2024

12/29/2024, "Will We Notice the Extraordinary in the Everyday?"
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12/24/2024, Christmas Eve Late Service, 10 pm
12/24/2024, Christmas Eve Early Service, 3 pm
12/22/2024, "What Does Love Make Possible?"
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12/20/2024, Christmas Solstice Service
12/15/2024, "How Will We Share Joy?"
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12/8/2024, "How Can We Prepare a Space for Peace?"
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12/1/2024, "Do We Plant Seeds of Hope?"
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November 2024

11/24/2024, "Will We Invest In One Another?"
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- Stewardship Moment with Therese Thorson
11/17/2024, "Birth Pangs" Guest Preacher, Rev. Paula Northwood
- Stewardship Moment with Kathleen Dennison
11/10/2024, "What Does Trust Look Like?"
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- Stewardship Moment with David Kirstein
11/3/2024, "How Can We Love with Our Whole Selves?"
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- Stewardship Moment with Cheri Schwartz

October 2024

10/27/2024, "Do We Recognize Restoration?"
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10/20/2024, Guest Preacher, Rev. Désirée Hartson Gold
10/13/2024, "How Do We Make Each Day Count?"
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10/6/2024, "How Will We Pursue Companionship?"
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September 2024

9/29/2024, "How Will We Find One Another?"
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9/22/2024, "For What Kind of Greatness Will We Strive?"
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9/22/2024, Blessing Service for St. Croix United Church
- YouTube link
9/15/2024, "What Good Comes Through Self-Determination?"
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9/8/2024, "How Can We Practice Mutuality?"
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9/1/2024, "How Can True-Hearted Living Purify Us?"
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August 2024

8/25/2024, "How Can a Home in God Shape Us?"
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8/18/2024, Guest Preacher, Rev. Fritz West
8/11/2024, "How Can We Choose To Imitate God?"
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8/4/2024, "For What Do We Hunger?"
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July 2024

7/28/2024, "Abundance" Guest Preacher, Rev. Rebecca LeMenager
7/21/2024, "How Can Respite and Refreshment Restore Us?"
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7/14/2024, "How Do Community, Worship and Joy Intertwine?"
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7/7/2024, Community Worship with Bethlehem Lutheran Church (to view recording, click here)
- Sermon Text, "Voices We Hear and Expectations We Encounter"

June 2024

6/30/2024, "There Is a Time: NACCC Annual Meeting Conference Gleanings"
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6/23/2024, "That They May Be One" Guest Preacher, Rev. Dan Warnes
6/16/2024, "Sacred Re-Imagining: 62nd Annual Meeting of the MNUCC Reflections"
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6/9/2024, "How Does God Work Within Us?"
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6/2/2024, "Do We Know Our 'So That?'"
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May 2024

5/26/2024, "The Burden of a Soldier" Guest Preacher, Rev. Naomi Kirstein
5/19/2024, "What Does This Mean?" Guest Preacher, Rev. Dr. Justin Sabia-Tanis
5/12/2024, "How Do Our Taproots Sink Into Love?"
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5/5/2024, "In What Ways Do We Need Pruning?"
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April 2024

4/28/2024, "How Do We Love One Another?"
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4/21/2024, "Being the Beloved" Guest Preacher, Rev. Vicki Wunsch
4/14/2024, "How Does Love Work Amidst Fear?"
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4/7/2024, "What If We Rarely Say Never?"
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March 2024

3/31/2024, "What Is Easter's Invitation To You?"
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3/29/2024, "Good Friday Tenebrae Service"
3/28/2024, "Maundy Thursday"
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3/24/2024, "Palm Sunday Community Service"
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- Recorded Service
3/17/2024, "What Life Will We Lose? What Life Will We Gain?"
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3/10/2024, "How Do We Embody Grace?"
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3/3/2024, "What Will We Face with Zeal?"
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Wednesdays in Lent 2024

2/21 - 3/20, click here for bulletin, click here for the Holden Evening Prayer booklet

February 2024

2/25/2024, Rev. Fritz West - guest preacher
2/18/2024, "How Do We Lift Up Our Souls?"
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2/15/2024, Ash THURSday Worship
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2/11/2024, "Can We Return to a Mountaintop Moment?"
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2/4/2024, "What is Worship All About?"
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January 2024

1/28/2024, "How Does Faith Help Us to Be Unflinching?"
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1/21/2024, "To Follow Jesus, What Do We Need To Drop?"
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1/14/2024, "Will We Receive and Trust God's Affirmation?"
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1/7/2024, “Do We Shine to Control or to Influence?”
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December

12/31/2023, "It Is So Beautiful! Do You See It?"
12/24/2023, Christmas Eve, "Will We Carry Forward the Christmas Service?"
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12/21/2023, "Light in the Darkness: A Contemplative Christmas Solstice Service"
12/17/2023, "What Does Your Soul Proclaim?"
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12/10/2023, "How Will We Clear A Path For God?"
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12/3/2023, "In What Ways Do We Need Restoration?"
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November 2023

11/26/2023, Asking with the Sheep, "When Did We...?"
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11/19/2023, "Will We Do Justice, Kindness, and Love?"
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11/12/2023, "For What Are We Ready?"
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11/5/2023, "What Impact Does Integrity Have?"
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October 2023

10/29/2023, "Unifying Thoughts"
10/22/2023, Pastor Daniel Harrell
10/15/2023, "As Opportunities Emerge, What Fruit Will We Bear?"
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10/8/2023, "How Do the Ten Commandments Relate to Us Today?"
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10/1/2023, "Will They Know We Are Christians By Our Love?"
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September 2023

9/17/2023, "In Whose Liberation Do We Participate?"
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9/10/2023, "How Does a Community Become Fully Alive?"
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9/3/2023, "What Does 'Doing All You Can' Look Like?"
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August 2023

8/27/2023, "The Body of Christ as a Living Sacrifice", Pastor Daniel Harrell
8/20/2023, Rev. Fritz West as Guest Preacher
8/13/2023, "What Encourages Your Living?"
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8/6/2023, Worship at St. Peter's United Church of Christ

July 2023

7/30/2023, "What Work Is Yours As We Embody The Kindom of Heaven?"
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7/23/2023, "How Do We Place Hope In the Future?"
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7/16/2023, "The Seeds of Change", Pastor Daniel Harrell
7/9/2023, "The Danger of a Scarcity Mindset", Pastor Daniel Harrell
7/2/2023, "While We Wait: What Does Christ Want from People?" Community Worship with Bethlehem Lutheran Church

June 2023

6/25/2023, Rev, Fritz West as Guest Preacher
6/18/2023, "What Evidence Do We Show of God's Love?"
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6/11/2023, "What If You Don't Need Grace?", Pastor Daniel Harrell
6/4/2023, "Do We Notice and Collaborate in the Very Good?"
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May 2023

5/28/2023, "Will We Manifest The Spirit For The Common Good?"
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5/21/2023, "For What Has the Time Come?"
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5/14/2023, "Do we Lean into Companioning Love?"
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5/7/2023, "What Do We Build As Living Stones?"
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April 2023

4/30/2023, "Christ as the Good Shepherd", Pastor Daniel Harrell
4/23/2023, "What Do We Co-Create in Space and Time?"
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4/16/2023, "Can People Tell What Inspires Us?"
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4/9/2023, “How Will We Open the Door to Life?”
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4/7/2023, Good Friday Tenebrae Service
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March 2023

3/26/2023, "Do We Welcome What Invigorates Us?"
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3/19/2023, “Was Blind But Now I See”, Pastor Daniel Harrell
3/12/2023, “Where Are Springs of Living Water?”
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3/5/2023, “Born of the Spirit, Eternal by Design”
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Wednesday Evenings in Lent

3/1-3/29, click here for bulletin, click here for the Holden Evening Prayer booklet

February 2023

2/26/2023, "From What Do We Need Release?"
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2/22/2023, Ash Wednesday
2/19/2023, "When Do We Radiate Love Most Authentically?"
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2/5/2023, "How Will We be Salty and Light-bearing?"
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January 2023

1/29/2023, "What Will We Co-create with God?"
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1/22/2023, "What Might Following Jesus Look Like?
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1/15/2023, “With What Does the Love of God Endow Us?”
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1/8/2023, "In What Ways Will We Arise and Shine Light?"
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1/1/2023, "What Work is God Giving to You This New Year?"
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December 2022

12/25/2022, Christmas Day,“Will We Reverberate with Christmas Joy?"
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12/24/2022, Christmas Eve 9 pm,“Will We Glorify the God of the Nativity?”
12/24/2022, Christmas Eve, 4 pm,“Will We Glorify the God of the Nativity?”
12/21/2022, Light in the Darkness: A Contemplative Christmas Solstice Service
12/18/2022, What Will Love Make Possible?
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12/11/2022 , "The Scandal of Grace", Pastor Daniel Harrell
12/4/2022, "How Will We Prepare for Peace-Building?"
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Recorded Services (live) - November 2022

E-Bulletin, 11/27/2022, How Will We Co-Create Hope?
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E-Bulletin, 11/22/2022, Joint Thanksgiving Service with BLC
E-Bulletin, 11/20/2022, "Do We Embody Devotion to the God of Jesus?"
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E-Bulletin, 11/13/2022, "What Can Honesty Make Possible?"
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E-Bulletin, 11/6/2022, "Will Each Generation Know and Value Love?"
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Recorded Services (live) - October 2022

E-Bulletin, 10/30/2022, "Will We Participate in Reformation?"
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E-Bulletin, 10/23/2022, “A Hard Look in the Mirror”, @ St. Peter's UCC, Pastor Daniel Harrell
E-Bulletin, 10/16/2022, "Will We Amplify Acts Of Heart & Courage?"
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E-Bulletin, 10/9/2022, "What Does Healing Require?"
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E-Bulletin, 10/2/2022, "Is a Life of Faith Self-Fulfilling?"
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Recorded Services (live) - September 2022

E-Bulletin, 9/25/2022. "In What Will We Dare to Invest?"
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E-Bulletin, 9/18/2022, "In What Ways Are We Trustworthy?"
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E-Bulletin, 9/11/2022, "Are We Open to Being Found?"
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E-Bulletin, 9/4/2022, "How Will We Stay Salty?"
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Recorded Services (live) - August 2022

E-Bulletin, 8/28/2022, “How Will You Be Remembered?”
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E-Bulletin, 8/21/2022, “Will We Welcome Release, Growth and Leaven?”
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E-Bulletin, 8/14/2022, “Will We Approach Division with Care?”, PDF of Bulletin
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E-Bulletin, 8/7/2022, “Do We Place Faith in Something More?”, PDF of Bulletin
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Recorded Services (live) - July 2022

Bulletin, 7/31/2022, "Do We Invest More in Abundance or in Emptiness?", PDF of Bulletin
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E-Bulletin, 7/24/2022, "The Madness of Mercy", PDF of Bulletin, Pastor Daniel Harrell
E-Bulletin, 7/17/2022, "Will We Notice, Listen and Engage?”, PDF of Bulletin
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E-Bulletin, 7/10/2022, "... And the Greatest of These is Love", PDF of Bulletin
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E-Bulletin, 7/3/2022, Community Worship Service with Bethlehem Lutheran Church, PDF of Bulletin
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Recorded Services (live) - June 2022

E-Bulletin, 6/26/2022, "Searching For Hope", PDF of Bulletin, Rev. Claire Klein
E-Bulletin, 6/19/2022, "Freedom Is Not Free", PDF of Bulletin, Rev. Pamela Ngunjiri, ARC
E-Bulletin, 6/12/2022, "Through Whom Does Wisdom Call to You?", PDF of bulletin
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E-Bulletin, 6/5/2022,“Will We Move With the Fire and Wind of the Holy Spirit?” ,PDF of Bulletin Pastor Clare and Pastor Daniel Harell
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Recorded Services (live) - May 2022

E-Bulletin, 5/29/2022, "Will We Carry Jesus' Message Forward?", PDF of Bulletin
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E-Bulletin, 5/22/2022, "How Will We Be Christian Pluralists?", PDF of Bulletin
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E-Bulletin, 5/15/2022, "Will We Expand With God's Love?", PDF of Bulletin
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E-Bulletin, 5/8/2022, "Will We Support or Diminish Each Other's Lives?", Mother's Day, PDF of Bulletin
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E-Bulletin, 5/1/2022, "All We Don't Know", Rev. Karl Jones, (PDF of Bulletin)

Recorded Services (live) - April 2022

E-Bulletin, 4/24/2022,"How Will We Impact Earth’s Web of Life?”, (PDF of Bulletin)
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Easter, 4/17/2022, "In The Meanwhile, Will We Rise Up?", (PDF of Bulletin)
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Easter Sunrise Service, 4/17/2022, (PDF of Bulletin)
Good Friday, 4/15/2022, (PDF of Bulletin)
Maundy Thursday, 4/14/2022, (PDF of Bulletin)
Palm Sunday, 4/10/2022, With Churches of the St. Croix Valley, Link to Live Stream
Fifth Wednesday in Lent, 4/6/2022, "Wisdom & Consecration", (PDF of Bulletin)
E-Bulletin, 4/3/2022, "Will We Love In New Extravagant Ways?", (PDF of Bulletin)
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Recorded Services (live) - March 2022

Fourth Sunday in Lent, 3/30/2022, "Happiness", PDF of Bulletin
E-Bulletin, 3/27/2022, "Will We Co-Create Second Chances?", (PDF of Bulletin)
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Third Wednesday in Lent, 3/23/2022, "Time", (PDF of Bulletin)
E-Bulletin, 3-20-2022 Third Sunday in Lent, (PDF of Bulletin), Rev. Désirée Gold
Second Wednesday in Lent, 3/16/2022, "Rhythm", (PDF of Bulletin)
E-Bulletin, 3-13-2022, Second Sunday in Lent, "What Holy Longings Will You Pursue?", (PDF of Bulletin)
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First Wednesday in Lent, 3/9/2022, "Rest", (PDF of Bulletin)
E-Bulletin, 3/6/2022, First Sunday in Lent, "Will We Go Where Spirit Leads?", (PDF of Bulletin)
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Ash Wednesday, 3/2/2022, Service, (PDF of Bulletin)
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Recorded Services (live) - February 2022

E-Bulletin, 2/27/2022, "What Makes You Glow? Who Sees Your Glow?", (PDF of Bulletin)
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E-Bulletin, 2/20/2022, "Will We Trust God's Lead And Love Our Enemies?", (PDF of Bulletin)
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E-Bulletin, 2/13/2022, "Toward What Do We Stretch and Lean? What Do We Seek?"
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E-Bulletin, 2/6/2022, "Whom Do We Follow, What Do We Leave Behind?"
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Recorded Services (live) - January 2022

Worship E-Bulletin, 1/30/2022, "If We Trust Love To Empower Us, What Could We Do and Be?"
Worship E-Bulletin, 1/23/2022, "What Are Our Superpowers and How Will We Use Them?"
Worship E-Bulletin, 1/16/2022, "For What Purpose Has Love Anointed You?", (PDF of bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin, 1/9/2022, Epiphany Sunday! "We Observed His Star", (PDF of Bulletin), Rev. Howard Bell
Worship Bulletin, 1/2/2022, "A Service of Milk & Honey", (PDF of Bulletin), Spiritual Life Team

Recorded Services (live) - December 2021

Worship E-Bulletin, 12/26/2021, "Singing Our Faith in Christmastide", (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin, 12/24/2021, "Then and Now, the Light of Christ Arrives" (7 pm) - (9 pm), PDF Bulletin, (7 pm) - (9 pm)
Worship E-Bulletin, 12/21/2021, A Light in the Darkness: A Contemplative Christmas Solstice Service, (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin, 12/19/2021, 4th Sunday of Advent, "Love: With Mary, Will We Live to Love?", (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin, 12/12/2021, 3rd Sunday of Advent, "Joy: How Will We Participate In Salvation?", (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin, 12/5/2021, 2nd Sunday of Advent, "Peace: Will We Be ready To Receive Christmas?", (PDF of Bulletin)

Recorded Live Services - November 2021

Worship E-Bulletin, 11-28-2021, 1st Sunday of Advent, "Hope: How Will Current Distress Move US?", (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin, 11-21-2021, "Beyond Land Acknowledgements: The Power of Story and Action", Native Theologian, Kelly Sherman-Conroy, (PDF of bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin, 11-14-2021, "Will We Give Our Entire Lives to God?", (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin 11-7-2021, "Will We Invest In a Way That Endures?", (PDF of Bulletin)

Recorded Live Services - October 2021

Worship E-Bulletin 10-31-2021, "How Will We Enact Our Commitments?", Rev. Clare Gromoll, (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship Bulletin 10-24-2021, "Will We Restore and Harvest With Joy?", Rev. Clare Gromoll, (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin 10-17-2021, "How Will We Become Great Collectively?", Rev.Clare Gromoll, (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin 10-10-2021, "How Will We Detach From What Encumbers?", Rev. Clare Gromoll, (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin, 10-3-2021, Pastor Clare's Installation Service, (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin 10-3-2021, "With Awe, Identifying as Beloved", Rev. Clare Gromoll, (PDF of Bulletin)

Recorded Live Services - September 2021

Worship E-Bulletin 9-19-2021, "How Can We Better Share the Load?"& Baptism of Edith Lisbeth Stokes. Rev. Clare Gromoll, (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin 9-19-2021, "How Is Gentleness Part of Greatness?". Rev. Clare Gromoll, (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin 9-12-2021, "Will We Lose or Save Life? How So?", Rev. Clare Gromoll, (PDF of Bulletin), (PDF of music insert)
Worship E-Bulletin 9/5/2021, "Will You Be Opened By Love?", Rev. Clare Gromoll, (PDF of Bulletin)

Recorded Live Services - August 2021

Worship E-Bulletin, 8/29/2021, " What Stories Do You Tell and Live?", Rev. Clare Gromoll, (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin, 8/22/2021, "What Does Your Strength look Like?", Rev. Clare Gromoll, (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin, 8/15/2021, "What Do You Hear?", People's of People, (PDF of Bulletin), (PDF of Music)
Worship E-Bulletin, 8/8/2021, "To What Will We Give Ourselves?", Rev. Clare Gromoll (PDF of Bulletin), (PDF of music)
Worship E-Bulletin, 8/1/2021, "Will We Be Broken Open By Grace?", Rev. Clare Gromoll (PDF of Bulletin), (PDF of music)

Recorded Live Services - July 2021

Worship E-Bulletin, 7/25/2021, "Experiencing Scarcity, Abundance, Enough", People of People's. (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-Bulletin, 7/18/2021, "Exploring Antiracism: Welcome to the Table!", People's Antiracism Collective, (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-bulletin, 7/11/2021, "How Will You Exercise Power?", Rev. Clare Gromoll (PDF of Bulletin)
- Due to a technical issue the service was not recorded in its entirety, please see the PDF of the message.
Worship E-bulletin, 7/3/2021, Joint Service with BLC, "Blessed Citizens", Pastor's Clare & Rich - (PDF of Bulletin)

Recorded Live Services - June 2021

Worship E-bulletin, 6/27/2021, "Will We Welcome, Affirm & Heal?", Rev. Clare Gromoll (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-bulletin, 6/20/2021, "Will We Recognize and Lament our Racism?", Rev. Clare Gromoll (PDF of Bulletin) and (PDF of music)
Worship E-bulletin, 6/13/2021, "Is The Truest You Available For Growth?", Rev. Clare Gromoll (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-bulletin, 6/6/2021, "What Does Rising Up Look Like To You?", Rev. Clare Gromoll (PDF of Bulletin)

Recorded Live Services - May 2021

Worship E-bulletin, 5/30/2021, "How Will We Be Born From Above?", Rev. Clare Gromoll (PDF of bulletin)
Worship E-bulletin, 5/23/2021, "How Does The Spirit Land With You?", Rev. Clare Gromoll (PDF of Bulletin)
Memorial Service 5/22/2021: (Anne, Karen, Judy, Don & Michael), Rev. Clare Gromoll (PDF of bulletin) (PDF of insert)
Worship E-bulletin, 5/16, 2021, "How Are We Grounded In Divine Mystery?", Rev. Clare Gromoll (PDF of Bulletin)
Worship E-bulletin, 5/9/2021, "How Will God Nurture Others Through You?", Rev. Clare Gromoll
Worship E-bulletin, 5/2/2021, "How Will We Honor Our Interdependence?", Rev. Clare Gromoll

E-Services - April 2021

Worship E-bulletin, 4/25/2021, "How Will Our Christian Faith Move Us Toward Antiracism?", Rev. Clare Gromoll
Worship E-Bulletin, 4/18/2021, "What do Faith and Right Action Feel Like?", Rev. Clare Gromoll
Worship E-Bulletin, 4/11/2021, "Will We Bring Peace?", Rev. Clare Gromoll
Worship E-Bulletin, 4/4/2021, Easter Sunday, “Living as Though Resurrected”, Rev. Clare Gromoll
Worship E-Bulletin, 4/2/2021, Good Friday | Worship BLC, “An Ecumenical Service of the Seven Last Words of Christ for the Cross”
Worship E-Bulletin, 4/1/2021, Maundy Thursday, "To Love More Fully”, Pastor Clare Gromoll