We hope you will join us in-person or online for “The Spaces Between” and the first Sunday of Advent! Rev. Lara Hoke will lead the service, and several of our parishioners will provide music (Carolyn McCreary, Eric Semple, Peter Ersland, Kristine Tomlinson). Don’t miss it!

This service will be multi-platform (streaming live online, and also in-person in the sanctuary). To participate online, members and friends can click HERE shortly before 10 a.m. and enter the website password to receive a link to participate in the worship service. All are welcome to join the worship service live on our YouTube channel HERE (but the YouTube link will not allow you to interact as the Zoom link will).

On FRIDAYSs at 2 p.m., Rev. Lara Hoke will lead “Loving-Kindness Sangha Meditation Practice” online. Participants are welcome to stay and meditate the entire time, or leave as they wish (or need) to do. The link for online participants will be: https://tinyurl.com/LovingKindnessSangha

All are welcome! No need to RSVP. Lara will be there, with as many – or as few – people who participate each week.

Curious about the name? “Loving-kindness” is a feeling and expression of compassion, mercy, tenderness, and an unconditional love toward all beings; it is a term used in some religious traditions, notably Buddhism. (Our own blue/teal hymnal includes #1031, “Filled with Loving Kindness”, with lyrics based on a traditional Buddhist meditation.) “Sangha” is actually a Sanskrit word meaning assembly, congregation, or community, and it is used in several religious traditions, most notably Buddhism (but also Jainism, Sikhism, and more). So the name means something like “an assembly of people aspiring to compassion and unconditional love toward all beings” sharing meditation practice.

We hope you will join us in-person or online for “The Festival of Lights”, a multigenerational, multi-holiday celebration! Rev. Lara Hoke & DRE Thea Shapiro will co-lead the service.

This service will be multi-platform (streaming live online, and also in-person in the sanctuary). To participate online, members and friends can click HERE shortly before 10 a.m. and enter the website password to receive a link to participate in the worship service. All are welcome to join the worship service live on our YouTube channel HERE (but the YouTube link will not allow you to interact as the Zoom link will).

The big service of the day will be the 6 p.m. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, but if you’d like to worship at our usual 10:00 a.m. Sunday time, join Rev. Lara for a casual, contemplative service. There will be no religious education classes, though children are welcome to attend the contemplative service if they wish. Molly and the choir will not be there; it will be a simple service.

Please join us for a very special Christmas Eve Candlelight Service! The service will be multi-platform (streaming live online, and also in-person in the sanctuary). There will be beautiful music, carols, a story for all ages, a homily, candlelight, and more.