How to Make a New Year’s Resolution – Advice from a PRO (Video)

With Ken Merrell and Mark SimpsonThinking about making a few New Year’s resolutions? How did last year’s fare? Always good to think through what you are asking of yourself. Ken will talk about the ways the word "resolution" is used. The word means one thing to a musician and something totally different to a chemist. […]

Two Stories of Christmas

Please join us in person, there will be no Zoom for this service. With Terra Anderson, Effie Brown, Mary Goolsby, Jay Taksony Hewitt, Judy Kaplan, Remmel Nunn, and Patricia Pocock Guest Accompanist: Karen Heather Star Mother’s Youngest Child  by Louise Moeri is the story of a grumpy old woman who has never properly celebrated Christmas […]

Opening the Barn Door (Video)

Guest Speaker: Joseph BednarikWorship Leader: Toyan CopelandSpecial Musician: Eileen Soskin In his poem "the lamb was bleating softy," Juan Ramon Jimenez imagines being in Bethlehem two thousand years ago. "I opened the barn door to see if/He was there/He was!" As we approach the generous mysteries of Christmas, let's pull open the barn door of […]

Holiday Music Service (Video)

With Mavis Cauffman, Janet Garrow, Andrea Fink, Gary Hattal, Sandy Welch, Dave Cauffman, and special musicians Cynthia Morrow-Hattal, Tintinnabulation, and YOU! We'll explore the history of some holiday traditions and sing - including a mass singing of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. If you would like to brush up your part, check here.

Compassion Fatigue: The Toll of Caring Too Much (Video)

Rev. Kate Lore and Dr. Kate Sheppard with worship leader Terra Anderson, and guest musician Celia Farran.As a community of people rooted in compassion, in a world of seemingly endless causes, how do we possibly manage to focus our time, energy and resources to effectively make a change without completely burning ourselves out?  The service […]