About this time last year, Carri and I started saying a new mantra to ourselves: leave the house. It was kind of a joke, kind of not – because we recognized that we had fallen into some new habits during the pandemic that made it more likely that we would barely leave our home most days. Some […]
TV Recommendations with Rev. Gretchen: Shows That Aren’t For Everyone But Might Be For You
It happens quite often that I end up loving a show that I won’t recommend to everyone. Because it is particularly gory, explicit, or just plain weird, or really heavy in one genre (esp sci-fi or fantasy) that some people just don’t like. But then again, these shows are also often incredibly original, fascinating, creative, […]
The Building Bulletin: May 2023
We are getting closer and closer to enjoying our new sanctuary! The exterior of the building is reaching its final phases. The stucco workers are installing window trim and mesh in preparation for the stucco application. The stucco is applied in three layers, so don’t panic about its appearance during the application process. It will […]
The Communicator: Church News May 2023
View a PDF of the May 2023 Communicator
TV Recommendations with Rev. Gretchen: Shows Worth (Re)Discovering
Whether you missed it when it first came out, or it’s just been a while, some shows are worth returning to, even after they’ve concluded their run. Sometimes it feels oddly revolutionary to watch a show long after “everyone” is talking about it – but a great show is a great show, regardless of when […]
TV Recommendations with Rev. Gretchen: Feel Good Shows
For the first batch of TV recommendations, we’re starting with the opposite of serious. All of these shows are accessible, easy to get into, with a general feel-good ethos. Here are 19 Feel-Good Shows I highly recommend you check out: The Good Place (4 Seasons, 22-30 mins, Netflix): An extremely Unitarian Universalist take on the afterlife. […]
The Building Bulletin: April 2023
The new sanctuary is really taking shape, both inside and out. The exterior insulation is finished, and the CMU (Concrete Masonry Unit) exterior walls are getting taller. The standing seam metal roof has been installed – if you stand in the right place, you can see pieces of it. The interior has the stage floor […]
2023 Baby Blessing
As part of our April 9 Easter celebration, we joyfully blessed nine babies with a ritual and a promise to support them as their community for their whole lives. We asked the parents of the babies to share about their names, and you can find their answers below! Leo Henrry Alexander Alonzo – parents Marta […]
Series Invitation: Active Hope April 2023
Living in this world requires a certain compartmentalization. Otherwise, we’d be caught in an overwhelming awareness of ethical quandaries, grief for all that has been lost, and anxiety for all that we have yet to face. We try not to think too much about any of it and just do what we can and keep […]
Change to Masking Policy
Dear Ones, Starting Sunday, April 2nd, we will strongly encourage but not require masks at Sunday services. While much of our broader culture abandoned universal masking long ago, we have taken a slower, more cautious approach. In discerning our masking policy, we centered the values of our faith that call us to protect one another, especially […]