We’ve got so many exciting things going on in this church this coming year! Come hear about our future and where we are going, in our annual launch of the Pledge Drive!
ChatGPT and other AI computers are creating quite the stir these days. Will they be taking away jobs or creating them? How much can we really trust what they tell us? Are we entering a dystopian future? Rev. Sian explores, with a lot of fun, this fascinating topic.
We all know that pigs are as smart as dogs, but they aren’t quite as cute and so we eat pigs (but not dogs). How do we reconcile our desire to hug cute cuddly dogs, but eat the less cute, but just as smart pigs? This topic is sponsored by Maureen M. who won the chance to choose a sermon topic at our last auction. Hear what omnivore Rev. Sian has to say!
Racism has a long history in our society, and is still having major consequences despite years of effort to combat it. We must continue to work together to dismantle the systems that perpetuate injustice and inequity.
Throughout my life, I’ve often reflected that music has literally saved my life. I can’t imagine my life without it. It’s how I communicate, how I bring myself peace, how I express myself, how I open to the Mystery, and so much more. How is music healing in your life? I’m reading the book The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk. (Great book!) The author gives lots of…
This year the Elementary Religious Education class, for kindergarten to sixth grade, is using a curriculum called Superhero Academy. On January 22nd, they learned from Spider-Man that “great power comes with great responsibility” and also that you don’t always have to try to save the whole world. Sometimes it’s important to focus on helping in your own neck of the woods, just like Peter Parker started out being everyone’s “friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.” With that in mind, the class turned their…
The Sanctuary Construction Committee finally received a bid from the contractor on Friday, January 20th. Unfortunately, it is $2.7M, substantially higher than the $1.8M we have authorized. Bad news. As was presented at the town hall meeting in January, the principal reasons for the increased bids are inflation and increased requirements from the city. The Committee has met twice now since receiving the bid, and has asked our architect to propose cuts that would bring us closer to our financial…