The Christ child has arrived. A new year has begun. The Christmas decorations are coming down, and today we celebrate the arrival of the magi to visit the young (exactly what age is a bit blurry) Jesus. God is with us, moving among us, and not just where we are
Each year, the Sunday between Christmas and New Year, we close everything down to give our staff and families time to rest. Materials are available on our website for you to worship at home individually or as a family. https://yoursacredplace.org/event/worship-at-home-2024/ Hope, peace, joy, and love to
Ooof. This year’s flu is brutal. I am back in the office, and catching up after several days in bed with a high fever. 100% do not recommend. Thankfully, I am recovered enough just in time for our busiest week of the year as we prepare to welcome the
We are just two weeks away from Christmas Eve by Candlelight! Despite the inconsistency in my verbal announcements, we will gather at 5 PM on Tuesday, December 24, for our annual tradition of singing songs, sharing the story, and lighting our candles. We’ll have carols, cocoa, cookies, cider, and
That future seems further away than it did just a little over a week ago. I’m still putting my thoughts together on how we best move forward in a community which may not align with our values of justice, inclusion, and family. Bryan discovered yesterday when dropping off our
As I promised yesterday, the RSVP for the Thanksgiving Luncheon on Sunday, November 24, is available here. Here, I'll even make a button for you. Thanksgiving Luncheon RSVP! Please let us know that you are coming so we can make sure we have enough food. Our numbers each
It is hard to believe that November has already arrived. Fall is finally in the air, and Halloween is behind us. Christmas decorations are already appearing in retail stores, and the shift toward the Thanksgiving to Christmas holiday marathon is happening. Halloween is part of a three-day festival, Allhallowtide: All
This Sunday, wear your red because it's Reformation Sunday (here's a nice bit of info from our friends in the UMC)! One of our 5 strands of heritage in the United Church of Christ is the reformed tradition, so our roots go back to Martin Luther
Happy Wednesday everyone. I hope you had a wonderful Canadian Thanksgiving, or Indigenous People's Day as we call it here in the US. I would much rather have Thanksgiving the same date as Canada, then I could put the Christmas Decorations up in mid-November! I led with the
We’ve been through several seasons in our 5 years as Sacred Place. When we began as a new church start in 2019, we could not have predicted the upheaval of the pandemic and the rapidly changing cultural experience of Church. Those who signed on to being on the planting
Hey Sacred Place Family! First of all, an invite: This Sunday for Mission Sunday, we’re doing brunch at the Mission Center at 11 AM. We’ll catch up with one another and enjoy our family-themed Mission Sunday. I would normally be joining you next Sunday for Fifth Sunday Fun,
After a crazy hot week/weekend things are finally cooling off a bit. Mornings are lovely! The air quality from the fires is improving a bit. It's nice out. It's starting to feel like Fall, which officially arrives next Sunday, but we're starting a