Good Morning, Sacred Place Family; In the last couple of weeks we have watched as California has experienced significant tragedy. Many of us have been directly affected by the fires and weather events that are occurring in Southern California. Even if we have not been directly affected, we all have
As I shared this past Sunday, our friends at Altadena Community Church UCC did indeed loose their building to the Eaton Fire last week. How can you help? The National Setting of the United Church of Christ has set up a fund already, as has the Southern California Nevada Conference.
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
I'm fascinated by trees. You can never tell everything that's going on with a tree just by looking at it. There's a whole life that happens under the surface that you'll never know anything about unless you go looking for it. A
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
What happens when our ideas of how things should be don't line up with how things are, or how they end up? What do we do when the things we think we know turn out to be wrong? What if what could be - or what happens instead