Theme for September:

Community

Date:  September 7, 2025

Speaker:  Rev. Kimberley Debus

Topic:  Hope Floats

Join us for our Ingathering celebration, a coming back together from our busy summers, to a place of nourishment, community, and hope. Our service will include the traditional water ceremony; please bring water from your home or your travels to represent the connections we celebrate together.

Date:  September 14, 2025

Speaker:  Mike Franch

Topic:  Three 2-Word Rules for Life

Communities, including religious communities, have rules for behavior. Sometimes they are formal rules, such as (in this country) driving on the right side of the road. Sometimes they are informal rules, such as don’t cut into line. Individuals benefit from rules, too. One of the oldest rules is the Golden Rule, which is about 2,500 years old. It’s a good rule, but I don’t think that, by itself, it’s enough. I’ve come up with three rules, each only two words long, that I think are good rules for life. That’s only six words! Of course, they’ll require commentary—both mine and yours. I look forward to our discussion.

Date:  September 21, 2025

Speaker: Rev. Kimberley Debus

Topic:  Many Windows

We begin our consideration of our Shared Values with pluralism: exploring what it means to celebrate diversity in culture, experience, and theology.

Date:  September 28, 2025

Speaker:  CB Beal (remote)

Topic:  Preemptive Radical Inclusion

CB will follow up on the service they shared last April, and share stories and reflections on the framework of Preemptive Radical Inclusion as an entryway to increase equity and justice among ourselves and in the world; a way we embody Beloved Community.

Click Here to see CB’s April sermon “Bear Witness: Save Lives”