Watch and Engage

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In this month when we explore the theme of working toward justice, individually and collectively, we pause this Sunday to consider the ways of change in relationships and in community. In her book, Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler writes: “All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change.” Join us as Rev. Arif shares a final message with us, and the congregation releases him from his call to ministry here, and blesses him on his way—trusting that we are forever changed by each other.

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There is a joy and a disappointment in learning that there is no singular savior to lead the way and do the work that will bring love to life in this world. It is up to us. In our lives and in our world, the power is there to bring love alive. Join us as we find our way again to the individual and collective transformation that love makes possible.

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How do we belong to a world that speaks in many voices?

After resurrection comes the season of rooting. What breaks open must find its place in the weave of life. Beneath our feet, mycelium carries stories. Rivers remember. Trees speak in chemistry and time.

This Sunday, we lean into the truth of interconnection. Indigenous wisdom, Black earth stewardship, and community knowledge remind us that justice is not abstract—it is relational.

To belong here is to listen. To care is to respond. What happens when we let the Earth teach us how to stay?

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What rises when we give ourselves away?

Easter brings us to the edge of transformation. Resurrection does not restore—it remakes. The seed does not return to what it was. It breaks open, reaches through the dark, and becomes.

This intergenerational service invites us into that mystery together. Children and elders, families and friends—we come bearing what we carry: hope, memory, courage, questions.

New life blooms from trust, from tending, from the quiet work of change. What are you planting? What are we ready to rise into, together?

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What future are we willing to walk toward—together?

A procession can be praise. It can also be resistance. On Palm Sunday, a crowd gathered to proclaim a power rooted in shared hope and sacred defiance.

Earth Day echoes that call. In frontline communities, people walk to protect what sustains them. We step into that movement—not toward certainty, but toward responsibility.

What are we willing to carry? What will we lay down? And how do we walk in step with those who’ve walked longest?

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Welcoming our Newest Members this Sunday

What grows when we lean toward one another?
Spring arrives with quiet certainty. The light shifts. The soil exhales. Life begins to stir. At the vernal equinox, the Earth balances for a breath before leaning forward into growth.

As new members cross the threshold into deeper connection, we honor the ways community remakes itself. Every welcome expands the promise. Belonging begins with a choice and grows through care.

Wha

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Today, Question Box Sunday turns worship into a live conversation shaped by the questions we bring. What have you never heard answered from the pulpit?

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We gather this to explore what it means to stand at the edge—not as a place of hesitation, but as a space of readiness.

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