Verbo Among Us

On Sunday morning we began our new sermon series: Among Us: Jesus thru the Gospel of John. In this next season, we will learn to imitate the life, love and justice of Jesus. As we enter into this time of hope and healing, both in our personal and communal lives, we center Jesus who came […]

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Kin-dom

Pastor Mary Ellen Azada closes out the sermon series Becoming the Beloved Community by considering how we enact justice, coming from a place of centeredness in Christ and in relationship with one another.

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Prophetic Revelation in the Questions

Sometimes prophetic revelation from God is not insight but inquiry. Just as God asked many questions in the biblical narrative, God does the same with us today and invites us to engage the right questions relevant for addressing the issues of our time. God responds to Israel in a court scene in Micah 6:6-8 with […]

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Becoming the Beloved Community

This is how we’ll be starting the New Year–walking with our God right into our calling: Becoming the Beloved Community. Together. Each Sunday this month, we’ll hear from Pastors Inés, Bobby, Phil Allen, Jr., and Mary Ellen Azada encouraging one another to bring our full self to the Scriptures, and for the Scriptures to reveal […]

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Illumine Playback Theater

Guest artists Illumine Playback Theatre led a special advent church service on December 20, 2020. Playback Theatre is a form of improvisational theatre in which members of the audience share stories from their lives, then the troupe retells it on the spot using movement, improvisation, and music. Illumine Playback Theatre uniquely weaves together elements of […]

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Becomes a Light: Yet.

Pastor Bobby Harrison shares vulnerably and honestly from a place of loss during Advent. “God’s been stirring a word in me this week that I’m eager to share. Not a mountaintop word, but one from the valley. For in a valley God walks with us, too.”

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