News for September 19, 2023
This Sunday, Sept 24: In-person service at 10am
Marilyn Garrison will be leading worship this Sunday, for all those not going to the Men's Retreat. She's bringing a favorite story to share.
The Giving Sunday offering for September is for Mission Hospice.
Recent sermons
Check out our YouTube page to see recent sermons. Go to our archive of slides to see bulletins and slides used during recent services.
Starting in Sept 2023, recordings of our Taize services are also on the YouTube page.
Book Group on Sunday at 7pm
Discussion of "The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's FInal Moments" by Hadley Vlahos, R.N. On Zoom. Be thinking about October's book; it will be a work of fiction. On Zoom.
Upcoming services and events
• Men’s retreat: Sep 22–24, Pacific Grove
Contact Roy Gesley for details.
• Book Group: Sun, Sep 24(7 pm), Zoom. We're reading "The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's FInal Moments" by Hadley Vlahos, R.N.
• Weds discussion group: Sep 27 (7 pm), Zoom
"Basic Bible Stories", continuing with the story of Moses. Last time, we finished the book of Exodus, learned how to construct a tabernacle and got the Ten Commandments (twice). Keep on walking.
• Blessing of the Animals Sunday: Oct 1, during the regular worship service.
• Farewell Party for the Hasse's: Sun, Oct 29 after worship. Come say good-bye as they head up to Enso in Healdsburg.
Links and resources
• Chocolate Fest at the Congregational Church of the Peninsula, Oct 20 & 21.
• Bible and Social Justice, a 4-part series offered by a former PSR professor at CCSM, on Sundays after church on Oct 1, 8, 29, Nov 5. In-person or via Zoom.
• Mexico monarch butterfly migration video.
Quote of the week
"Sometimes people get the mistaken notion that spirituality is a separate department of life, the penthouse of existence. But rightly understood, it is a vital awareness that pervades all realms of our being." -- Br. David Stendl-Rast
Weekly events
• Meditation group: Wednesdays at 7:30 am
In person at the church building.
• Sunday worship: 10 am
In person at the church building.
Image: Marilyn Garrison at PG
