by Carley Friesen | May 24, 2015 | News
Acts 2:1-18; John 14 & 16 excerpts This may seem obvious, but following Jesus today is much like it was for the original disciples. We learn together from Jesus’ words, we eat together with Jesus and each other around one table, we are made whole through the grace...
by Carley Friesen | May 17, 2015 | News
Deuteronomy 15:1-11; 1 Timothy 6:6-11, 17-19 Today is the last Sunday of the Season of Easter. We have been looking at the Jesus Movement with Brian McLaren as a guide. He has led us through different ways in which our lives as followers are acts of living the...
by Carley Friesen | May 10, 2015 | News
Click this link to sign the statement by May 14! The following statement was developed by an interfaith workgroup of religious leaders from the Portland metropolitan area as part of the Bridging the Gap Interfaith Initiative on Family Homelessness. The statement...
by Carley Friesen | May 10, 2015 | News
2 Corinthians 11: 21b-31 Today is Mother’s Day. Somehow, Mother’s Day tends to make me feel my failure…. Hear me out for a moment. I have three beautiful, amazing adult children, of whom I am very proud. I enjoy them immensely, and I have a good relationship...
by Carley Friesen | May 6, 2015 | News
Sunday, May 10, 9 p.m. There is an ancient tradition of the church and most all spiritual traditions, to pause at the end of the day and be with the divine, the Holy One, God of many names. Beginning May 10, we will engage this practice on Sunday nights. The sanctuary...
by Carley Friesen | May 4, 2015 | News
Sermon from May 3, 2015 Acts 16:16-34 We have all been watching as the death toll rises in Nepal. We have been both appalled and humbled to see film of ancient Temples crumbling, while people huddle in the courtyard. We have seen the photos of children mounded up like...
