Worker Solidarity Folk Festival
Join us outside on our beautiful labyrinth for an evening of music and inspiring speakers. The band Future Historians will be our featured guests. Free hot dogs & chips. Bring your
Continue readingOur Precious River
from the Columbia Riverkeeper press release: Port of Vancouver Commissioners voted this morning to approve a controversial 380,000 barrel per day Bakken oil terminal with the companies Tesoro and Savage.
Continue readingBringing Healing to an Ailing World
United Church of Christ 2013 Public Policy Briefing Book now available in English and Spanish. Justice and Witness Ministries in partnership with Wider Church Ministries is pleased to share the
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On The Right Side of History
The Supreme Court of the United States struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, ruling it unconstitutional on Wednesday, June 26, because it denied benefits to all legally married
Continue readingOur Gifts
Pastor’s Brooks sabbatical is a great opportunity for our church members to share their gifts with the congregation. In the words of Erin Moregenstern in Night Circus; “Someone needs to
Continue readingA Fairy-Tale Church
The theme for tomorrow’s worship service is gratitude. From an opening meditation on gratitude to songs of thanksgiving, we will let this uplifting focus guide us. The sermon is entitled
Continue readingFall Book Groups on Poverty, Climate Change, and Gun Violence
Start your reading now! From mid-September to mid-November, our church will have book groups for three different books. We will start sign ups for the book groups in August, but
Continue readingDialogue Sermon with Noted Music Pioneer This Sunday
Before Nirvana became one of the biggest names in rock music in the 1990s, Slim Moon organized concerts for them and loaned them his fourtrack player to record demo versions
Continue readingThis Sunday: Dialogue Sermon with Acclaimed Peace Advocate
Next Sunday Pastor Brooks will be joined for a dialogue sermon by Brian Willson, a Vietnam veteran whose wartime experiences transformed him into a nonviolent pacifist. He gained renown as
Continue readingRewrite the Bible? Worship Tomorrow
On Mother’s Day, we will conclude our worship series on women in the Bible. For his sermon, Pastor Brooks will reflect on how we might consider the lack of an
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