A MONTH OF SERVICES

In-person worship services: Saturdays @ 4:30 pm & Sundays @ 9 & 11 am

Online worship service: Sundays @ 9 am

NOVEMBER 4 & 5

YOUR DEEP GLADNESS AND THE WORLD’S DEEP HUNGER

Rev. Kelly Asprooth-Jackson

In searching for satisfaction in life, many of us are drawn in, at one stage or another, by the quest for the right job, the right relationship, the right standard of living. But there are some gifts that we can only experience when we find a meaningful opportunity to serve. As we begin our spiritual theme of Generosity for the month of November, this service will focus on how cultivating an ethic of giving can help us to find our own sense of purpose in life. Harp solos by Renié, Wilder, Previn, and Voltz. On Sunday, Society Choir will sing two movements from Pinkham’s Wedding Cantata.

NOVEMBER 11 & 12 CROSSING THE FLOOD

Rev. Kelly Crocker

In this reflection purchased by Alice Delaquess at last year’s Cabaret, we’ll explore the sense of overwhelm that comes when we look at the world around us. There are many reasons to despair, to be swept away by the waters of cynicism, fear, anguish. Swirling waters of the world and also the hurts and scars of our own lives. Amidst all of that, how do we hold on, cross the raging waters and carry on? Piano solos by Wilder and Buys. Meeting House Chorus sings a setting of Robert Frost and a Hindu hymn.

NOVEMBER 18 & 19 GLAD TO JUST BE ME

Rev. Kelly Asprooth-Jackson

In our tradition, we celebrate the preciousness of life, and the unique qualities of each human personality. This rightly calls on us to protect such life—those of others, and our own—and to cherish it. But there is at least one further step beyond this: for a precious thing is meant to be shared. In this service, we will explore what it means to share ourselves with the world. The Three Sopranos sings Takach, Stroope, and Gilpin, as well as Mark Burrows’s “We Will Sing the World Whole Again.”

NOVEMBER 26 @ 10 AM* THE GAY GREAT HAPPENING ILLIMITABLY EARTH

Rev. Kelly Asprooth-Jackson

As leaves change color and fall, and the air grows colder and the days shorter, we may already be starting to mentally prepare ourselves for semi-hibernation. But just because the world around us is chillier and quieter, does not mean that it is any less our home, any less strangely and apparently uniquely suited to our living upon it. On this Sunday following Thanksgiving, join us for a service celebrating the generosity of the planet we share. Carol Wessler and Linda Warren play solos for cello and piano.

*There will only be one service this weekend, Sunday at 10 am