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Mission Statement:
Our purpose is encouraging, loving, and supporting a diverse group of people who gather to deepen their experience of the inner light of God. We direct this inner light outward in service to others to share the love of Christ.
**Following the teachings of the Living Christ, we are an open, loving, and affirming community.
We believe that God’s Light is inherent within all people. There are no exceptions.**
Category Archives: Messages
Psalm 146 What God Cares About
You’d think you were reading Amos or Jeremiah. According to Abraham Heschel, Israel’s prophets are those whose ‘life and soul are at stake in what they say about the mystery of God’s relation to humanity. We think of them as … Continue reading →
Psalm 40 A New Song
…we wait in traffic, wait for things to get better, or wait in the waiting room. We are no good at waiting. We want to get moving, we can’t bear wasting time, and the clock is ticking while we just … Continue reading →
Psalm 27 A Psalm of Trust
Worship on Sunday, June 21st, Father’s Day, became focused the attack by a young, self proclaimed, white supremacist on the participants of a Bible Study in an African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. The message from Psalm 27, which follows, … Continue reading →
I’m Drowning Here…and you’re describing the water.
This Psalm and its’ prayers help us give voice to the deepest expressions of human pain, crisis and doubt. But it does so in a way that claims the promise of God’s presence in the middle of our suffering … Continue reading →
Paying Close Attention to that of which God Pays Close Attention
“We need to pay close attention to the things to which God pays close attention.” Psalm 113 1Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord; praise the name of the Lord. 2Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time on and … Continue reading →
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Owning One Another’s Ministries and Passions Psalm One
Sharing Our Ministries and Our Passions Lois Kieffaber and Linda Tuinstra Spokane Community Mental Health Chaplaincy “People with mental illness are just like us, only more so.” There are three parts to the program: To organize a congregational mental health … Continue reading →
Pentecost 2015
Pentecost 2015 …it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit … Continue reading →
Jesus Has Left the Building…
Through the activity of the Holy Spirit, the living Christ, God’s activity within creation continues. God’s reliance upon us to act is not an abdication of God’s responsibility but an invitation to partner with God. We do not have … Continue reading →
“Therefore…” at the chapter break
… justice is often an excuse for certain ‘zealous’ people to condemn others. Christians haven’t been appointed to bring justice to the world but ‘rather to ask for mercy for the world, to keep vigil for the salvation of all, … Continue reading →
the gospel…it is the power of God
You may have missed the event when George Fox out did Robin Hood. He converted the Sheriff of Nottingham! The first thing the sheriff did was to confess and make restitution to a woman he had cheated. Then he went … Continue reading →
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