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Hope

This week is the first week of advent, the season of the church year where we practice waiting for Jesus.  Part of the theology around advent is training ourselves to see Christ coming to the world. While we remember the historic events in Bethlehem all those years...

Rule of Life

About a year ago I began using a liturgical planner.  As I began using it the first task was to create a Rule of Life.  Here is the explanation of that task written by the creator of the planner, Jenn Giles Kemper: “A rule of life is a commitment to live your...

Vulnerability

At SFC we do discussion based worship.  We eat, we share, we talk, and we wrestle with big themes.  This means that we are vulnerable with one another.  At a table of diverse voices we began on Sunday with me sharing my personal, emotional reaction to this...

Investing in people

SFC is in a place where we no longer are worried about survival.  We have a strong core group of folks who have given generously.  With the continued support of the New Start Initiative grant we have the resources of people and finances to thrive.  We are entering in...

Standing Together

One of the best things about this faith community is the way we support one another.  We do that through prayers, by showing up when folks are sick, by attending birthday parties for each other, or attending events in which folks are participating.  Recently two of...