Sunday Gathering & Congregational Meeting

Sunday Gathering 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. Urban Sanctuary in 2020 - A Look Back and a Look Ahead. We'll look back at highlights of 2020 and take time in our break-out rooms to share how being in a community got us through 2020 After-Session/Congregational Meeting 11 a.m. to noon We'll hear more program, staff, and […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #40

This week’s poems are: "Football" by Louis Jenkins "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A. E. Housman "The Language of the Brag" by Sharon Olds Zoom link and Passcode: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87185703232?pwd=Z3VVUjBwNlJXRHNtK0QvTVMycFc3QT09  Passcode: 062007 See flyer for more details:  Spiritual Poetry Class #40 03February2021

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #41

February is Black History Month so we’ll celebrate it in Spiritual Poetry with some incredible poems by some masterful Black poets. Here goes: "Kids Who Die" by Langston Hughes. Solidarity is the real superpower and this could almost be called “Ode to Solidarity.” It is amazing how many wonderful poems Hughes wrote and we’ll check […]

Scripture Study with Walter Hudson – Weekly by Email

Each Tuesday, Walter sends information regarding four Scripture passages and invites email responses and discussion around those Scriptures. Want to join?  Email [email protected] and ask to be added to Walter’s Scripture Study Email list. Walter is known among us as our resident Scripture scholar and adviser. He's has a wealth of knowledge and insight into […]

Sunday Gathering & Aftersession

Sunday Gathering - 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. What Are We Doing When We Pray?  Scripture Reading: Psalm 30 After-Session - 11 a.m. to noon Some consider the Twelve-Step Movement to be the greatest legacy of the 20th century.  Did you know this movement is based on a Christian model, The Oxford Movement, founded in 1921? The […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #42

This week’s poems are: Ma Rainey by Sterling A. Brown. Something I’ve Not Done by W. S. Merwin. The Mosquito Among the Raindrops by Teddy Macker. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87185703232?pwd=Z3VVUjBwNlJXRHNtK0QvTVMycFc3QT09 Passcode: […]

Sunday Gathering & Aftersession

Sunday Gathering : 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. Now I Become Myself: Lessons in Healing and Wholeness Special Guests from NAMI Faithnet Scripture Reading Mark 1:9-15 In an interview with Pastor Dana, Tom Jurgensen and Cindy McCalmont talk about their friendship and Tom’s recent writing that is fueling a Psychiatric Survivor Movement in Santa Clara County. After-Session: 11 […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #43

This week's poems: "#sayhername" by Aja Monet. "Instruction" by Sheri Hostetler. “No carry-on luggage allowed…” "Gwendolyn Brooks" by Anthony Walton. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374816274?pwd=eG1PRUxoWC9iTjFaTHFBNTBrNkIvQT09 Passcode: 704824  

Sunday Gathering & Aftersession

Sunday Gathering - 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. Now I Become Myself: Lessons in Healing and Wholeness, Special Guests from NAMI Faithnet Scripture Reading Mark 1:9-15 In an interview with Pastor Dana, NAMI Faithnet leaders talk about a trend toward a paradigm shift in mental health recovery - healing communities. Relationships, arts, work, spiritual practices, and a […]

Jim Thompson’s Spiritual Poetry Class #44

This week’s poems are: The Delights of the Door by Francis Ponge A Second Childhood by G. K. Chesterton. You Reading This, Be Ready by William Stafford Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374816274?pwd=eG1PRUxoWC9iTjFaTHFBNTBrNkIvQT09 Passcode: 704824