A Space for Grace with Flamy Grant
A Space for Grace with Flamy Grant May 5, 2026 On a Monday night in April, a bunch of American Baptist and United Church of Christ clergy gathered in a cozy, velvet-covered lounge in the basement of a fancy hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. There were hors d’oeuvres and cocktails and nonalcoholic drinks galore, next to […]
Pastor’s Updates for May
Pastor’s Updates for May May 3, 2026 Graduation Sunday Do you know anyone in our church family who is graduating this year, from kindergarten through PhD? We want to celebrate you! Please contact the pastors to let them know and we will recognize your accomplishment in church! Information to send to the pastors: photo of […]
Small Groups Schedule: May
Small Groups Schedule: May May 1, 2026 Exploring Contemplation Book StudyMeets every other Friday at 11:00am on Zoom This group will meet every other Friday through the summer, working from the book “Refuge”, by Terry Tempest Williams. We will share what works well, and what challenges us, about our meditation experiences. A guided meditation will […]
Hoping in Hospitality
Hoping in Hospitality April 7, 2026 As I write this reflection during Holy Week, I am thinking about hospitality. You may know that Easter Sunday is one of the biggest Sundays of the year. We see most of our church members that day, get to check-in with folks who attend only a few times per […]
Pastor’s Updates for April
Pastor’s Updates for April April 6, 2026 Nursery Update You may have passed by the nursery and noticed some significant changes! A beautiful mural has been painted by Michaele Miller, and furniture has been cleaned and new furniture has been added by some dedicated volunteers. We will have a nursery dedication on Sunday, May 3 […]
Small Groups Schedule: April
Small Groups Schedule: April April 7, 2026 Exploring ContemplationMeets 1st & 3rd Fridays of month at 11:00am on Zoom In this group we meet twice a month to explore various traditions of contemplation, to build a meditative community, and to equip us to live in times such as these mindfully and lovingly. Our times together […]
Good People Doing Good Things: Session Six
Good People Doing Good Things: Session Six March 30, 2026 Our panelists for our last session of Good People Doing Good Things were Karen Carlos, Lupe Carlos, Susan Blythe-Goodman and David Delgado. These beloved members reflected on the theme “the good news…inspires us to act.” As always, we began with the question, “what is the […]
Good People Doing Good Things: Session Five
Good People Doing Good Things: Session Five March 23, 2026 This past Sunday, we had our fifth Good People Doing Good Things conversation, with the theme of “the good news is rooted in justice, mercy and faithfulness.” Our panelists for the day were Jennifer Chin, Kira Walmsley and Bob Sittig. Our panelists began by reflecting […]
Good People Doing Good Things: Session Four
Good People Doing Good Things: Session Four March 16, 2026 This past Sunday, the Good People Doing Good Things series featured Laura Van Tosh, John Malcomson and Daniel Hatchett, who is part of The People’s Breakfast crew you see each Sunday morning in the kitchen. Our theme for the day was “the good news is […]
Good People Doing Good Things: Session Three
Good People Doing Good Things: Session Three March 9, 2026 On Sunday, March 8th, we met in the Parlor for the third session of the Lenten series, Good People Doing Good Things. The topic for the week was “The Good News Is . . . Together the Impossible is Possible.” Very biblical, but in our […]