Events for December 22, 2024 - December 22, 2024

Dear friends in Christ, The Bible is filled with images of God and Christ as shepherd. This Sunday we will be reading one that speaks of God as the Good Shepherd and as a refuge. But it is embedded in a psalm, and the psalms were written under wildly tumultuous circumstances. Despite all that was going on, the psalmist insists…

Hello everyone, I hope this note finds you well. Last week we finished up our series on the Clobber Texts, and the students decided they wanted to continue meeting on Monday nights to keep exploring scripture. They came up with a ton of questions that we will tackle in upcoming weeks, such as: - How did the American Church get…

December 20 is the deadline for our Memorial Poinsettia Donations. Please let Tom Droney know your donation and who you would like to honor so that we can prepare our memorial slides and program before December 22. Donations may be given online CLICK HERE or to Tom prior to December 20.

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Dear friends in Christ, The holidays are upon us! This is that special time of year where ministers around the world prepare to tell their flock that the season is about Jesus, not commercialism, ad nauseum. We also like to remind our parishioners that we are in the season of Advent, not Christmas, and then argue whether the liturgical colors…

Hello everyone, I hope this note finds you well. Last week we finished up our series on the Clobber Texts, and the students decided they wanted to continue meeting on Monday nights to keep exploring scripture. They came up with a ton of questions that we will tackle in upcoming weeks, such as: - How did the American Church get…

DEADLINE EXTENDED: December 20 is the new deadline for donating to the Mark Kahanding care package. West Hollywood UCC will put them in a box and pay the postage if you can get us the items! Mark Kahanding is one of our beloved members and is currently deployed in Syria. We are putting together a Christmas box of wish-list items…

November 30 – CANCELLED The Let My People Show will be cancelled this month so that the comics and audience can spend time with their families. Stay tuned for updates on our December 28 show.

The church looks beautiful and is ready for Advent. Thank you to all our decorators! CLICK HERE TO SEE PHOTOS Join us for the First Sunday of Advent on December 1, 2024 at 11 am!  

Dear friends in Christ, This Advent our theme is “Emmanuel – God with us.” All year long we have been practicing St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Prayer of Examen during our centering moment. This is the exercise where we reflect back over the past 24 hours and examine how God was with us the entire time. The story of Jesus’ birth…