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It’s the 2nd Annual Common Earth Community Garden Festival with music by Zzyzx. Potluck this year with Fried Chicken and sandwiches provided by Garden and everyone is asked to provide side dish or dessert.

The book “Grounded: Finding God in the World” by Diana Butler Bass, a leading commentator on religion, politics and culture, will be the source of our fall Adult Study. We’ll explore and meditate upon the idea of a “more intimate sense of the Sacred that is with us in the world”, a shift from a vertical understanding of God.

Pastor Karin will introduce us to the study on September 17 (Genesis). Each week for the following five weeks we will focus on our natural habitat – (:dirt, water, sky) and human geography (roots, home, neighborhood, commons).

Books are available in hardback and online from Cokesbury Press, Amazon, and other book sellers. Not required for participation.

Due to the rain and chilly weather expected, we’ll worship indoors rather than outdoors and we’ll hold Sunday school for elementary through high school. (Nursery provided indoors.)

Worship concludes about 11:00AM, with coffee and fellowship afterward.

Today:

• Tom Garrison plays his Native American flute with Jeannie Garrison playing drum
• Celebration of the garden

The book “Grounded: Finding God in the World” by Diana Butler Bass, a leading commentator on religion, politics and culture, will be the source of our fall Adult Study. We’ll explore and meditate upon the idea of a “more intimate sense of the Sacred that is with us in the world”, a shift from a vertical understanding of God.

Pastor Karin will introduce us to the study on September 17 (Genesis). Each week for the following five weeks we will focus on our natural habitat – (:dirt, water, sky) and human geography (roots, home, neighborhood, commons).

Books are available in hardback and online from Cokesbury Press, Amazon, and other book sellers. Not required for participation.

Children (elementary age) stay for the first 20 minutes or so, then are dismissed for Worship & Wonder (for elementary age children). Middle & high school age stay in worship this week. (Nursery provided.)

Worship concludes about 11:00AM, with coffee and fellowship afterward.

Today:

• World Communion Sunday
• Guest preacher: Rev. Karen Howe
• Celebration! Choir sings

The book “Grounded: Finding God in the World” by Diana Butler Bass, a leading commentator on religion, politics and culture, will be the source of our fall Adult Study. We’ll explore and meditate upon the idea of a “more intimate sense of the Sacred that is with us in the world”, a shift from a vertical understanding of God.

Pastor Karin will introduce us to the study on September 17 (Genesis). Each week for the following five weeks we will focus on our natural habitat – (:dirt, water, sky) and human geography (roots, home, neighborhood, commons).

Books are available in hardback and online from Cokesbury Press, Amazon, and other book sellers. Not required for participation.

Children & youth stay for the first 20 minutes or so, then are dismissed for the Youth Sunday School (for middle & high school age kids) and Worship & Wonder (for elementary age children). (Nursery provided.)

Worship concludes about 11:00AM, with coffee and fellowship afterward.

Today:

• The Ten Commandments
• Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20
• Access Sunday/Disability Awareness Week
• A Bells quartet plays

About every other year, we plan a family retreat to La Foret, a retreat center in the Colorado Springs area (http://www.laforet.org/). Check back for more details.

All worship together today (no youth Sunday school, or Worship & Wonder). A group from the congregation is at La Foret this weekend, but Pastor Karin is returning from there to preach here at First United. (Nursery provided.)

Worship concludes about 11:00AM, with coffee and fellowship afterward.

Today:

• Sermon by Pastor Karin Kilpatric: Parable of the Wedding Banquet
• Matthew 22:1-14
• No Adult Sunday school before worship
• No Sunday school or Worship & Wonder for youth and elementary age kids.
• This is the Family Retreat weekend at La Foret, so some families are gathered there rather than here.

The book “Grounded: Finding God in the World” by Diana Butler Bass, a leading commentator on religion, politics and culture, will be the source of our fall Adult Study. We’ll explore and meditate upon the idea of a “more intimate sense of the Sacred that is with us in the world”, a shift from a vertical understanding of God.

Pastor Karin will introduce us to the study on September 17 (Genesis). Each week for the following five weeks we will focus on our natural habitat – (:dirt, water, sky) and human geography (roots, home, neighborhood, commons).

Books are available in hardback and online from Cokesbury Press, Amazon, and other book sellers. Not required for participation.