Disbelieving or Dancing?
This Sunday acknowledges that sometimes we are unsure about our steps in this world. For the disciples, even “while in their joy” at seeing Jesus after the resurrection, they were still “disbelieving and wondering.” We are reminded that even though we may not know our next steps, we can be sure they will come becauseContinue Reading
Dare to Dance Again – Easter 2
This is the Easter Season! Easter is not just one day of proclaiming that life and love are more powerful than death and hatred, but a whole “week of weeks,” as we call it–seven more weeks of daring to dance our dances with hope and passion. So let us continue our praise! Dancing requires thatContinue Reading
Look Up Umbrella video
Here is the video that Pastor Gaye talked about during our Easter Worship.It was created by an artist, Elizabeth Turk at the Mt. San Antonio Gardens, a senior living facility in California. She created the umbrellas designs and spoke with the residents about the pandemic and what they had done to keep their spirits up,Continue Reading
Easter Worship in the Park
Join us for our Easter Sunday worship in the Park at 10am in the Fields Park of Manitou Springs (it’s the park just west of the tennis courts/skateboard park). Bring your blankets or lawn chairs and join your church friends and neighbors for our Easter Celebration. We still encourage folks to wear masks and followContinue Reading
Order of Worship for Sunday, March 21, 2021
We continue our Lenten “season of recovery” as we focus on health as essential to our spiritual lives. The demands of following Jesus are great. He shows us that sometimes we must make extraordinary efforts to move in a new direction. As we consider the health of humanity, we cannot ignore the need to heal the very planetContinue Reading
Order of Worship for Sunday March 14, 2021
We continue our Lenten “season of recovery” as we focus on health as essential to our spiritual lives. Prolonged times of difficulty can impede our ability to stay creative. The picture of our lives is dulled and hope for a brighter future can fade. We need a touch of inspiration to awaken us from our sleep, as weContinue Reading
Order of Worship for Sunday March 7, 2021
We continue our Lenten “season of recovery” as we focus on health as essential to our spiritual lives.Those who collect beach glass often become “archeologists”–seeking out any markings or clues as to the story of the original piece. It often takes much time to bring out the truth behind it. This week we acknowledge the powerContinue Reading
Here’s how to follow along in Worship this Sunday, Feb. 28
The words of Jesus we heard in this week’s healing story were “I will come…” When faced with a request, Jesus makes a move to seek out, to come to help one who was previously seen to be outside of help’s embrace. He moves outward to gather in and heal someone unlikely to have crossedContinue Reading
Order of Worship for Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Ash Wednesday is a time of naming brokenness. As we enter the season of Lent, we commit to enter also into a season of healing and recovery that requires the naming of what has been shattered as a first step. We take “the yoke” of responsibility as disciples of Jesus to be the Body ofContinue Reading
Order of Worship for Sunday, February 14, 2021
This is the one who calls us to follow. We can always ask which is the real Jesus? Is it the one who gets his hands dirty with the mud and spit of this world, or is it the one who stands on the mountain top and glows with a radiance divine? Well, of course,Continue Reading