Rev. Rachel preached a sermon illustrated by Bearington Bear and the inside, outside, upside downside ways we can feel about our lives and about our faith. In the gospel for this week’s reading, the disciple Thomas doubts and is still counted among the faithful. In fact he becomes the “stand in” for all of us more »
Thirst! Lack of water can drive us mad. Lack of spiritual upwellings, oases, or streams of grace, can leave us devastated. Whether slowly drying out or suddenly deprived, we all need “living water,” as Jesus tells the woman at the well in last Sunday’s Gospel reading. For whatever journey you may be on this week, more »
This week’s gospel reminds of the story of a prominent citizen, a member of the establishment, who seeks out Jesus (the radical prophet) for a meeting. The familiar words of Jesus “You must be born from above (or anew)” in this night-time encounter with Nicodemus are often heard as a harsh commandment, and have been used more »
This Sunday’s scripture readings had to do with good choices: the blessings of entering into good covenants before entering the promised land from the Deuteronomy text, and the much harder words from Jesus in Matthew, “upping the ante” on how righteous one must be. At least in Jesus’ case, the challenge seems impossible: who has not gotten more »
Pastor Kent returned from sabbatical today after four months of travel, reading, eating, and rest. As the picture shows, however, there may have been some unfortunate side effects to his long absence. 🙂 Ready or not, Rev. Kent will return to the pulpit on February 9 with a special communion service to welcome him home. more »
This week in the Gospel reading from Luke, Jesus tells a confounding parable of a corrupt owner, a dishonest steward, and some lucky borrowers. Here is the prayer we offered in response to a complicated world and Jesus’ call to examine our loyalty to money and greed in contrast to our loyalty to a different more »
This week we commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. Our scripture for the week, Luke 13:19-17 tells of the bent-over woman who was healed on the Sabbath, causing both liberation for her and fear among those in power. We hold people of both ilks in our prayers this week, as we pray: more »
This week we shared reflections from the delegation to El Salvador. They reflected on their experiences in light of the Lord’s Prayer, which we said together in both English and Spanish. As we pray this week, we pray for people around the world still fighting for basic justice and fair treatment. — Rev. Rachel God, more »
In the reading for this week, we enter the house of Mary and Martha. One of them is doing the exact right thing in the wrong way, and the other is doing the wrong thing in the right spirit. We find ourselves in both of these situations, seeking to balance competing goods, competing needs. Here more »
Naomi Schulz addressed a gathering of Pacific School of Religion alumni (where she is currently a 3rd year seminarian) at the United Church of Christ General Synod in Long Beach, CA. She inspired and challenged those present with her experience of transformative work and vocation, and mentioned how Union Church was among her inspirations and more »
Saturday Morning: 8:00 am
Saturday Vigil: 4:30 pm
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:45 am,
12:30 pm, 5:30 pm
Saturday Vigil: 6:15pm
Sunday: 9:00am, 7:15pm
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 8:30 am
