Christmas time has come again. And what a remarkable year it has been. We’ve seen church families band together to help each other and support our congregation with time, talent and financial contributions. But greater seasonal participation is always welcome. Since we can’t all gather in person to celebrate and worship this year, Stanwood United…
Open Hearts. Open Minds. Open Doors.
Isaiah 40 A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the?Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.Every valley shall be lifted up,and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.Then the glory…
On Sunday afternoon, October 4, about 30 gathered to visit, enjoy being outside (it was a bit chilly) and catch up with each other. An unexpected display of 2 hang gliders taking off from and flying over the nearby field was an added bonus. A great time was had by all.
October Book Club Discussion October 26, 2020, 7 PM – ZOOM What if that person you’ve been trying to avoid is your best shot at grace today? …And what if that’s the point?In Accidental Saints, New York Times best-selling author Nadia Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising encounter with what she calls “a religious but not-so-spiritual life.”…
Our September book will be “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stephenson. Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One…
We will be having Drive-In church on August 23, September 6 and, weather permitting, October 4. The service will start at 10:00AM. Information below… Hey Everyone! This Sunday at 10:00 am, we will have Drive-In Worship! The radio station we will be using is 101.9 FM. You can also follow along over Wi-Fi, but there…
Nina Simone sings, “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me and I’m feeling good.” If I can take a little creative license here, I’d like to say, “it’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for (us) and (we) are feeling good.” It is…
Scriptures: Matthew 10:40-42 and Psalm 89:1-4,15-18 Some thoughts towards worship on Sunday, June 28, 2020: There is a lot of welcoming and receiving going on in Jesus’ words at the end of Matthew 10. If I am not careful, I fall into a legal mindset and begin to ask, “What is Jesus asking us to…
Dismantling Racism: Pressing on to Freedom A Service of LamentWednesday, June 24 1 pm EDT | 12 noon CDT | 11 am MDT | 10 am PDT United Methodists around the world will gather here and on Facebook to pray and lament for the racism in our midst. Hear God’s call to join in the work…