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October Calendar of Events

Tues. 10/1, 3-6pm, Garden Volunteering w/ PSPF. Weds. 10/2, 9am-3pm, Camano Island Quilter’s Membership Meeting in the Sanctuary and Wesley Hall. Bring a quilted mug rug in a gift bag for a gift exchange. 2:30-4pm, Flaming Hearts LGBTQIA+Allies teen social group, Library. *Canceled until further notice: Wednesday Worship Service.* ———–, Deadline for the 10/10 All…

June Calendar of Events

Sat. 6/1      12:00-4pm            Pride Festival at Freedom Park, Camano Island! 6:00-8pm              Stanwood Spartans Women’s Last Home Football Game at Stanwood H.S. For youth sports! Sun. 6/2          10:00am                     Worship Service in Wesley Hall. Communion.                        11:00am                     Coffee Hour in Wesley Hall. POTLUCK! ———–                      Postponed: Choir Practice will resume in the Fall. Mon. 6/3         1:00pm                       Pastor Justin’s ConneXion…

“What Welcome is Received”

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…

“A Cross that Leads Us to Reclaim our Humanity”

Sermon Text:  Matthew 10: 24-39 Think About It:  One of the commentators I read this week highlighted the word “soul” (psyche in Greek) in v 28 of our text today.  Whereas Greek thought, heavily influenced by Platonic dualism, might see the “soul” as being able to separate from the “body”—this did not represent Jewish thought. …