Many Gifts: One Spirit, the theme of our Pacific Northwest Annual Gathering, brought more than 200 members from UCC congregations into our sanctuary last Friday night and all day Saturday. On Friday night, we were inspired by four preachers: Rev. Dr. Renee McCoy, Rev. Amy Roon, Rev. Dr. Kelle Brown and Rev. Bianca Davis-Lovelace. The […]
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”
This past Monday evening, a group from First Congregational Church, Bellevue joined with hundreds of others in a community vigil and teach-in at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound. Together we mourned the victims of the terrorism at the Christchurch mosques and prepared for action to respond to Islamophobia. The following reflection was written by
This week’s reflection comes from Office Manager Mariah Pepper: If you’re been by the office in the past six months, then you’ve met my dog, Tilly. She’s a pretty good office dog, except when she gets startled by the door and starts barking at you. But we’re working on “go lie down,” and “stay.”
I drove to work on December 31 and I made all the lights. The streets in Bellevue were almost empty, such was the room on the road, the quiet of visitors in the office—although let it be known, still too hard to find a place to get lunch. When instead we turned to January 2nd,
We think we know the story: Angels. Shepherds. Kings. Sheep. So familiar with the chain of events, we aren’t flabbergasted by it all. And yet what strikes me every Advent is how these familiar characters were going about their everyday lives when…. When the extraordinary breaks into their lives. And they stop what they are
“It’s a part of life’s rich pageantry.” This is a phrase frequently used by a former boss of mine, which attempts to describe a sequencing of events that feel both magical and challenging. We encounter the challenges in this season in particular as we add shopping for gifts to our daily schedules, as we search
