“The Framework for our Relating” – March 30, 2025

Rev. Sophia preaching, with Djalai Babazadeh, our Membership Committee, Charlyn Bethell, and Guy Urban.

We will consider how being a covenantal, relational faith is the greatest embodiment and expression of Trust, Love and Belonging. It’s Membership Sunday, where 14 new friends will enter into covenant with us and sign our membership book! Let’s celebrate the blessed gifts they bring and think about who we are as a community of travelers. This really is a worship service for us all, so come to church!

Reading: “Don’t Hesitate,” by Mary Oliver

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy,
don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty
of lives and whole towns destroyed or about
to be. We are not wise, and not very often
kind. And much can never be redeemed.
Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this
is its way of fighting back, that sometimes
something happens better than all the riches
or power in the world. It could be anything,
but very likely you notice it in the instant
when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the case.
Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid
of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.