We are now in Eastertide on this Second Sunday of Easter and our scripture this week takes us to the upper room, on the evening of Jesus’s resurrection. While every Sunday is a “little resurrection” it is always helpful and important to remember that Easter is not one day, rather Easter is a Season of […]

After nights of deep darkness, we come in the bright light of Easter morning celebrating that Christ is risen indeed! Resurrection is possible. It is a glorious morning filled with tulips, lilies, brass and timpani, voices raised in joy, all proclaiming “Alleluia!” On this glorious morning let us listen for a stone rolled away and […]

After nights of deep darkness, we come in the bright light of Easter morning celebrating that Christ is risen indeed! Resurrection is possible. It is a glorious morning filled with tulips, lilies, brass and timpani, voices raised in joy, all proclaiming “Alleluia!” On this glorious morning let us listen for a stone rolled away and […]

Tonight we will hear the story of Jesus’s passion through the 14 stations of the cross. Sometimes we will listen, sometimes we will sing, and sometimes we will be invited to rise and move to new spaces for experiential prayer. This is the night of Jesus’s crucifixion. This is the night Jesus asks us to […]

You are invited to Holy Thursday worship to come and listen, to be silent and to exam our hearts in this holiest of weeks. Breaking the bread and lifting the cup of grace, Jesus asked that we remember him and dedicate ourselves to a new covenant. This is the Feast of Love, come kneel at […]

For those joining us in person, we will meet on the front church steps at 9:30am to walk together to the community Blessing of the Palms at the Bronson Park bandstand at 9:45am. Today in coffeehouse worship we celebrate the liturgy of Palms, and we turn with Jesus towards the cross of Jerusalem in the […]

We often have a “cast of characters” living inside our heads that love to carry on endless conversations–each from their own perspective. The chatter of our minds can sometimes keep us from a deeper listening and it is often difficult to understand what is a mystical connection to God. Getting our True Self into the […]

This week in worship we hear the story of an unnamed woman and a man named Jairus. Both are desperate. Jairus has wealth, and power, and access. The unnamed woman has none of those things. Both come to Jesus in prayer seeking healing. The woman for herself, while the man, Jairus, for his daughter. As […]

As part of The Big Deal Weekend, our weekend built around anti-racist education focused on the intersection of faith and identity, Bishop David Alan Bard will preach his sermon, Willingly Haunted, for our Sunday worship. Bishop Bard is the presiding bishop of the Michigan Conference of The United Methodist Church. Bishop Bard also shepherds the […]