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January 29, 2012 | Seven Steps to New Life Week 4: Practice the Presence [Prayer] | Rev. Sandy Brown

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There isn’t any difference in praying and being a follower of Jesus in every step of the day. Every opportunity that comes to us is an opportunity to express the love of God.
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January 22, 2012 | Seven Steps to New Life Week 3: Listen for the Word [Study the Bible] | Rev. Sandy Brown

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There is life in the words contained in scripture. Let us open ourselves in faith, led by the Spirit to be the people God would have us be. As it says in the gospel of John: To those who believe in the Word, God gave power to become children of God.
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January 15, 2012 | Seven Steps to New Life Week 2: Let Go of the Past [Forgive] | Rev. Sandy Brown

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Let’s face it: we live in a world of imperfect people (ourselves included) and we are going to rub each other the wrong way. How do we deal with that? By accepting one another, imperfect as we are.
 

 

 

January 8, 2012 | Seven Steps to New Life Week 1: Follow the Star  | Rev. Sandy Brown

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As we learn and follow Jesus and follow his approach to living, more and more our own lives become full of that light that shines in the world.
 

 

 

 

January 1, 2012 | The Road | Rev. Jeff Wakeley, Guest Pastor

We are all traveling down the same road alongside our neighbors, by the grace of God. Who are our neighbors we encounter on this road and how are we called to be in community?

 

 



December 25, 2011 | God With Us  | Vangie Rand, Guest Preacher

The ultimate gift of hope is brought into our world today: Emmanuel. God with us.

 

 

 

 


December 24, 2011 | Advent Through the Lens of Hollywood Week 4: A Christmas Story  | Rev. Sandy Brown

Our dreams and longings tell us much about who we are, where we are and who we are becoming. On this night, heaven becomes near as our longing takes flesh in the form of the Christ child: God with us.

 

 

 


December 11, 2011 | Advent Through the Lens of Hollywood Week 3: Un-Scrooged  | Rev. Sandy Brown
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What kind of difference would it make if we attended to those things more important than profit? Or were more conscious of the effects of the decisions that we make? Might we then move towards the vision that God has for a world of justice?
 

 


December 4, 2011 | Advent Through the Lens of Hollywood Week 2: Ungrinched  | Rev. Sandy Brown
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In week 2 of the Advent series, we travel to Whoville. The people of Whoville still celebrated even though the Grinch stripped all the dressings of Christmas. And like the Grinch, we too learn that Christmas doesn’t get bought. Christmas is about so very much more. It’s about love and transformation.
 


November 27, 2011 | Advent Through the Lens of Hollywood Week 1: It IS a Wonderful Life  | Rev. Sandy Brown
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Week 1 of the Advent series takes us to Bedford Falls where we meet George and Clarence. God comes to us in the midst of the darkness. The words of the angel Gabriel are meant for us, too: We are favored. God is with us. Let us be the light of Christ that shines through us to light this bleak world, delivering the Good News to others.
 

 

 

November 20, 2011 | From Exile to Jubilee: The Second Wave to Our Shores  | Michael Ramos
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Guest preacher, Michael Ramos, Executive Director of the Church Council of Greater Seattle challenges us to “make ready for the Christ” by living not as ‘us’ and ‘them’ but as ‘we’ so that we might become co-conspirators in the movement of the Spirit, taking those who migrate from exile into jubilee, in a new home.
 

 

 

Metho-huh?: Ever wonder what it means to be a United Methodist? If so, you’re not alone! Rev. Sandy will explore the theological and practical roots of Methodism, looking closely at the legacy of the founders of Methodism, John and Charles Wesley, to answer the question: “Why be a Methodist?”

Metho-huh graphicNovember 13, 2011 | Metho-huh? Week 8: Vision for the World | Rev. Sandy Brown
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Week 8: Pastor Sandy concludes the Fall series on Methodism. John Wesley was quoted to say: There is no holiness but social holiness. Until we are working to transform the world, we are missing the point of religion. Our task: to take on a ministry of caring and transformation. Are we up for the challenge?
 

 

 

November 6, 2011 | Metho-huh? Week 7: Unity, Liberty, Charity | Rev. Sandy Brown
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Week 7: Is it better to be right or be loved? As we build Christian community, which is the presence of God in the world, may we learn to say to one another, If your heart is as my heart, give me your hand.
 

 

 

October 30, 2011 | Metho-huh? Week 6: Stewardship | Rev. Sandy Brown
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Week 6: How can we be good soil in which God’s seeds may land and grow and bare fruit? John Wesley offers one way: Gain all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can. 
 

 

 

October 23, 2011 | Metho-huh? Week 5: Faith and Works | Rev. Sandy Brown
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Week 5: Faith or works?
 

 

 

 

October 16, 2011 | Metho-huh? Week 4: Sanctified | Rev. Sandy Brown

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Week 4: We are called to be mature in love, bearing good fruit. Is this something we can attain in our lifetime?

 

 

 

October 9, 2011 | Metho-huh? Week 3: Free Will | Rev. Sandy Brown
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Week 3: We are agents of transformation, called to use the free will we have been given to work on God’s behalf in the world. Will we be able to catch God’s vision of what the world might be and work towards that?

 

 

 

October 2, 2011 | Metho-huh? Week 2: Faith in the Storm | Rev. Sandy Brown
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Week 2: Caught in a storm while traveling, John Wesley was forced to question his own faith as he witnessed the inner peace of his Moravian companions. May God continue to grow in us the faith that allows us in every circumstance to let ourselves go into God’s hands.

 

 

 

September 25, 2011 | Metho-huh? Called ‘Methodist’ | Rev. Sandy Brown
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Week 1: Pastor Sandy reminds us that at the heart of our faith, we are called to love God and neighbor in all we do.

 

 

 

 

September 18, 2011 | Beyond Enclosures | Robert V. Taylor

On this Rally Sunday, guest preacher Robert V. Taylor challenges us to keep our lives and routines porous enough to let the Spirit move.

 

 

 

 

September 11, 2011 | Where Were You on September 11? | Rev. Sandy Brown

Are we a more peaceful nation after 9/11? We are reminded that peace only comes from undertanding and the only way forward is for us to learn and grow from people who are different from us and listen to what they have to say and care and love for them, too. That’s the work God will be doing if we are willing to sign on to the task.

 

 

 

September 4, 2011 | Learning from our Neighbors | Vangie Rand

Lay Pastor, Vangie Rand reminds us that there is much to learn from our neighbors about ministry in our communities.

 

 

 

 

August 28, 2011 | Heroes & Heroines of the Hebrew Bible: Week 7 – Elijah | Rev. Sandy Brown

As Pastor Sandy concludes the series, “Heroes and Heroes and Heroines of the Hebrew Bible,” we learn about Elijah and how he models for us how we might move beyond self pity, choosing to live the way God calls us to live in love, justice and peace in the world.

 

 

 

 

August 21, 2011 | Heroes & Heroines of the Hebrew Bible: Week 6 – Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego | Rev. Sandy Brown

Pastor Sandy helps us envision what life will be like in God’s hands. Though the most difficult things could be thrown at us, in God we are not alone.

 

August 14, 2011 | Heroes & Heroines of the Hebrew Bible: Week 5 – Esther | Rev. Sandy Brown

Following Esther’s example, can we take those unscheduled opportunities to respond in love or compassion or hope, to share a word that might change someone’s life?