Hi, Everyone: This Sunday, May 24, is the 7th Sunday of Easter. Yesterday was the Ascension of Our Lord, when Jesus, after appearing to the disciples, hitches a ride on a cloud to heaven. You’ll hear more about it in the Reading and Sermon on Sunday (we’re giving Jesus a few extra days to stick around). […]
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How to Quarantine in a Ghost Town Cerro Gordo by night. So I read this wonderful article by Matthew Taub on the April 29, 2020 of Atlas Obscura called “How to Quarantine in a Ghost Town.” The article opened with the following: On March 18, 2020, Brent Underwood arrived in the California ghost town of
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Dear masked Saints! Masks are the new must-have. And they are about to become the new fashion accessory. They tell us something about the wearer. My old neighbor has one with a large bass on it. Until then, I didn’t know that he was a passionate fisher. The rebels among us wear bandanas, one guy in a
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WEEKLY DEVOTION BY PASTOR BARBARA“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 My grandson told his mom he was painting “a hopeful window” for his neighbors to enjoy. We are worried about the children in all of this sheltering at home, and yet….by fulfilling his desire to do something for
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This Sunday, May 17, is the 6th Sunday of Easter! We welcome you and invite you to join us as we worship together in an online celebration, as we all continue to shelter in place during the Covid-19 pandemic. We look forward to a time when we can all worship together again! Please see our bulletin if you’d like
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Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, May 17, is the 6th Sunday of Easter and Fill the Food Barrel Sunday for reals! Yes, John Williams will be at the church from 8:45 am to noon to accept your drop-offs of non-perishable food itemsfor the League of Volunteers of Newark. All the usual social distancing protocols apply. I’m sure John will have an extra-large
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A situation vs a slog I am going to my Seth Godin well once again! Seth writes: “Wake me when it’s over,” is a natural instinct during a short-term interruption in our usual pattern. A crisis is there to be managed or waited out. The goal of each day is to simply get through it. Until
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60 days of Shelter-in-place in Alameda County as of today! 60 days mostly spent at home with the three people I love most. 60 days in which I have been thinking all of the following repeatedly in any order possible: “This is crazy! Ah, what’s so bad about hunkering down at home anyways? This is
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Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10-12[1] Does anybody else see
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Sunday, May 10th, is the 5th Sunday of Easter and Mother’s Day. As we have been doing since the shelter-in-place order first took effect, we invite you to join us in this online worship service. Please see our bulletin if you’d like to follow along and participate. Today’s worship service was recorded at different times and places in order
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