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Watch the service HERE. Looking around Eastrose at the quilts and artwork, you’re likely to think: “Wow, these folks are so creative.” And, yes, they surely are. However, creativity lives within each of us and extends beyond the visual, literary, or performing arts. In this service, we’ll explore where creativity originates, how it is sparked … Continue reading I, The Creator
Watch the service HERE. Many of us have been re-gifted a “keeper” item along the way (and yes, sometimes a clunker). Perhaps we’ve scored an actual treasure at a White Elephant or Yankee Holiday swap. Sometimes, good gifts do keep on giving, both the tangible and intangible kinds. As we launch our 2024-25 annual stewardship … Continue reading Good Gifts Keep on Giving – Stewardship Sunday
Watch the service HERE. A Reader’s Theater Service with Rev. Robin and the Worship Leaders. Music from Barbara Stevens. Brushing your teeth, sweeping the kitchen floor, a bedtime story, swimming, bringing in the mail, driving the car, meeting on Zoom (!) – when done mindfully, each of our “run-of-the-mill” daily activities can be small spiritual … Continue reading A Day In the Spiritual Life
Watch the service HERE. Do you have areas in your life you would like to revisit, like take up that instrument you played in high school? Or pick up those knitting needles after many years? Or start “dabbling in painting, writing, singing or gardening”? What is keeping you from following those dreams? Money? Time? Maybe… … Continue reading Searching and Finding Hidden Treasures Within Ourselves
Watch the service HERE. “We have to recognize that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.” – Cornel West. As a wedge is plunged deeper into our cultural, religious and political divides, to whom or to what are you loyal? Family? Friends? A cause? … Continue reading Your Loyalties Are Your Life
Watch the service HERE. Where do you feel you belong? Everywhere? Nowhere? Belonging is a big, although not often examined, part of participating in any part of our lives. It’s one of the reasons we come to Eastrose to belong to something larger than ourselves. Buddhism has a unique way of engaging with belonging. It begins by … Continue reading Belonging Through a Buddhist Lens
Watch the service HERE. During times when we are under extraordinary duress (the pandemic, for example), “putting on a happy face” seems almost suspicious, and yet, social media keeps churning out perky family holiday snapshots and “think positive thoughts” pep talks. Subscribing to the “positive psychology” gospel these days requires us to reject our so-called … Continue reading Happyish: The Upside of Negative Emotions
Watch the service HERE. You’ve seen them everywhere – at peace rallies and Pride marches, in our pulpit and on members of the choir, on our children and our elders, at General Assembly – those vivid gold T-shirts radiating the phrase: “Side With Love.” For Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, we’ll explore the origins and … Continue reading Here Come the Love People
Watch the service HERE. Letterboxing is a quirky hobby combining orienteering, puzzle solving, journaling, and treasure hunting, dating back to the 1850’s in Dartmoor, England. As we begin 2024 with our well-intentioned resolutions in tow, we’ll explore Letterboxing as a spiritual metaphor for getting “lost” (in healthy ways) — stepping off the well-worn paths of … Continue reading Letterboxing: Getting Lost and Found in the New Year
What seeds are you planting for the new year? How are you weaving your magic into your relationships with others? How can we center beauty and goodness and love in all that’s ahead? Char Woods, Worship Leader
