Scripture: Mark 12:28-34 Message: Stewardship Defined This Sunday is our first Sunday of Stewardship Month. What is Stewardship, you ask? Stewardship means, literally, the job of supervising or taking care of something. In the church we take it to mean how we care for the institution that is the UPA. This includes the building and
We are updating our list of UPA members and immediate family who have served, or are presently serving in our country’s military, diplomatic or peace corps. If there are new names to be added, please indicate name, rank or rating; dates and places of service and any other brief information
Go outside and notice what the weather is like. Is it hot on your skin, or cold? Is it rainy or sunny? Notice what the day has to offer and what nature you see. If it is night, notice the moon and stars.
We have an amazing line-up of musical guests for the Fest: We will also have: And don’t forget to buy your pumpkins and yummy baked goods!
Scripture: Mark 10:46-52Message: Starting a Movement This Sunday we have this wonderful and well known scripture story of Blind Bartimeaus. Jesus is walking through Jericho with his followers and all the sudden this guy (Bart) is yelling at him calling him “Jesus, Son of David!” It isn’t long after this
Our book study on White Christian Nationalism this month with Jim Wallace’s book, The False White Gospel: rejecting Christian Nationalism, restoring true faith, and refounding democracy. Discussions will be held at 2nd Church in West Newton on October 17, 2024 (chapters 3-4, and October 24, 2024 (rest of book) from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Of course
Breathe in and out for one minute. As you breathe in, think to yourself, “I am breathing in God’s love.” As you breathe out, think “I am breathing out worry and fear.”
Scripture: Mark 10:35-45Message: Jesus’s Favorite Kid This Sunday we get to think about how tempting it is to imagine that we are more beloved by God than another or even that we can become more beloved by what we do or how we practice our faith. We’ll hear this story about the last
A huge shout-out to the Lasell Baseball Team who were, once again, the champion pumpkin princes who magically unloaded our truckload of pumpkins into their own trucks. And a huge thank you to everyone who helped to pile them onto the pallets which cover our lawn every October. Despite the fact
The Psalms model the diversity of prayer. Sometimes they praise, other times; lament; sometimes they are grateful; other times bogged down with sorrow. Let your reading of the Psalms inspire your own prayer practice with complete honesty and vulnerability before God. Note: Some Psalms are short; others are quite long!
