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!
Scripture: Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, Hebrews 4:12-16Message: To Be Seen; To Be Known This weekend this nation will celebrate Indigenous People’s Day. To honor this holiday, our worship will focus on the history, culture, and trials of our native people. We will begin with a land acknowledgement noting that the land our church stands on
Scripture: Mark 10: 2-16Message: Essence and Form This Sunday we will gather around the table with Christians from all over the world in celebration of World Communion Sunday! It will be a day to remember that we are not alone in our hope for unity and peace through justice for the sake of
It’s pumpkin time at UPA. Sunday October 6, 2024 pumpkins will be here and we need your help!!! Help us unload and spreading pumpkins across the church lawn, decorate the sales area and beyond, bring your wheelbarrow and gardening gloves. This is such a fun time for all families each year. The SignUp Genius is
Join us at 2nd Church in Newton on Sept. 29, 2024 at 4:00pm for a showing of Rob Reiner’s new documentary, God and Country. Members of Unite Boston (Unite Boston nurtures unity among diverse Christians through relationships for the flourishing of the city. We seek to be an incubator and catalyst
Scripture: Proverbs 31:10-31Message: Uncommon Wisdom This Sunday we’ll look at a scripture that has been used far too often to set unreasonable expectations for the role of wife. And yet, when read outside of this perspective it is a beautiful recognition of the endless world and incomprehensible wisdom of women as a whole.
Scripture: 1 Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-43Message: A Limitless God I think it’s hard to imagine a limitless God. I preach of a limitless God and the idea of some entity or energy that is omniscient and omnipotent and eternal is wonderful in this finite life. But when it comes down to understanding what all
