The last year has been full of brokenness. As we move into this New Year, how can we put the broken pieces of our lives together in a way that is healing and transformative? How has this year transformed you? What broken pieces are you collecting? How will you bring those pieces forward in the … Continue reading Breaking in the New Year
Kwanzaa is a relatively new celebration which is designed to lift up family, culture and community in the Black community. Today we BIPOCs invite you into community with us. We are the FPD family; join us in this celebration. Join us in creating this beloved community. Here is the video of this service: If joining … Continue reading Celebrating Kwanzaa
Join us Christmas Eve at 5 pm for our traditional service of lessons, songs, and stories. Here is the video of the Christmas Eve service: Then on Sunday December 26 at 11 am, join us to in celebrating Kwanzaa: Kwanzaa is a relatively new celebration which is designed to lift up family, culture and community … Continue reading Christmas Eve Service of Lessons, Songs, and Stories
There are great gifts and wonder in the dark. As we honor solstice, let us look at the potential healing and growth that comes from attending to our shadows. To the darkness inside us as well as that surrounds us this time of year. Let us interrogate the dark within in order to grow. Here … Continue reading Shadows
In order to truly be free, we have to be able to name the boundaries that allow us to remain in relationship with one another. Freedom actually means containers. Join us as we explore the ways in which we take responsibility for the impacts of our actions and how that relates to the need to … Continue reading Free in Relationship
We now have a solid system to support our hybrid services so that those at home and those in the sanctuary all have a similar worship experience. Are you comfortable learning a few tech skills? Would you be willing to consider an occasional Sunday as the tech support person? You’d be in the balcony and … Continue reading Lighting Your Own Flame
Sometimes, out of nowhere, when we’re just going about our business, life (or God, or spirit) calls us to show up and be counted. We see someone treating another person injustly, and we must make a choice about how to respond. Depending on who we are, we will make a choice. What is a theology … Continue reading Ready
Our congregation is 391 years old and we wish to continue to have an impact in our community for 400 more years. In order to truly envision who we are becoming, we have to know our history. This Sunday we are uncovering what we can of the story of Dorcas ye Blackmore, the first Black … Continue reading Why Dorcas ye Blackmore?
Our congregation is 391 years old and we wish to continue to have an impact in our community for 400 more years. In order to truly envision who we are becoming, we have to know our history. Join us on a journey back to the beginning to revisit our coming into being and some of … Continue reading Origins
Our congregation is 391 years old and we wish to continue to have an impact in our community for 400 more years. In order to truly envision who we are becoming we have to know our history. We have to see the long view in each direction. At the same time, we as humans are … Continue reading The Long View – A November Sermon Series on History
