Sunday Mornings this Fall

by | Aug 31, 2021 | Grow Outwardly

We like to be together. Through the pandemic, we learned how to gather online to keep safe. Starting last summer, we began to worship and host events outside. And, slowly but surely, we have been able to phase a re-open of our church, while keeping hybrid options for...

Wandering in an Unvaccinated Desert

by | Aug 22, 2021 | Grow Outwardly

It’s a good time to recall an Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) tale that we don’t hear in the lectionary. In both Numbers 13:1–33, and repeated with some differences in Deuteronomy 1:22–40, we can read about the group of Israelite chieftains from each of the Twelve Tribes...

Confident, Fearless Inclusion

by | Jul 22, 2021 | Grow Outwardly

The Reverend Allison English Mark 7:24-30 24 From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, 25 but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit...