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The message for Oct 14, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Ephesians 6.10-20 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for Oct 7, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Ephesians 5.15-20 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for Sept 30, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Ephesians 4.25-5.2 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for September 16, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Ephesians 4.1-16 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for September 9, 2018 is given by Ron Lievens Psalm 148 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for July 15, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Mark 6.14-29 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for July 8, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Mark 6.1-13 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for June 24, 2018 is given by Steve King Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for July 1, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Mark 5.21-43 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for June 17, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Mark 4.26-34 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for June 10, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Mark 3.19-35 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for May 27, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo 2 Corinthians 12.12-31 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for May 20, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Acts 2.1-21 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for May 13, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Luke 15.11-32 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for Apr 29, 2018 is given by Jack Cornwall 1 Corinthians 12.4-11 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for Apr 15, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Luke 24.36-48 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for Apr 8, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo John 20.19-31 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for March 18, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Jeremiah 31.31-34 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for March 11, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo John 3.14-21 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for March 4, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Exodus 20.1-17 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for February 25, 2018 is given by Steven King Matthew 13.10-17 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for February 18, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Exodus 19.1-8 We welcome our new Interim Pastor, Susan Fairo! Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for February 11, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo Luke 10.25-37 We welcome our new Interim Pastor, Susan Fairo! Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish
The message for February 4, 2018 is given by Susan Fairo John 10.11-18 We welcome our new Interim Pastor, Susan Fairo! Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for January 28, 2018 is given by David Kratz 1 Corinthians 8.1-13 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for January 21, 2018 is given by Linda Robinson Deuteronomy 30.15-19 and Romans 12.1-2 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for January 14, 2018 is given by Val Matson Psalm 27.1, Amos 5.24 and 1 John 1.5-9 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message forJanuary 7, 2018 is given by Ruth Brandon Matthew 2.1-23 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for December 31, 2017 is given by Elizabeth Maupin Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
he message for December 10, 2017 is given by Tamara Roberts Psalm 90.1-2 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message forDecember 3, 2017 is given by Tamara Roberts Psalms 23.6+73.27, John 14.4+15.4 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for November 19, 2017 is given by Steve King. Isaiah 35 and John 14.27-31 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for November 12, 2017 is given by Jack Cornwall. Acts 10 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for November 5, 2017 is given by Anthony Robinson. Micah 3.5-12 and Matthew 23.1-12 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for October 29, 2017 is given by Dick Williams. Micah 6.8, Mark 12.28-34, Colossians 3.12-14 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for October 22, 2017 is given by Dick Williams. Luke 6.27-42, Romans 12.14-21 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for October 15, 2017 is given by Tamara Roberts. Psalm 23 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for October 1, 2017 is given by Sarah Perry and Allison Hannigan. Matthew 14:16-21 and a poem by Tagore Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
I lived on the shady side of the road and watched my neighbours’ gardens across the way reveling in the sunshine. I felt I was poor, and from door to door went with my hunger. The more they gave me from their careless abundance the more I became aware of my beggar’s bowl. Till one morning I awoke from my sleep at the sudden opening of my door, and you came and asked for alms. In despair I broke the lid of my chest open and was startled into finding my own wealth. (Rabindranath Tagore)
The message for September 24, 2017 is given by Dan Boughner. Psalm19.14, Deuteronomy 32.35, Romans 12.19, Hebrews 18.21-22, Matthew 5,43-44,47 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for September 17, 2017 is given by Courtney Stange-Tregear. 1 Corinthians 12.4-13 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for September 10, 2017 is given by Val Thomas-Matson. Genesis 21.6, Psalm 24, Proverbs 17.22 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for September 3, 2017 is given by Tamara Roberts. Exodus 3.1-15 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for August 27, 2017 is given by Donald Burnett Matthew 25.31-46, Romans 2.6-11, Psalm 80 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for August 20, 2017 is given by Ron Lievens. John 11.32-36 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for August 13, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. Matthew 3.13-17 and a Rilke Poem God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us, silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: "You, sent out, beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing. Embody me. Flare up like a flame, and make big shadows I can move in. Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror, just keep going, no feeling is final. Don't let yourself lose me. Nearby is a country they call life. You will know it by its seriousness. Give me your hand." Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for August 6, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. Mark 10.46-52 and a poem by Rumi "Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for July 30, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. John 15.5,7-9,11-12 and the words of Gordon Cosby Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for July 23, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. Genesis 25.19-26, 27.1-45, 1 Corinthians 1.27-29 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for July 16, 2017 is given by Dave Shull and Allison Hannigan. Romans 8.35-39 and Psalm 27.1 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for July 9, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. Romans 12.1-3 and the Gnostic Gospels of Mary, Faith Wisdom, and Thomas Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for July 2, 2017 is given byDave Shull. Genesis 3.6-9, Genesis 4.8-9, Isaiah 43.1-4, and Matthew 28.18-20 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for June 25, 2017 is given by Elizabeth Maupin. Genesis 21:1-21 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for June 18, 2017 is given by Nancy Talley and Dave Shull. Luke 15.11-32 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for June 11, 2017 is given by Ron Lievens and Dave Shull. Genesis 1.27-31, John 14.5-7, John 14.25-26, Romans 8.26-27 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for June 4, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. Acts 2.1-13 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for May 28, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. John 17.1-11 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for May 21, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. John 14.1-7 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for May 7, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. John 10.1-10 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for April 30, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. Luke 24.13-35 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
"Motorcycle Jesus..., Traumatized Jesus..., Eating Hummus Around The Table Jesus..., Whoever Is Jesus With Skin For You Shows He Is Risen" The Easter message for April 16, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. John 20.1-18 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for April 9, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. Matthew 21.1-17 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for April 2, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. Ezekiel 37.1-14 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for March 26, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. John 9.1-35 (selections)John 3.1-12 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for March 19, 2017 is given by Elizabeth Maupin. John 4.2-30,39-42 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for March 12, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. John 9.1-35 (selections) Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for March 5, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. Matthew 4.1-11
"Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be... O, let America be America again - the land that never has been yet - and yet must be... America never was America to me, and yet I swear this oath - America will be!" - Langston Hughes, 1935
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/let-america-be-america-again
Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for February 26, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. Matthew 17.1-9 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for February 19, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. Psalm 119.33-40 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for February 12, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. Matthew 5.19-24 Please join our community for worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for Feb 5, 2017 is given by Steve King. Mark 2.23-28 Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for January 29, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. Micah 6.1-8 Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for January 22, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. Matthew 4.12-25 Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
AMERICA FIRST
America First, not only in things material, But in things of the spirit. Not merely in science, invention, motors, skycrapers, But also in ideals, principles, character. Not merely in the calm assertion of rights, But in the glad assumption of duties.
Not flouting her strength as a giant, But bending in helpfulness over a sick and wounded world like a Good Samaritan. Not in splendid isolation, But in courageous cooperation.
Not in pride, arrogance, and disdain of other races and peoples But in sympathy, love and understanding. Not in treading again the old, worn, bloody pathway which ends inevitably in chaos and disaster, But blazing a new trail along which, please God, other nations will follow into the new Jerusalem where wars shall be no more.
Some day, some nation must take that path – unless we are to lapse into utter barbarism – and that honor I covet for my beloved America. And so in that spirit and with these hopes, I say with all my heart and soul, “America First!”
by G. Ashton Oldham, Sept. 1924. Oldham, born in 1977, was Episcopal Bishop if the diocese of New York, 1929-1950
The message for January 15, 2017 is given by Dave Shull. Genesis 3.1-24 Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for January 8, 2017 is given in song by Linda Srb, Ann Jenkins, Don Jenkins, Steve King, Susan Moore, Gary Sandberg, Val Thomas Matson, and Dave Shull
The message for January 1, 2017 is given by Ron Lievens. Matthew 5.1-12 Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for Christmas Eve, December 24, 2016 is given by Dave Shull. Luke 2.1-20 Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for December 11, 2016 is given by Dave Shull. Luke 1.26-28, 30-32, 38, 46-55 Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for December 4, 2016 is given by Dave Shull. Matthew 3.1-12 Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for November 27, 2016 is given by Dave Shull. Romans 13.11-14 Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for November 20, 2016 is given by Dave Shull and Elizabeth Maupin, drawing on her experience with diverse clergy at the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp. Genesis 1:1-13. Lakota Instructions For Living (from White Buffalo Calf Woman) Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for November 13, 2016. Isaiah 65.16-25. Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for November 6, 2016. Luke 10.25-37. Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for October 30, 2016. Matthew 28.1-10. Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings. Spirit of Peace United Church of Christ in Sammamish, WA. spiritofpeaceucc.org
The message for October 9, 2016. Luke 10.38-42 and James Alison, Jesus the Forgiving Victim:Listening for the Unheard Voice
The message for October 2, 2016.
"In His Sanity" If all the tenderness in this world could reflect from my eyes, would you accept that love? If all the forgiveness the heavens have known could be offered from one face, would you accept that divine pardon? In His sublime sanity - every moment God offers that to us: anything that might comfort. St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)
The message for September 18, 2016 is given by Robert Seybold to celebrate the new school year for the youth ministry.
The message for September 11, 2016 challenges us to see our own forms of idolatry. Exodus 32.7-14,25-35
The message for August 7, 2016 continues the summer tradition of responding to our questions, this week addressing Elizabeth's question: As we are called to speak the truth in love, what guidance is there in scripture and tradition to guide us in having difficult conversation?
Out beyond the ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there. - Jalaludin Rumi
The message for July 31, 2016 continues the summer tradition of responding to our questions, this week addressing Carolyn's question: How can we find a mission for our own life?
The message for July 24, 2016 continues the summer tradition of responding to our questions, this week addressing Ruth's topic: Please share about the early church, and Peter's dilemma about welcoming non-Jews into the community of Jesus-followers.
The message for July 17, 2016.
"If God said, "Rumi, pay homage to everything that has helped you enter my arms," there would not be one experience of my life, not one thought, not one feeling, not any act I would not bow to. - Jalaludin Rumi (1207-1273)
The message for June 26, 2016. I Bet God If He let go of my hand, I would weep so loudly, I would petition with all my might, I would cause so much trouble that I bet God would come to his senses and never do that again. - Meister Eckhart, German monk 1260-1328
The message for June 19, 2016.
I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breath moves through -- listen to this music. - Hafiz
The message for June 12, 2016, music, and a prayer.
Have wings that feared ever touched the Sun? I was born when all I once feared - I could love. - Rabia(female Muslim poet, 717-801)
The message for May 29, 2016 concerns healing the wounds of warriors and a society that doesn't want to talk about what it has asked of them.
Julie Averill shares stories of unsolicited kindness and connection in the message for Sunday, May 22, 2016. Do what is fair and just to your neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, and don't take yourself too seriously - take God seriously.
The message for March 20, 2016 shares the experience of Christ's disciples on Good Friday.
The message for March 13, 2016 tells us that when we identify what we need to fill the emptinesses in our lives, we should give that thing away to others.
The message for March 6, 2016 reminds us that the things which make us different, unique and even self-conscious are what makes us beautiful, and God's love creates an enduring, safe place for us to take off our masks.
The message for February 28, 2016 reminds us that God is still speaking, and that when we let God get our attention, it frees us from the prison of being who we are not.
The message for January 31, 2016 explores how God and Love are there for us in the middle of the uncertainty which is inevitable as we move beyond thinking like a child, replacing certainty with the realization that we see the truth only dimly, as if through a mirror.
The message for January 24, 2016 explores the things which we know so deeply that they define us and comfort us, and how they shape how we act as disciples of Christ.
The message for January 17, 2016 is the sharing of memories we have of Catherine Swadley
The message for November 22, 2015 given by Jennifer Banks, Diana Kelsey Kutas, Tony Robinson, Robet Seybold, Linda Srb, Dave Shull