The November 20, 2025, service was canceled due to inclement weather.

Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for what we have. Pastor Dan suggests that we should also give thanks for our losses, deprivations, and setbacks. What might it mean to give thanks for our scars?

Pastor Jody shares recent experiences with three places in Greece – Athens, the monasteries at Meteora, and the fortified town of Monemvasia – where residents are deeply connected to their past.

In Mathew 22, Jesus is asked about heaven. Jim DeVries spent 40 years as a hospital and hospice chaplain. He gives an upbeat message about what we know and ways to make the transition to ‘what’s next’ easier.

Saints are not just people with Vatican-approved miracles. On All Saints Sunday, Linda Knieriemen talks about ‘balcony people,’ the everyday folks who encourage us to be peace-loving, justice-seeking, love-bestowing humans.

Winston Churchill said, ‘We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.’ But being generous doesn’t make us healthier or protect us from calamities. Pastor Dan considers why we might want to be givers.

We cannot fall out of grace with God, and that fact compels us to live our best lives. Pastor Jody asks us to consider God’s generous gift of unconditional love and grace.

How do other people make you feel welcome? Has it ever been difficult for you to welcome others? Should an extravagant welcome have limits? Pastor Dan considers these and other questions.

On the Feast of St. Francis, we celebrate the generosity of God’s creation, and Pastor Jody talks about a ‘gift economy,’ where exchanges are made without expectation of a return – relying instead on reciprocity, trust, and community interdependence.

We know that humans and animals groan. In Romans 8, the Apostle Paul tells us that Creation is also groaning. Pastor Dan introduces us to the Greek word sustenazó – a collective groan – and talks about what we might do about Creation groaning.