Month: October 2024
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NSI Benefit Concert on Sunday, November 10
Read More: NSI Benefit Concert on Sunday, November 10This year the 23rd Annual University Area Choir Concert to benefit NSI will take place at 4:00 PM on Sunday, November 10th. Our choir is joining with choirs from Indianola Presbyterian Church and University Baptist Church to present beautiful music and help our partners at NSI continue to keep meeting the needs of hungry people…
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Cultivating Interfaith Relationships in November
Read More: Cultivating Interfaith Relationships in NovemberWhen war broke out in the Middle East more than a year ago, it quickly became apparent that the members of our parish had a diversity of opinions about the conflict. It also became clear that we, as a small Midwestern church, were limited in any response that we might make to the crisis. In…
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Journaling Workshop on Saturday, October 19 at 10:00 AM
Read More: Journaling Workshop on Saturday, October 19 at 10:00 AMJoin Melissa Reed as she guides us through a beautiful Lectio Divina inspired creative journaling practice. Bring your journal, your favorite pens, old magazines, and any other crafting supplies you may like. We will spend time quietly journaling together followed by a time of (optional) sharing. Melissa Reed is a spiritual director, yoga instructor, journaling guide,…
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Art in the Sanctuary: New Work by Sharone Putter
Read More: Art in the Sanctuary: New Work by Sharone PutterNew works by Sharone Putter will be on view in our sanctuary until late November. Artist Statement My art highlights worksites and nondescript events by the side of the road. Areas peripheral to the subject matter are semi-abstracted, bringing the narratives into prominence while retaining the potentiality inherent to the unfinished under-construction scenes. Hand-painted enameled elements…
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Labyrinth Walk on Thursday, September 26 at 7:00 PM
Read More: Labyrinth Walk on Thursday, September 26 at 7:00 PMWe are returning to our practice of holding a labyrinth walk on the fourth Thursday of every month at 7:00 PM in the sanctuary. Join us! A labyrinth isn’t a maze. It has a single circuitous path that leads into its center, and that then leads you back out into the world. Lauren Artress, author…
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St. Stephen’s History of Creation Care
Read More: St. Stephen’s History of Creation CareIn the sermon on September 1st, I reflected on St. Stephen’s history of creation care in space design, operations, and decision making. The fun part of doing this is that after the 8:30 service many of you gave me more information to use for the 10:30 service. The composite list includes: Frankly, St. Stephen’s is…
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Household Recycling Guide
Read More: Household Recycling GuideOne of our readers, Avery McCoy, used some of the materials in this Creation Care blog for his Environmental Science Merit Badge for Boy Scouts. In return, he has sent us a wonderful resource which we’re happy to republish here – the Household Recycling Guide by Dustin Lemick which you can find on the website…
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Season of Creation
Read More: Season of Creationby The Rev. Craig Foster As we enter the Season of Creation (Sep. 1 – Oct. 4), we offer this reflection from the Catholic Church which founded the Season of Creation. Further information is at https://seasonofcreation.org. To hope and act with Creation In the letter of Paul the apostle to the Romans, the biblical image pictures…
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Moses in the Sapphire Cloud
Apophatic and Cataphatic Prayer and the Sinai Theophany He was on the mountain for forty days, and what were those days like? Alone, the sky dense around him, the earth occasionally rumbling, and when he saw a glimpse of the divine, it was as if he was looking through stained glass, stained a deep sapphire.…
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The Mixture of the Multitude: Liberation Readings of Scripture
We gathered on Wednesday evenings throughout July and August, sitting around the ubiquitous plastic folding tables that are known to every church. Sunlight slanted in through the wall of glass windows, and the smells of the parish kitchen— old coffee, musty sponges, cleaning product— filled the room. We were there to study Queer Theology, a…
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St. Francis Feast Day Pet Blessing on Sunday, October 4
Saint Francis’s Feast Day is on October 4th. We will hold our annual pet blessing in the midst of the service. Bring your pet or a photo of your pet to church! If you’re more of a plant person, bring a plant! St. Francis’s care for creation extends to all living things.
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