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Food drive open until 11/16
Our Social Justice Committee has spent much effort on current national and state issues. But at this time, we have a country of people who for the first time are accessing our food pantries. Also, there is a decrease in federal funding for food. It is “a perfect storm”. Therefore, we are having a food…
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Gratitude by Rev Jimmie Lee Omar
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On Gratitude by Rev. Jamie Hinson-Rieger
Gratitude is a foundational spiritual practice that connects us to joy and is associated with resilience. However, gratitude can be complicated too–it can be accompanied by guilt, or serve as a form of denial, or veer into toxic positivity. This Sunday we will explore all the facets of gratitude before returning to where we started–that…
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Gratitude, Acceptance & Release by Reverend Dr. Teresa Cooley
Gratitude, Acceptance & Release by Reverend Dr. Teresa Cooley
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The Six Pillars of Gratitude, By Rev. JennyAmstutz
The Six Pillars of Gratitude, By Rev. Jenny Amstutz
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Halloween Happening!
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Living Our Values: Compassion and Equity
Living Our Values: Compassion and Equity by Jessica Dunn Safonof
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Begrudging Journey to Compassion: Confessions of a Recalcitrant Pastor
I knew directly after the election when some folks were talking about building bridges and understanding the other side that strategically and spiritually this was the right way to go—or would be. I also knew I couldn’t go there in that moment. But right now, compassion and a different kind of role for us as…
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Highway Clean Up
Our biannual highway litter pick-up for Rt B/179 is scheduled for Saturday 10/25/25 at 9am. Meet at the parking lot of Freshwater Church on Lorenzo Greene Drive (just past Veit’s restaurant). Official MODOT trash bags and safety vests will be provided. Bring work gloves and wear appropriate footwear and sunscreen. Any questions contact Barb Koenig. …
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Cultivating Compassion
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Self-Compassion or Selfishness?
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Compassion Across Boundaries with Nadene LeCheminant, Homilist
Description: Sometimes compassion flows naturally, but sometimes it’s difficult to love others. How do we love people who are “not of our tribe”? The 14th Dali Llama proposed a radical type of compassion, which might serve as a starting point.
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Social Justice Update
If you would like to be trained as a petition collector, there will be training Sunday October 12 at the Labor Temple, 209 Flora Drive in Jefferson City. The training begins at 4pm. If you are already a petition collector, you may turn in your petitions to be reviewed and signed by a notary October…