On Easter morning, trumpets blow! Choirs sing! Bells ring! Join the surprising celebration of a risen Lord. Even when political and religious forces conspired to silence the prophet of peace, God raised him from the dead. His way is more true than any other way, and leads to a full and amazing life, now and forever. (Egg hunt and Fellowship following!)

On the third day, some women approached the tomb where Jesus was buried. They went to properly bury him. Instead, they found him missing, risen, alive! Do we have the faith to walk toward death? Would we try to hold onto him, or run and tell all the world of life’s victory? Join us for this Sunrise Easter worship in the Memorial Garden.

Jesus was dead and buried. Those who hated him assumed they had silenced him. Those who loved him grieved, doubted, and hid. At this special service, we gather at dusk to wonder, which parts of us still resist and betray him? Which parts of us say they would follow, but hesitate?

From noon to 3pm, the sanctuary will be open. There will be space for study, prayer, reflection, journaling, listening, whatever you may need to fid some direction and comfort. Pastors and/or Deacons will be available to listen and pray with you as well.

As Jesus came close to his death, he gathered with disciples in an upper room, and shared a meal. Even as we remember our own role in the brokenness of this world, we dare to imagine Jesus sits with us, breaks bread, and teaches us to re-member his broken body into the kin-dom of God.

Ash Wednesday is a special, solemn worship service. We gather together to remember…. God made us from the dust of creation, and one day, we will return to dust. Do we dare trust and believe that we always were and always will be loved by God? We also start our All-Church Lenten Study using Adam Hamilton’s book, 24 Hours that Changed the World.

There’s a story about Jesus where he was “transfigured” before his followers. His appearance changed, and they saw him speaking with great prophets. Do we dare notice Jesus in our world today?

The first Sunday after the 12 days of Christmas is often celebrated as “Epiphany Sunday”, a day when the star led the way for others to find their way to Jesus. In this special service, we too look for the stars of light in our world, guiding us to God’s justice and love. We each choose a STAR word for the year, as a mantra, a prayer, a reminder to stay close to God as the world pulls us away.

Christmas is more than a single day. The twelve days of Christmas include as least one, sometimes two Sundays. On this Sunday in the Christmastide, we hear the story of infant/toddler Jesus already perceived as a threat to political powers. We see how far evil will go to prevent God’s kin-dom from coming on earth as it is already in the heavens. Love, justice, and peace seem too costly, but they are God’s only way.

Liturgy and lights, carols and choirs, scripture and sermon, liturgy and the Lord’s Supper. The majesty and mystery of a God who comes among us as one of us, in the flesh, gives us goosebumps. We are carriend into the awe and beauty of a child who is strong enough in his weakness to heal a broken world. Join us at 800pm, then linger for something warm to eat and drink before return to our homes.

This special service is designed to fully include children in the story of Christmas. Think of it as a Christmas play with no rehearsals. There are costumes, props, scripts, and songs. We help children (and any others who are willing) find a way to participate as you enter the door. Afterward, we’ll share some snacks and s’mores around the fire pit, and give out goodie bags to every young one. Merry Christmas!

Each year, on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, the Chester Valley Ministers Associations gathers a diverse collection of clergy and community leaders to guide us in an Interfaith Thanksgiving Gathering and worship service.

Christians have no other king than Jesus. On this special Sunday in the Christian year, we denounce all other allegiances and loyalties to any power or principality other than the God we know in the loving, compassionate, self sacrificing Christ. Communion is served and open to all who hunger.

We gather in the memorial garden under candlelight to give thanks to God for those saints we have loved and lost… our parents, our spouses, our family, those near and dear to us. Tears will flow, and we might laugh a bit as well, as we tell old stories and believe nothing separates us from the love of God.

On this Easter morning, we blow the trumpets, blast the organ, and celebrate God’s victory over sin, evil, and death. Come celebrate that live and love are our source and our destination!

On this Easter morning, we begin a little after sunrise in the memorial garden. Much like the first apostles went to the garden to see him and found him raised not dead, we gather on this morning trusting we will find the same again!

Why do we call this day good when it is the day Jesus was crucified, died, and was buried? We trust that not even death has the power over this good and loving God.

We remember the “Last Supper” and Jesus’ last (greatest?) command that we love one another as he loves us. Soup supper at 600pm, and worship right after at 700pm

As begin the season of Lent, we remember God created us from the most basic elements, what we might call dust. Someday, we will return to dust. But even then, this God will love and hold us still.

The last Sunday before the season of Lent is called Transfiguration Sunday. We remember Jesus going up a mountain with some disciples and being transfigured before them, shining, like a light, and connecting with great leaders of history.

On this special Sunday, we celebrate the wise ones from afar who came to welcome God in the flesh with their gifts and service. We also choose a special “star word” as our guide for the year to help us be better disciples. Join us!