Sermons
Giving Until it Heals (Guest Speaker: Colin Saxton)
Colin Saxton belongs to North Valley Friends in Newberg, OR. He and Janine are the parents of four grown children and two grandchildren. After working for Quaker organizations most of his adult life, Colin now serves as the Stewardship Theologian for Everence. Additionally, he teaches as an adjunct instructor through the Lake Institute/Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and recently joined the North Valley Friends pastoral team in a part-time role.
Beds of Ivory
Queries:
What’s the systemic issue? What’s the heart issue?
What does or could the Quaker testimony of simplicity look like in my life?
What does generosity look like for me, right now?
What is my/our part in addressing economic inequality in our world?
How do we appeal to the Love, the goodness, that of God, in others?
Can People Change? Will They?
Queries:
Can people change for the better?
What facilitates positive change?
How have I changed?
Where is change needed?
Wonderfully Made
Queries:
How am I repairing a negative self-image or nurturing a positive one?
How can I practice humility as an act of love for myself and others?
What amazing things can I do? What amazing things can we do, together?
When has being fully known–and loved–been liberating for me?
Who is with me, to the end?
Extended Open Worship
Queries:
What do I notice? What clarity am I finding in what I notice?
What do I find troubling? What do I find inspiring?
How do I feel challenged?
What action(s) am I being called to take?
Where can I practice humility instead of trying to look for recognition?
Who can I make space for, not because of what they can give me, but simply because every person has worth?
Quaker Traditions for Troubled Times (Guest Speaker: Eileen Flanagan)
Eileen Flanagan is an award-winning author, speaker, and Quaker activist. She has served as both clerk and campaign director of Earth Quaker Action Team and has trained people across the United States in nonviolent strategies for change. In recent months, she worked with Daniel Hunter to create both online trainings and a peacekeeper workbook that are being used by tens of thousands of today’s activists.
Her newest book, Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation, offers lessons, not only for those concerned about climate change, but for all those who want to work across our divisions for a better world. Eileen carries a minute of religious service from Chestnut Hill Meeting which has been affirmed by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Read more at eileenflanagan.com.
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