Susan Moore will be available after the 11 a.m. worship service to take photos for the online directory. If you attend the 8:45 a.m. service and would like your picture taken, please let Susan or the church office know. Thank you so much!
Pastor Wes’s Morning Meditations on the Gospel of Matthew as part of our Reading the Gospel in 50ish Days ~ You can click here to read.
Tuesday and Wednesday Bible Study Continue this Week
On Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom we are discussing Reading the Gospels in 50-ish Days. If you are curious and want to know more, please join the zoom next week.
On Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. sessions are talking about the prophet Isaiah.
Our Sacred Conversations on Race will continue on Wednesdays in October at 3 p.m. October 9 and October 23 we will be watching excerpts from the PBS Show on the History of Hip Hop Music.
The Butterfly Club presentation for September 26, 2024 has been canceled due to weather.
Important Announcement from Rev. Dr. Budd Friend-Jones:
The “Earth’s Tapestry” event this weekend (Friday and Saturday) has been canceled due to the weather conditions.
We will regroup with an expanded array of community groups to plan our next steps and event(s) with Dr. Lyla June Johnston, Dr. Danielle Tumminio Hansen, the Seminole Climate Resiliency Team, and many of the same local presenters. stay tuned.
Tuesday, October 8, 11:30 am in Syster Hall The Women’s Association and the Green Team have assembled a panel of experts on our water quality and conservation –
Is our water safe to drink? How can we make it cleaner? How can we make it last? A panel discussion with: Dr. Abbey Tyrna, Executive Director of Suncoast Waterkeepers; Michael D’Imperio, Univ. of Florida Extension Agent for Water Resources; Dr. Dave Tomasko, Executive Director of Sarasota Bay Estuary Program
Here are the facts. 97.3% of the earth’s water is saltwater found in the Ocean. The remaining 2.7% is freshwater, but of this 2.7% only 30.1% is ground water, that is, water we can access to drink. The other 68.7% is in glaciers and ice sheets. That means only .8127% of the water on the entire planet is freshwater. That’s less than 1%, and, of course, we do not have access to all of that for drinking. That should give us pause.
Join three experts of diverse areas of study in a conversation about our water. From how our planet’s water got here and shaped our world, to the characteristics of saltwater and freshwater, to why the twain do not meet. We admire water’s beauty and its bounty. We thirst for it. And we also fear its power, its quick ability to destroy, and its rapid warming. Without it, shall we be like sand through the hourglass with our time running out?
All are welcome. Luncheon costs $15. Sign up after either Sunday service or call the church office at 941-953-7044.
The monthly men’s breakfast will reconvene on October 12th after the summer break.
Doors to Syster Hall will open at 8:00 am with coffee, tea and juice being served. Chef Clarence Rogers will prepare breakfast, which will be served at 8:30 am. Each attendee will be asked to share, in less than 2 minutes, one life-changing event. Please register by Thursday, October 10th by calling Sherry at the church office at 941-953-7044. Plan to come to catch up and or to meet new church friends!
Wednesday, October 16 at 4:00pm we will have the first Singing Our Prayers gathering in our beautiful glass-stained Chapel led by Greg Chestnut.
We will sing simple prayers for the people interspersed with silence, meditation, and poetry in a sacred space. The Prayer Circle invites you to be a part of it and bring along others for this unique spiritual experience.
Our Prayer Circle has grown and now consists of Linda Butler, Greg Chestnut, Sheryl Overheidt-Smith, Linda Pursley, Maggie Revere, Jane Delgado Semidei, George Taylor, and Ruth Ann Waid.
Wednesday, September 25 Wednesday Bible Study, 11 a.m., Oasis and Zoom
Sacred Conversations on Race, 3 p.m., Oasis Center and Zoom NO Choir rehearsal please stay safe with the storm!
Thursday, September 26 Sarasota Butterfly group canceled due to the storm!
Friday, September 27 Earth Tapestry Event canceled due to storm.
Director of Music Search Team meeting, 3 p.m., Oasis and Zoom
Saturday, September 28 Memorial service for Carl Hendrickson, 1 p.m., sanctuary
Sunday, September 29 ~ Stephen Fancher, Guest Organist Early Service, 8:45 a.m., Chapel led by Rev. Dr. Sarah Melcher
Service at 11:00 a.m., Sanctuary and Online led by Rev. Dr. Sarah Melcher Pastor Wes begins vacation through October 2
Monday, September 30
Food and Hunger Group, 11:30 a.m., Zoom
Wednesday, October 2 Choir Rehearsal, 7 p.m., Chapel
Pastor Wes will be on vacation Sunday, September 29 through Wednesday, October 2. Rev. Dr. Sarah Melcher will lead worship on the 29th.
The October Newsletter is now ready for you to read!! 
Susan Moore will be available after the 11 a.m. worship service to take photos for the online directory. If you attend the 8:45 a.m. service and would like your picture taken, please let Susan or the church office know. Thank you so much!
The Women’s Association and the Green Team have assembled a panel of experts on our water quality and conservation –
Saturday, September 28
