Welcome to fall–a feast for our senses: the turning of the leaves, the crunch of footsteps, the taste of warm cider, the smell of woodsmoke, and, of course, the gathering of our harvests.
Everything we eat and our gorgeous surroundings are earth’s gifts to us. And in response, let us give thanks for our earth’s generosity by centering our fall worship on strengthening our relationship with creation. To do this, we will be integrating the bestselling book, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer into our worship services and weekly book study. You’re welcome to grab this little book at your local library or bookstore. But even if you don’t read the book, the worship will still and always be accessible and soul-nourishing for you.
Sunday, September 21 at 10 a.m. Celebrating the Fall Equinox
Sunday, September 28 at 10 a.m. Celebrating our Earth’s Harvests
Sunday, October 5 at 10 a.m. Blessing of the Animals (Your beloved animal companions are invited to worship with us to receive a blessing!)
October 12 at 10 a.m. Creating an Abundance Economy
October 19 at 10 a.m. Pastor Jimmy Nih to guest preach and lead worship!
October 26 at 10 a.m. Halloween Service (Calling all goblins, witches, ballerinas and superheroes to worship with us! Are grown-ups allowed to dress up? Oh yes.) During the Halloween parade, the kids will take up an offering for mission project helping reconstruct a church in the Philippines, Soledad United Methodist Church in Nueva Ecija, to prevent flooding as it happens to so many places in that region.
Weekly Book Study
To supplement our worship series on The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, we’ll be having a weekly book group every Thursday from September 25th to October 16th from noon to 1 p.m. to discuss the ideas in depth.
To enter the WUMC Zoom Room, go to www.zoom.us
Meeting ID: 856 0216 1210
Passcode: 088200
In preparation, here are the parts we’ll discuss at each session:
September 25: pp. 1-26
October 2: pp. 29-50
October 9: pp. 53-82
October 16: pp. 85-105