IN JANUARY
HAPPY NEW YEAR
EPIPHANY
January
Artful Worship, Joyful Service
Sunday Celebration:
Weekly at 10:30 am
EPIPHANY ~ The Three Magi
Standing in the pre-dawn looking out from my winter cave over the wheel of the year, the stars bright with Mystery, the sun not yet dimming their vastness of potential, I breathe in the cold night air.
What possibility is coursing through my veins? How am I an agent of Mystery? What beauty will I weave in this turn around the sun?
~From the poem “Rebirthed Flight” by Carolyn Sato
In early January, our thoughts turn to our hopes for the year.
What light of desire and possibility is stirring within us? How might we be an ‘agent of Mystery’ in the wider world?
These are also the kinds of reflections we ponder in the season of Epiphany. Epiphany happens twelve days after Christmas and is celebrated on January 6th each year. We will celebrate it on the closest Sunday, which is January 4th. Rev. Dr. Becca Barnett will be preaching.
Epiphany celebrations are also full of stars, magic and wonder. We remember the story of the coming of the Magi (which is where we get the word ‘magician’) who were paying attention to the messages in the stars and followed their spiritual longing that led them to experience the light of Christ Consciousness.
How might we follow their inspiration and listen to the stirring of the Christ light deep within that beckons us forward into a new year?
This is the general theme for the month of January, which will include teachings from the stories about Anna, the Grandmother of Jesus in mid January, after the Epiphany service itself on Jan 4th where Rev. Dr. Becca Barnett will be preaching.
In this season, may we all continue to muse with the mystery and follow the desire of our heart’s deepest longing as it leads us into the New Year with the hope of new beginnings.
Pastor Kimberly
Gaia by Minouche Graglia
January 4th Epiphany service when Rev. Becca Barnett will be preaching.
January 11th Agents of Mystery; experiencing the light of Christ Consciousness.
January 18th. Anna, the grandmother of Jesus; following heart's deepest longing.
January 25th Contemplative service of Lectio Divina, soulful singing and playful exploration with art supplies.