What are Monthly Themes?
Each month for 10 months of our congregational year, we have a monthly theme that drives covenant circle discussion, sermons and are incorporated into our family ministry program. Themes for the 2018-2019 congregational year include:
September
October
November
December
January
February
Expectation
Belonging
Attention
Awe
Integrity
Resilience
The practice of trusting our longings/The practice of allowing hope to widen our view
The practice of finding home and being home for others/The practice of embracing a wider self
The practice of reshaping our lives by shifting where we look/The practice of listening to what life is trying to say
The practice of remembering that it’s all a gift/The practice of noticing the sacred everywhere you turn
The practice of living from the inside out/The practice of refusing to hide
The practice of trusting one step at a time/The practice of moving from “Why did this happen?” & “This is not fair” to “What can I do now?” & “Look at what’s left.”
March
April
May
June
Wisdom
Liberation
Thresholds
Play
The practice of untangling yourself from what you’ve been taught/The practice of wedding cleverness with compassion
The practice of accepting that we are already enough/The process of realizing that the freedom of others and our own is one and the same
The practice of courageously stepping into the dark/The practice of bravely leaving our safe and comfortable homes behind/The practice of leaning into the lure of a new you
The practice of shaping our reality with the stories we tell/The practice of remembering that we were made for joy