Each week, we discover the scriptures anew together following along with Disciplines 2026, a book of devotions. Click the link below to join via Zoom.

Questions about this group? Email Bob B Thomas at bobbthomas@att.net.

The Enlarged-Print edition of the new 2026 book can be purchased using the button below.

“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)

We are currently reading This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation and the Stories that Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley.

Cole Arthur Riley is, more than most things, a writer. Born and for the most part raised in Pittsburgh, Cole studied writing at the University of Pittsburgh, but traces her love of words back to her father, who would bribe her and her siblings to write poems and stories to get out of chores, or for cold hard cash; and her gramma who was part writer, part sage.

Cole is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator.

Some thinkers who have formed her include, Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler, James Baldwin, Thomas Merton, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Julian of Norwich.

Cole’s debut book THIS HERE FLESH was an instant New York Times bestseller.

Click to order the book online from Better World Books

Join us at 7:30 p.m. for an hour of good conversation and relationship building! All are welcome, even if you’ve never joined us before – we would love to see you!

Each week, we discover the scriptures anew together following along with Disciplines 2025, a book of devotions. Click the link below to join via Zoom.

Questions about this group? Email Bob B Thomas at bobbthomas@att.net.

The Enlarged-Print edition of the new 2025 book can be purchased using the button below.

Each week, we discover the scriptures anew together following along with Disciplines 2025, a book of devotions. Click the link below to join via Zoom.

Questions about this group? Email Bob B Thomas at bobbthomas@att.net.

The Enlarged-Print edition of the new 2025 book can be purchased using the button below.

Each week, we discover the scriptures anew together following along with Disciplines 2025, a book of devotions. Click the link below to join via Zoom.

Questions about this group? Email Bob B Thomas at bobbthomas@att.net.

The Enlarged-Print edition of the new 2025 book can be purchased using the button below.

An evening filled with wonderful musical performances.

Each week, we discover the scriptures anew together following along with Disciplines 2025, a book of devotions. Click the link below to join via Zoom.

Questions about this group? Email Bob B Thomas at bobbthomas@att.net.

The Enlarged-Print edition of the new 2025 book can be purchased using the button below.

Each week, we discover the scriptures anew together following along with Disciplines 2025, a book of devotions. Click the link below to join via Zoom.

Questions about this group? Email Bob B Thomas at bobbthomas@att.net.

The Enlarged-Print edition of the new 2025 book can be purchased using the button below.

Each week, we discover the scriptures anew together following along with Disciplines 2025, a book of devotions. Click the link below to join via Zoom.

Questions about this group? Email Bob B Thomas at bobbthomas@att.net.

The Enlarged-Print edition of the new 2025 book can be purchased using the button below.

“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)

We are currently reading This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation and the Stories that Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley.

Cole Arthur Riley is, more than most things, a writer. Born and for the most part raised in Pittsburgh, Cole studied writing at the University of Pittsburgh, but traces her love of words back to her father, who would bribe her and her siblings to write poems and stories to get out of chores, or for cold hard cash; and her gramma who was part writer, part sage.

Cole is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator.

Some thinkers who have formed her include, Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler, James Baldwin, Thomas Merton, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Julian of Norwich.

Cole’s debut book THIS HERE FLESH was an instant New York Times bestseller.

Click to order the book online from Better World Books

Join us at 7:30 p.m. for an hour of good conversation and relationship building! All are welcome, even if you’ve never joined us before – we would love to see you!

The Anderson Congregation has generously invited everyone to join for Thanksgiving dinner on November 23 at 5:00 p.m. They are located at 19956 Alexander Ave.

Please RSVP to 530-209-6920 or cofchristandersonca@gmail.com.

Each week, we discover the scriptures anew together following along with Disciplines 2025, a book of devotions. Click the link below to join via Zoom.

Questions about this group? Email Bob B Thomas at bobbthomas@att.net.

The Enlarged-Print edition of the new 2025 book can be purchased using the button below.

“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)

We are currently reading This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation and the Stories that Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley.

Cole Arthur Riley is, more than most things, a writer. Born and for the most part raised in Pittsburgh, Cole studied writing at the University of Pittsburgh, but traces her love of words back to her father, who would bribe her and her siblings to write poems and stories to get out of chores, or for cold hard cash; and her gramma who was part writer, part sage.

Cole is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator.

Some thinkers who have formed her include, Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler, James Baldwin, Thomas Merton, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Julian of Norwich.

Cole’s debut book THIS HERE FLESH was an instant New York Times bestseller.

Click to order the book online from Better World Books

Join us at 7:30 p.m. for an hour of good conversation and relationship building! All are welcome, even if you’ve never joined us before – we would love to see you!

Dear Members and Friends of Sierra Pacific Mission Center,

It is almost time for Mission Center Conference! This Sunday, November 16 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific, our mission center community will be joining together for our annual Mission Center Conference. We are looking forward to a time of reflection of the past year and alignment for the future.

Below you will find conference materials with lots of information for you to look through to see what has been happening this past year in the mission center. I want to encourage everyone to look through the information that was submitted by so many leaders in our ministry! There are updates from the staff and some of the volunteers that lead our ministry in the mission center. Meaningful outreach in Youth Ministries, the Peace Colloquy, Happy Valley, Young Adult ministries, and lots of information about the financial well-being of the mission center.

Critical Pages to Print
If you would like to print what is specifically relevant to our business meeting on Sunday – please be sure to print the following pages:

• Pg. 04

• Pgs. 35-43

• Pgs. 53-55

Voting Instructions
I wanted to give you some guidance in case we need to have a counted vote for any of our items of business. We will use the polling feature in Zoom to vote. However, using this feature only allows one vote per device that is logged in to the meeting. If you are logged in with other people in your home or congregation on one computer and want to vote individually, you have a couple of options.

1. You can log in to Zoom on another device (phone, tablet, etc.) when it is time to vote

2. You can text or email Paul your vote. Please include your name as well as how you would like to vote in your email or text. In the event that we need to vote in this way, we will remind you of these steps during the meeting.

Paul’s email is pharding@cofchrist.org and phone (for text): 402-995-9792.

Thank you for your prayerful preparation as we gather to further our ministry in our communities and the mission center.

If you have any questions, as always, reach out to me.

Ruth Seagraves
Mission Center President
Community of Christ Sierra Pacific Mission Center

Save the Pool for Future Camps at Happy Valley

Help bring the ministry of water to the next generation! The Happy Valley Board of Directors is hosting a virtual campfire fundraiser to raise funds to renovate our pool on November 15 from 7:00 PM-8:30 PM. Drop by drop, Happy Valley is working towards our goal of $150,000 for the restoration, and they are already 39% there, thanks to the generosity of folks like you! With everyone's help, a little goes a long way - consider contributing to this worthy source of recreation, of community connection, of summer camp joy. Join us for fun, community, and silly camp songs for our online pool fundraiser by signing up here, or donate today to Happy Valley here.

Feel free to contact Lynley Closson (lynleyclosson@gmail.com) or Tim Dodds (tim@happyvalleycc.org) with questions. 

Each week, we discover the scriptures anew together following along with Disciplines 2025, a book of devotions. Click the link below to join via Zoom.

Questions about this group? Email Bob B Thomas at bobbthomas@att.net.

The Enlarged-Print edition of the new 2025 book can be purchased using the button below.

“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)

We are currently reading This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation and the Stories that Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley.

Cole Arthur Riley is, more than most things, a writer. Born and for the most part raised in Pittsburgh, Cole studied writing at the University of Pittsburgh, but traces her love of words back to her father, who would bribe her and her siblings to write poems and stories to get out of chores, or for cold hard cash; and her gramma who was part writer, part sage.

Cole is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator.

Some thinkers who have formed her include, Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler, James Baldwin, Thomas Merton, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Julian of Norwich.

Cole’s debut book THIS HERE FLESH was an instant New York Times bestseller.

Click to order the book online from Better World Books

Join us at 7:30 p.m. for an hour of good conversation and relationship building! All are welcome, even if you’ve never joined us before – we would love to see you!

Each week, we discover the scriptures anew together following along with Disciplines 2025, a book of devotions. Click the link below to join via Zoom.

Questions about this group? Email Bob B Thomas at bobbthomas@att.net.

The Enlarged-Print edition of the new 2025 book can be purchased using the button below.

“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)

We are currently reading This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation and the Stories that Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley.

Cole Arthur Riley is, more than most things, a writer. Born and for the most part raised in Pittsburgh, Cole studied writing at the University of Pittsburgh, but traces her love of words back to her father, who would bribe her and her siblings to write poems and stories to get out of chores, or for cold hard cash; and her gramma who was part writer, part sage.

Cole is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator.

Some thinkers who have formed her include, Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler, James Baldwin, Thomas Merton, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Julian of Norwich.

Cole’s debut book THIS HERE FLESH was an instant New York Times bestseller.

Click to order the book online from Better World Books

Join us at 7:30 p.m. for an hour of good conversation and relationship building! All are welcome, even if you’ve never joined us before – we would love to see you!

October 31
6:00-8:00 pm

Join us for Trunk-or-Treat at the Grateful Gardens, San Jose Community of Christ. If you would like to give candy from your decorated car trunk contact Jim for more detail (408) 497-8009 or email sjslimJim@aol.com.

Each week, we discover the scriptures anew together following along with Disciplines 2025, a book of devotions. Click the link below to join via Zoom.

Questions about this group? Email Bob B Thomas at bobbthomas@att.net.

The Enlarged-Print edition of the new 2025 book can be purchased using the button below.

“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)

We are currently reading This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation and the Stories that Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley.

Cole Arthur Riley is, more than most things, a writer. Born and for the most part raised in Pittsburgh, Cole studied writing at the University of Pittsburgh, but traces her love of words back to her father, who would bribe her and her siblings to write poems and stories to get out of chores, or for cold hard cash; and her gramma who was part writer, part sage.

Cole is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator.

Some thinkers who have formed her include, Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler, James Baldwin, Thomas Merton, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Julian of Norwich.

Cole’s debut book THIS HERE FLESH was an instant New York Times bestseller.

Click to order the book online from Better World Books

Join us at 7:30 p.m. for an hour of good conversation and relationship building! All are welcome, even if you’ve never joined us before – we would love to see you!

Each week, we discover the scriptures anew together following along with Disciplines 2025, a book of devotions. Click the link below to join via Zoom.

Questions about this group? Email Bob B Thomas at bobbthomas@att.net.

The Enlarged-Print edition of the new 2025 book can be purchased using the button below.

“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)

We are currently reading This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation and the Stories that Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley.

Cole Arthur Riley is, more than most things, a writer. Born and for the most part raised in Pittsburgh, Cole studied writing at the University of Pittsburgh, but traces her love of words back to her father, who would bribe her and her siblings to write poems and stories to get out of chores, or for cold hard cash; and her gramma who was part writer, part sage.

Cole is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator.

Some thinkers who have formed her include, Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler, James Baldwin, Thomas Merton, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Julian of Norwich.

Cole’s debut book THIS HERE FLESH was an instant New York Times bestseller.

Click to order the book online from Better World Books

Join us at 7:30 p.m. for an hour of good conversation and relationship building! All are welcome, even if you’ve never joined us before – we would love to see you!

Each week, we discover the scriptures anew together following along with Disciplines 2025, a book of devotions. Click the link below to join via Zoom.

Questions about this group? Email Bob B Thomas at bobbthomas@att.net.

The Enlarged-Print edition of the new 2025 book can be purchased using the button below.

“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)

We are currently reading This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation and the Stories that Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley.

Cole Arthur Riley is, more than most things, a writer. Born and for the most part raised in Pittsburgh, Cole studied writing at the University of Pittsburgh, but traces her love of words back to her father, who would bribe her and her siblings to write poems and stories to get out of chores, or for cold hard cash; and her gramma who was part writer, part sage.

Cole is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator.

Some thinkers who have formed her include, Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler, James Baldwin, Thomas Merton, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Julian of Norwich.

Cole’s debut book THIS HERE FLESH was an instant New York Times bestseller.

Click to order the book online from Better World Books

Join us at 7:30 p.m. for an hour of good conversation and relationship building! All are welcome, even if you’ve never joined us before – we would love to see you!

Each week, we discover the scriptures anew together following along with Disciplines 2025, a book of devotions. Click the link below to join via Zoom.

Questions about this group? Email Bob B Thomas at bobbthomas@att.net.

The Enlarged-Print edition of the new 2025 book can be purchased using the button below.

“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)

We are currently reading This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation and the Stories that Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley.

Cole Arthur Riley is, more than most things, a writer. Born and for the most part raised in Pittsburgh, Cole studied writing at the University of Pittsburgh, but traces her love of words back to her father, who would bribe her and her siblings to write poems and stories to get out of chores, or for cold hard cash; and her gramma who was part writer, part sage.

Cole is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator.

Some thinkers who have formed her include, Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler, James Baldwin, Thomas Merton, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Julian of Norwich.

Cole’s debut book THIS HERE FLESH was an instant New York Times bestseller.

Click to order the book online from Better World Books

Join us at 7:30 p.m. for an hour of good conversation and relationship building! All are welcome, even if you’ve never joined us before – we would love to see you!