Thrive Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
Thrive is an online peace and justice reading circle that meets regularly to discuss thought-provoking books and topics.
Note: We will be taking a pause from Memorial Day through the month of June and resume on July 7th.
Thrive is pleased to announce its new book for the next few months: Accidental Saints: Finding God in All of the Wrong People by Nadia Bolz-Weber. A bit about the book:
What if that person you've been trying to avoid is your best shot at grace today?
...And what if that's the point?
In Accidental Saints, New York Times best-selling author Nadia Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising encounter with what she calls “a religious but not-so-spiritual life.” Tattooed, angry and profane, this former standup comic turned pastor stubbornly, sometimes hilariously, resists the God she feels called to serve. But God keeps showing up in the least likely of people—a church-loving agnostic, a drag queen, a felonious Bishop and a gun-toting member of the NRA.
As she lives and worships alongside these “accidental saints,” Nadia is swept into first-hand encounters with grace—a gift that feels to her less like being wrapped in a warm blanket and more like being hit with a blunt instrument. But by this grace, people are transformed in ways they couldn’t have been on their own.
In a time when many have rightly become disillusioned with Christianity, Accidental Saints demonstrates what happens when ordinary people share bread and wine, struggle with scripture together, and tell each other the truth about their real lives. This unforgettable account of their faltering steps toward wholeness will ring true for believer and skeptic alike.
Told in Nadia’s trademark confessional style, Accidental Saints is the stunning next work from one of today’s most important religious voices.
A word of caution, some of the language in the book is "earthy" and maybe unexpected coming from an ordained Lutheran minister.
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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.
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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.
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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.
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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.
SPMC June Reunion
Members and friends of all ages are invited to join us for the Sierra Pacific Mission Center June Reunion at Happy Valley Conference Center in Santa Cruz. Invite your friends and family to this wonderful community experience.
Details:
💟 Theme: Choose Hope
📅 Dates: Friday, June 13 - Wednesday, June 18
📍 Location: Happy Valley Conference Center
Interested in getting involved? Share your desire to volunteer with the planning committee: Shirley Stevenson, Sue Thomas, Ruth Seagraves, Tricia Browne, and Joy Brunner.
We need your help! We need teachers and teacher helpers for the 3 yr. - Kindergarten class and for our 1st through 5th grade class.
Should you have any questions or would like to volunteer, please contact Shirley Stevenson at svenranch@gmail.com.
REUNION COSTS
Cabin or Lodge
Age 11+ = $75/night ($375 for the week)
Age 3-10 = $60/night ($300 for the week)
Age 2 and under = Free
Tent or RV
Age 11+ = $65/night ($325 for the week)
Age 3-10 = $50/night ($250 for the week)
Age 2 and under = Free
Be blessed by talented guest ministry.
🧑 Minister: Emily Allen Nilsen
🗺️ Lives in: Portland, Oregon
🚜 Raised in: Southern Illinois
🧑🤝🧑 Family: Husband (Andrew) and two children (Finley [6] and Soren [3])
👩🏫 Profession: Teacher
Emily Allen Nilsen is an educator, musician, former Peace Corps Volunteer, and minister with a passion for seeking peace on and for the earth. Emily grew up in a small farming community in Southern Illinois, and she became connected with Community of Christ through her 4th grade teacher, Marilyn Morris. She credits Community of Christ summer camps with saving her life and feels most at home singing and playing instruments around a campfire. Eventually, her experience at camps led her to attend Graceland University and become a member of the church. After graduating, she moved from the Midwest to Portland with her husband, Andrew, to experience the beauty and joy that is Oregon and the Northwest.
In her vocation and her life, Emily’s heart is about finding ways for people to feel whole, loved, and supported. A lifelong teacher, Emily has taught 2nd-11th grade in Iowa, Oregon, Outdoor School, and as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua. She currently supports all 11 elementary schools in the Tigard-Tualatin school district as a Social Emotional Learning and Restorative Practices Coach.
Her two children, Finley (6) and Soren (3), are the light of her life as she actively works to practice what she preaches - to raise her littles with healing and joy. Emily finds purpose in cultivating community across difference and thinks summer camps are the closest thing to Zion.
Browse additional photos of Emily and her passions below.
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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.
SPMC Children's Camp
June 19 - 23, 2025
CHILDREN’S CAMP
Who: Youth completing grades 3-5
Cost: $250
Where: Happy Valley Conference Center
Camp Directors: Shannon Hrobowski, Shirley Stevenson
Contact: shannonily@gmail.com
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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.
SPMC High School Camp
June 24 - 30, 2025
HIGH SCHOOL CAMP
Who: Youth completing grades 9-12
Cost: $400
Where: Happy Valley Conference Center
Camp Director: Jessica Jones
Contact: sayhitojjones@gmail.com
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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.
SPMC Middle School Camp
July 1 - 6, 2025
MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMP
Who: Youth completing grades 6-8
Cost: $325
Where: Happy Valley Conference Center
Camp Directors: Clayton Troxell, Cathryn Cannavino, and Don Miller
Contact: lbolton@cofchrist-spmc.org
Thrive Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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.
SPECTACULAR (“SPEC”)
July 12 - 19, 2025 (with July 11 as a travel day)
SPECTACULAR
Who: Youth completing grades 9-12
Cost: $700
Where: Graceland University | Lamoni, IA
Delegation leader: Jessica Hudson
Contact: jl.judson@yahoo.com
SPEC is a two-part registration.
Thrive Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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.
Family Camp
Theme: Beauty in the Breaking
Cost:
Day Use/Off-site Campers = $20 for the week
Age 11+ = $70 for the week
Age 4-10 = $40 for the week
Age 3 and under = Free
In this year’s theme class, we’ll explore how our painful experiences, though often difficult and isolating, can become powerful catalysts for personal growth and deep spiritual connection. Together, we’ll examine how wounds can open us to empathy, healing, and a greater awareness of God’s presence in our lives. Through guided reflection, Scripture, discussion, and shared stories, we’ll discover how vulnerability fosters community and how our struggles can serve as bridges to others. Throughout our week together, we’ll aim to provide a safe and sacred space for anyone seeking meaning in their pain and hope in their healing.
Directed by Karen Hahn, email: khan72856@aol.com
GUEST MINISTRY
Father-daughter ministry team Jim Marshall and Jessica Jones Tidwell have prepared a wonderful experience for our time together at family camp.
A devoted wife and proud mother of three, Jessica Jones-Tidwell makes her home in the peaceful mountain community of Foresthill, California. As an Elder in the church, she has dedicated over two decades to mentoring and guiding our high school-aged youth, nurturing their faith and helping them discover their own spiritual paths. Her passion for spiritual growth is matched by a deep reverence for nature, where she often finds God's presence most tangible. Grounded in grace and led by a heart for service, Jessica continues to explore the many ways the divine moves through life, community, and creation.
Jim Marshall holds the priesthood office of Seventy and serves as the dedicated pastor of the San Jose Community of Christ Congregation. He is passionate about building community as well as peace and justice. His creative approach includes not only collaboration with other faith communities, outreach to specific populations, and he enjoys writing puppet plays for youth ministry for our June Reunion and for Family Camp.
Photos from past family camp gatherings.
Thrive Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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.
Youth Intercultural Bridging Program to Australia
Dear friends,
I’ve been incredibly fortunate to attend youth camps in French Polynesia, Honduras, El Salvador, the Netherlands, the United States, and the British Isles. Each experience deepened my understanding of Community of Christ on a global scale and strengthened my love for our faith community.
In the past, the church provided opportunities for young people to connect with peers from around the world, but like many ministries, those programs have faded over time. The goal of this trip—and future trips to come—is to rebuild those connections and bridge the gap between our youth, fostering a renewed sense of unity and belonging.
To launch this program, our senior high youth have been invited to attend High School Camp in Australia. 🇦🇺
🗓️ Tentative Dates: Sept. 20 - Oct. 4, 2025
(exact dates can change based on flights)
💵 Cost: $1000
🤸 Who: Current 9-12 graders
🧑🏫 Delegation Leader: Laura Bolton
You'll find more information below including the application and deadline, details on an upcoming information session, and opportunities to support this program.
Application deadline is June 30, 2025
Youth will be selected based on their application, maturity, and commitment to the Community of Christ youth ministry program. Current freshmen - seniors are eligible to apply.
With anticipation and hope,
Laura Bolton (she/her)
SPMC Youth Minister
Community of Christ Sierra Pacific Mission Center
lbolton@cofchrist-spmc.org
FEELING INSPIRED TO BE GENEROUS?
The mission center is significantly subsidizing the expense of this program. If congregations or individuals would like to support this important formative ministry and sponsor or partially sponsor a selected youth, that would be a powerful gift.
Please contact Ruth Seagraves at 916-792-7125 or rseagraves@cofchrist-spmc.org.
Thrive Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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.
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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.
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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.
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
Thrive is an online peace and justice reading circle that meets regularly to discuss thought-provoking books and topics.
Note: We will be taking a pause from Memorial Day through the month of June and resume on July 7th.
Thrive is pleased to announce its new book for the next few months: Accidental Saints: Finding God in All of the Wrong People by Nadia Bolz-Weber. A bit about the book:
What if that person you've been trying to avoid is your best shot at grace today?
...And what if that's the point?
In Accidental Saints, New York Times best-selling author Nadia Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising encounter with what she calls “a religious but not-so-spiritual life.” Tattooed, angry and profane, this former standup comic turned pastor stubbornly, sometimes hilariously, resists the God she feels called to serve. But God keeps showing up in the least likely of people—a church-loving agnostic, a drag queen, a felonious Bishop and a gun-toting member of the NRA.
As she lives and worships alongside these “accidental saints,” Nadia is swept into first-hand encounters with grace—a gift that feels to her less like being wrapped in a warm blanket and more like being hit with a blunt instrument. But by this grace, people are transformed in ways they couldn’t have been on their own.
In a time when many have rightly become disillusioned with Christianity, Accidental Saints demonstrates what happens when ordinary people share bread and wine, struggle with scripture together, and tell each other the truth about their real lives. This unforgettable account of their faltering steps toward wholeness will ring true for believer and skeptic alike.
Told in Nadia’s trademark confessional style, Accidental Saints is the stunning next work from one of today’s most important religious voices.
A word of caution, some of the language in the book is "earthy" and maybe unexpected coming from an ordained Lutheran minister.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
Thrive is an online peace and justice reading circle that meets regularly to discuss thought-provoking books and topics.
Note: We will be taking a pause from Memorial Day through the month of June and resume on July 7th.
Thrive is pleased to announce its new book for the next few months: Accidental Saints: Finding God in All of the Wrong People by Nadia Bolz-Weber. A bit about the book:
What if that person you've been trying to avoid is your best shot at grace today?
...And what if that's the point?
In Accidental Saints, New York Times best-selling author Nadia Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising encounter with what she calls “a religious but not-so-spiritual life.” Tattooed, angry and profane, this former standup comic turned pastor stubbornly, sometimes hilariously, resists the God she feels called to serve. But God keeps showing up in the least likely of people—a church-loving agnostic, a drag queen, a felonious Bishop and a gun-toting member of the NRA.
As she lives and worships alongside these “accidental saints,” Nadia is swept into first-hand encounters with grace—a gift that feels to her less like being wrapped in a warm blanket and more like being hit with a blunt instrument. But by this grace, people are transformed in ways they couldn’t have been on their own.
In a time when many have rightly become disillusioned with Christianity, Accidental Saints demonstrates what happens when ordinary people share bread and wine, struggle with scripture together, and tell each other the truth about their real lives. This unforgettable account of their faltering steps toward wholeness will ring true for believer and skeptic alike.
Told in Nadia’s trademark confessional style, Accidental Saints is the stunning next work from one of today’s most important religious voices.
A word of caution, some of the language in the book is "earthy" and maybe unexpected coming from an ordained Lutheran minister.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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.
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
SPMC Elementary Retreat
September 26-28 Elementary Retreat (Grades 1-5)
Directed by Jenna Boyd, email: jenna.b.1725@gmail.com
More details coming soon!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Child & Youth Worker Core Training
🗓️ April 6, 2025
🕧 ~12:30 p.m. Pacific
👩🏫 Facilitated by Laura Bolton
📍 Sacramento Congregation
Join us on April 6 at the Sacramento Congregation for the Child & Youth Worker Core Training. This session will be held following church (around 12:30 p.m.) and will last approximately 90 minutes.
This training is required for all priesthood and Priesthood Candidates, anyone interested in or invited to help with children or youth in the congregation or at church camps. It is also highly recommended for certified youth workers who haven’t taken the course in the last 5 years as a refresher.
Important Notes:
🚫 No lunch provided. Feel free to bring your own.
👶 IF YOU NEED CHILDCARE, please call or text Gail Ronneberg at 925-286-8870.
✅ RSVP (very appreciated!) to Gail who will pass it on to Laura & Kim. You can reach Gail by email here: gail.ronneberg@gmail.com.
Love Out Loud (Peace and Justice Reading Circle)
Love Out Loud, the Sierra Pacific Peace and Justice Reading Circle, meets the 1st Thursday of each month, and takes place from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Pacific.
You’re invited to join us for our next Love Out Loud book, My Body is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church by Amy Kenny. We will begin My Body is Not a Prayer Request on Thursday, April 3rd, and we will also kick off our new rhythm of meeting once a month on the first Thursday of the month from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Pacific with this book. This gives you plenty of time to purchase or borrow the book.
We look forward to seeing and sharing with you!
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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.
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Love Out Loud (Peace and Justice Reading Circle)
Love Out Loud, the Sierra Pacific Peace and Justice Reading Circle, meets the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month, and takes place from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Pacific.
We are currently reading a book by Mikki Kendall: “Hood Feminism.”
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Camp 101
🗓️ March 14 - 16, 2025
🤸 Grades 1-3 + adult buddy
💵 Cost: $150 per adult
📣 Director: Jenna Boyd
📍 Happy Valley Conference Center
Register yourself and your little(s) for Camp 101 to be held at Happy Valley Conference Center March 14-16. This is a great way to share the joy of our camping tradition at an early age!
We’ll be focusing our activities on the enduring principle: Blessings of Community.
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Love Out Loud (Peace and Justice Reading Circle)
Love Out Loud, the Sierra Pacific Peace and Justice Reading Circle, meets the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month, and takes place from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Pacific.
We are currently reading a book by Mikki Kendall: “Hood Feminism.”
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Spring Redwoods Community Retreat
🗓️ February 28 - March 2, 2025
🤸 All ages
📍 Happy Valley Conference Center
The Redwoods Community Retreat is calling you to Happy Valley to nourish your body and soul. There will be familiar faces, new friends, good food, and opportunities for building relationships and engaging in activity. There will be time for renewing spiritual connections, sharing wisdom, and practices of living hope with the group and relaxation.
Our theme this year is, “Pursue Peace.” Registration closes at midnight February 14.
See schedule at the link below. Registration is now closed.
Disciplines Dialogue Devotion
You are invited!
Join us for Disciplines Dialogue at 10 a.m. Pacific every Tuesday.
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 Discussion
“Thrive” meets the 1st - 4th Monday nights every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Pacific. (We don’t meet on 5th Mondays.)
We are currently reading: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu.
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!
Love Out Loud (Peace and Justice Reading Circle)
Love Out Loud, the Sierra Pacific Peace and Justice Reading Circle, meets the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month, and takes place from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Pacific.
We are currently reading a book by Mikki Kendall: “Hood Feminism.”