18 December 2011
Keith and Brenda assembled a composite Christmas pageant using slides from last year and from 1993. The little children in the earlier version are grownups now, and it was fun to see what changes and what remains the same in acting out the story of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem.
In January, 2012 Seekers Church will once again be blessed by a visit from the Bokamoso Youth Centre in Winterveldt, South Africa. We just heard from the Bokamoso Program Director that they have their visas, and travel arrangements are on track. The group will be arriving on January 4th. They are scheduled to bring the Word to our worship on Sunday, January 15th. We hope you will join us to hear first-hand their vibrant hope for the future. To see where else they will be appearing, check their calendar on the Bokamoso Foundation web site.
Here is a new video about the hopes and dreams of the people of Bokamoso!
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4 December 2011
Well, we're entering the Advent season, and we heard today from the Gospel of Mark how John the Baptist prepared the way for the Lord, and made straight paths for him. "I baptize you with water," John said, "but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
That's an interesting theme – the idea that we sometimes enter a crucial turning point in our lives, and we know it because there's a herald, a voice crying out – or just someone who says, "Listen to me, but don't make the mistake of thinking I'm God. Why, I'm not even worthy to untie God's sandals. I can make it easier for you to find God, and then I'll get out of the way."
Kim and Reggie Harris are dynamic and superbly talented traditional folk performers, whose captivating stage presence and unique harmonies has earned the respect and love of audiences throughout the US, Canada and Europe for over 30 years. They are unique in their ability to entertain audiences of any age and background as they blend their talents as singers, songwriters, educators, interpreters of history and cultural advocates.
Magpie (Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino) perform songs of and for the Earth. “Magpie is simply, absolutely, unequivocally wonderful…they’ll thrill you to boots, melt your heart…The controlled beauty of Terry’s singing is what hits you first, but she also plays a mean harp, and Greg’s relaxed accompaniment compliments her perfectly.”…
27 November 2011
The word salvation is actively disliked by some of you because of bad experiences with some traditional expressions of Christianity. I want to recapture the word for Seekers because it carries the image of a big change. The salvation vision of Jesus is transformative, more than an endless series of small and often conflicting reforms. Salvation is moving from illness and injury to health whatever our physiological condition, however we are being mistreated. It helps to have a transformative vision even when we live into the work we do, the choices we make, whatever the complexities we know and don't know, whatever our resources, limits, contingencies, and opportunities