Reflection from our Co-Pastors - February 2, 2023

If you are reading this in the morning, then Good Morning! I hope you dreamed well.

If you are reading this in the evening, then Good Night and Sweet Dreams!

Dear Friends ~ In the words of Michael Meade, sometimes I dream that we at Friends of Silence

are "a small band of servants and fools who wend their way into moments and places with a carpetbag of stories, songs, poems, dances, melodies, snippets of wisdom, and spools of connective thread. With these, we seek to weave containers in which genius sparks can ignite the lantern of soul in every person there."

May your winter soul lanterns be ignited by these snippets of wisdom. (Bob of Friends of Silence)

Last night as I was sleeping,

I dreamt—marvelous error!—

that a spring was breaking

out in my heart.

I said: Along which secret aqueduct,

Oh water, are you coming to me,

water of a new life

that I have never drunk?

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Last night as I was sleeping,

I dreamt—marvelous error! —

that I had a beehive

here inside my heart.

And the golden bees

were making white combs

and sweet honey

from my old failures.

Last night as I was sleeping,

I dreamt—marvelous error!—

that a fiery sun was giving

light inside my heart.

It was fiery because I felt

warmth as from a hearth,

and sun because it gave light

and brought tears to my eyes.

Last night as I slept,

I dreamt—marvelous error!—

that it was God I had

here inside my heart.”

May you find God inside your heart, all hot and fiery…bright and accepting…wet and flowing through new openings, in the silence.

~ Poem by: Antonio Machado in TIMES ALONE: SELECTED POEMS OF ANTONIO MACHADO (translated by Robert Bly)

From: Friends of Silence, “Is there enough Silence for the Word to be heard?” Vol. XXXVI, No. 2, February 2023.

As a service to the community, the 301 Faith Partners are hosting this presentation to educate folks about internet and phone fraud. Please invite anyone you think might appreciate this presentation. And join us afterwards for coffee & cookies

First Friday Art Walk: Tomorrow, February 3rd

Eli Crocker - one of our members - will have his artwork featured in 3 locations downtown and can be seen during the First Friday Art walk, this Friday 2/3.

His art will be at:

• The Golden Poppy Apothecary 
• Walnut Creek -- The Stone Room and Merchant Room
• The Gilded Goat Brewery 

Eli will be upstairs from 6-9 pm at The Golden Poppy. This is hosted by The Petrichor Collective. Come say hi!

Next 301 Faith Partners Shared Service

Our Next 301 Faith Partners Shared Service will be on Sunday February 26 at 10:30 am followed by a 3 church potluck. This will be the only worship service taking place; no 12:30 Mass.

More information to follow!

Lenten Adult Forum - End of Life Reflections and Planning

February 26 through April 2 on Sunday mornings

So teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12

People throughout time have utilized the wisdom of loss and surrender as a compass on their spiritual journeys, the way they orient their path. However, in contemporary Western culture, it often seems that death is being erased from our collective lexicon, its offerings nearly forgotten.

Through this series, we will explore how to be with our dying loved ones as well as how to be dying. We will devote time to some of the most important – and often neglected – conversations of our lives: our plans for our end-of-life medical care, our funerals, and our estates; and we will create the documents that will help others follow those plans. Each week, a new spiritual practice will be offered to aid in this vital work of “numbering our days”.

Save the Dates: Three gifted presenters, Alex Donovan, Amy Agape, and Elaine Hild, will guide us in thinking about, imagining, and making plans for that time when we will relinquish our roles and responsibilities and turn toward our final union with God.

When:

• February 26 at 9:00 am
• March 5 at 10:30 am
• March 12 at 10:30 am
• March 19 at 9:00 am
• March 26 at 10:30 am
• April 2 at 10:30 am

Live in the Sun Room and on Zoom

Zoom link here for all sessions

More information to come with descriptions of each Sunday’s topic of this series.

Regional Synod - Note from Bishop Kae

"Our very first regional synod will be Saturday, April 22, 9:30 -4:30 at Mary of Magdala in Fort Collins. Hooray! - mark your calendars.

We will celebrate a Chrism Mass during our gathering, an opportunity to strengthen our bonds of love for one another, bless the sacred oils for our communities and for all of us to re-member and re-commit to our service of God. I hope you will mark you calendars and plan to participate in this traditional sacramental moment.

The synod planning team is a wonderful group of members. If you’d like to join the team, “more hands make light work,” contact your regional council rep and you’ll get connected. The teams include Liturgy, Food, Hospitality, Education, A/V Tech, Social Justice, and Cross-Pollination. We are planning for break-out sessions including education, social justice project, cross-pollination of communities, and of course good food and liturgy. A bounti-full day!"

More details will be coming. 

Love and peace,

+Kae

To volunteer contact via email: Tom Moos or Mother Rosean

Please send prayer requests to marymagdalafc@gmail.com. Prayers will be listed for one month unless requested for longer. Prayers for the repose of souls will be listed for six months unless requested for a longer time.

Sunday Mass January 29 2023

Celebrating the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

A video recording of the readings and the homily given by Bishop Kae Madden is available here.

Sunday February 5 12:30 pm

• Mass at 12:30 pm (no 5pm Mass)
• Father Teri Harroun presiding

Wednesday February 8 - 11:00 am

• In the Fireside Room
• No Zoom available

Sunday February 12 12:30 pm

• Mass at 12:30 pm (no 5pm Mass)
• Mother Rosean Amaral presiding

Wednesday February 15 - 11:00 am

• In the Fireside Room
• No Zoom available

Sunday February 19 12:30 pm

• Mass at 12:30 pm (no 5pm Mass)
• Father Michael Nicosia presiding

Wednesday February 22 - 11:00 am

• Cancelled. Join us for Ash Wednesday service

Ash Wednesday February 22 - Eucharist and ashes

• 7:00 am - Trinity Lutheran
• 12 Noon - St. Paul's Episcopal
• 7:00 pm -Mary of Magdala, ECC

The ECC Regional Website is now live - View here.

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