This Sunday, we continue our Lenten journey with our guiding theme, "Seeking: Honest Questions for Deeper Faith."

Jesus' invitation to Nicodemus to "be born again" (John 3:1-17) is one that compels us to ask, "Do I believe in the possibility of new beginnings?" And as we hold in our hearts this question, when fresh opportunities are made known to us, we then get to ask, "Will I be willing to step into the promise of what may be?"

These are also questions that our PSC strategic planning team has been asking, imagining, and praying about for the last year. What has emerged is what we believe is a Spirit-filled plan (please link to the PDF document below) that calls us to fulfill what reimagining church will look like over the next two years.

I am excited about and grateful for the possibility of new beginnings that we will get to live into as a Love-centered hub of people being spiritually transformed for the good of our neighbors and future generations.

I encourage you to contemplate, imagine, and pray about how you feel drawn to participate and become champions in this plan for our future together. It will take "all of us" and "not just any one of us" to bring this Christ-hearted vision to a living reality. And we are already on our way!

Consider it as part of your Lenten spiritual practice to... ask yourself about a time of new beginnings in your own life and in the life of this church that we cherish. Your service to others and contributions to our ministry together matters. Now is the renewed and reimagined opportunity to "practice your passions on purpose."

Finally, my deepest thanks to our strategic planning team, our Leadership Council, and YOU for having the courage to dream new dreams and get ready to embrace God's good future for each and all of us.

Meanwhile, stay up to speed with all our church's events and happenings:

Read our Community Care list below. Take time to reach out to your fellow "Pine-heads" who need healing or who are grieving the loss of beloved ones, including the family of Neva Huffaker and Darrell Lietz.

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CLICK HERE to join us remotely via livestream on our Pine Street Church YouTube Channel, and CLICK HERE to download a copy of Sunday's Worship Guide.

Please join us this coming Wednesday, March 8th, for a virtual Community Conversation, the final one of four from our dedicated Strategic Planning Team. The conversation is scheduled for 7pm via THIS ZOOM LINK

The team will present the newly completed Strategic Planning document, recently approved and endorsed by our church's Leadership Council.

This is an exciting time for the life and journey of our wonderful Pine Street Church. Please plan to review and read the document before the gathering, so team members can answer any questions about the Plan! Click the image below to download the plan document.

Also, mark your calendars for a brief congregational meeting and vote in the sanctuary immediately following our Sunday morning worship gathering on March 19th. And as you review the plan, imagine how the Spirit is moving you to be part of it!

Coffee and tea, along with a warm smile can be the start to a great Good Morning Greet!  Please help us make this possible by volunteering to set up our coffee and tea station on Sunday morning. A light snack for the group can also help us hang out and visit a bit longer after the worship service.

And no coffee hour is done until clean up is complete 😉.

CLICK HERE to sign up TODAY!

During the last presentation, we presented an early gnostic understanding of the world as inherently flawed. This included human beings who are spirits trapped in a material body, and whose main purpose is to escape this marred physical existence into a spiritual realm. Such an understanding was, in part, derived from the ideas of Plato.

But during the Renaissance, Plato was interpreted in a new way such that this world, including human beings, were actually seen as a reflection (though perhaps an imperfect one) of the highest ideals of heaven. These ideals were truth, goodness, and beauty. Such an interpretation produced works of art celebrating the the natural world and the human form. Through such works, the Renaissance invited us to not only contemplate the ideals of heaven, but try to realize such ideals in this world.

Please join me this Sunday for a journey into the beauty, wonders, and ideas of Renaissance art.

Please join me virtually this Sunday, Feb.26th, at 9:00 AM MST via THIS ZOOM LINK or at 11:15 AM MST IN-PERSON in the Salon Room at Pine Street Church in Boulder, CO (1237 Pine Street). If you would like to invite a friend, please let me know your friend’s email, and I will send them the invite directly.

Partnership with TGTHR and Chase House

Pine Street Church has been providing monthly meals for the youth at Chase House, part of TGTHR, a non-profit dedicated to ending youth homelessness.

This small group home is located in Boulder and there is a monthly opportunity for YOU to help plan, create and deliver a meal to the youth.

If you are interested in participating in this project, contact Debbie at: Setlock7@MSN.com

The Oasis Women’s Book Study group will read Plenty Good Room: A Lenten Bible Study Based on African American Spirituals by Marilyn E. Thornton and Lewis V. Baldwin, starting Thursday, February 23 thru April 6. 

Newcomers, or women wanting to join only for this Lenten study, are welcome to join on Thursdays from 1:30 - 3:00 PM by Zoom. Please purchase your own copy of the book. Contact Mary Beth Mankin, mbmankin545@gmail.com, with any questions or to receive the Zoom link.

Contact Mary Beth Mankin, mbmankin545@gmail.com, for more information or to request the Zoom link.

The Men's Fellowship Group has a new meeting schedule. Beginning immediately they will meet in person for Breakfast at the Parkway Cafe on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 a.m. They will also hold a monthly Zoom gathering at 9:00 a.m.on the third Tuesday of each month. Please contact Bill Mankin for more information on how to join these meetings: mankin@ucar.edu

Showing hospitality takes a team. And we need a few more players on our hospitality team for Sunday mornings! Can you help?

We're looking to fill out our online signup form for being a greeter on Sunday mornings. It's both easy and important! And even more so, FUN!

There is nary a time in our lives where at least a little humor couldn't improve our day. Come to this section each week for a little laughter that will come in various forms.

Check it out, and register today, HERE. There's a church directory, updates from the PSC Leadership Council and much more. Email admin@pinestreetchurch.net if you have any trouble registering and gaining access.

CLICK HERE for the most up to date version of the Church Directory (Sept 2022).

You can also find Strategic Planning documents and updates in the Pinehead Portal.

Pine Street Church's love and sympathy is extended to the family of Neva Huffaker, who died on March 2nd. A Celebration of Life service will be held in the PSC sanctuary on Saturday, March 25th (time to be determined)

Pine Street Church's love and sympathy is extended to the family of Darrell Lietz (son Christopher and daughter-in-law Marlys) who died on February 16th. A Celebration of Life service will be held in the PSC sanctuary on Saturday, March 11th, at 1pm. Read Darrell's obituary HERE