Upcoming Services
November 1, 2026: All Ages All Souls/ El Día de Los Muertos Service
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, Maria Renner, and Dr. Stephanie Kimball
In this annual service, we remember our loved ones who have died. Everyone is invited to bring a photograph or memento of a loved one to help decorate our altars. Children (and adults) are invited to dress in Halloween costumes for our parade.
Note: Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday, November 1 at 2 a.m. when time falls back one hour and becomes 1 a.m. Be sure to set your clocks back before bed on Saturday, October 31.
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November 8, 2026: The Sacredness of Attention
Maria Renner
Reverence starts with attention. We’ll explore how paying attention can be a practice of love and a way to recognize the sacred in ordinary life. -
November 15, 2026: Reverence for All Life
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
Mindful of both Veteran’s Day and Transgender Day of Remembrance, we will reflect on how much it matters that we learn to honor life and the terrible costs of allowing the degradation of people’s lives to continue. -
November 22, 2026: All Ages Bread Service
For this service, everyone is invited to bring a grain-based staple (brown bread, sourdough, buns, muffins, tortillas, challah, naan, for example) that is reflective of your family traditions (new or old) to share as part of the service.
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November 29, 2026: What is Survivance and Why Should We Care?
Rev. Dennis McCarty
Recognizing the ways that Thanksgiving stories have been told to repress the history of colonization, this service will reflect on survivance, explained to me by Indigenous people as a portmanteau of survival and resilience. It is very much a matter of oppressed people living on their own terms, rather than terms dictated by the oppressor.
