Churches of all denominations are targets for scams, especially the ones that use our trusting and helpful nature against us. We want to remind our Starr King community that nobody from the church, including our minister, will ever ask you for money or gift cards or make vague requests for help that require you to … Continue reading How to Handle Email Scams
Dear Starr King congregation and community, Starr King is embarking upon an adventure. Your Search Team is determined to find a Contract Minister who will support and guide Starr King as we shape our future. This search is a departure from the traditional search for a Called Settled Minister. You might ask, what is a … Continue reading Our Search for a Contract Minister
WHY ARE WE PARTYING THIS STEWARDSHIP SEASON? Great question! Community is a vital and precious aspect of our church life. Whenever we poll the congregation, Community ranks very high as an important blessing for each member. Community means shared values, coming together for worship, and caring for one another, our children and the earth. Community … Continue reading Why Are We Partying This Stewardship Season?
Recipe for Nurturing Our Church Ingredients The ingredients in the bread may be simple or exotic. To the starters of yeast, sugar and water, a variety of flours, seeds, spices, and herbs may be added. In much the same way, our Church begins with our basic UUA principles, then we add the sweetness of love, … Continue reading Recipe for Nurturing Our Church: Pledge Online
Stewardship Season 2022 Breaking Bread Together, Sustaining Each Other is the theme of our Stewardship season this year. “Let Us Break Bread Together” is ancient hymn dating to the 1300s. Perhaps it lives on because bread, in all of its forms, is a life-giving and ubiquitous source of nourishment, and symbolizes friendship and sustaining hope. … Continue reading Breaking Bread Together, Sustaining Each Other
Beloveds, This month I had the blessing of being part of a wonderful event: The Coastal Salish Family Day. We gathered via Zoom with Melanie Schambach, who came up with the mural idea, and other artists and community members who participated in the creation of a mural that accompanied the Red Road Totem Pole on … Continue reading From the Minister: Coastal Salish Family Day
Beloveds, as you may have seen on our Facebook page, I have been deeply engaged in the nurturing of monarch butterfly caterpillars. I had read about the scarcity of milkweed plants causing a decline in the monarch butterfly population. But it wasn’t until one day when Darryl Ray and I were sitting outside that I … Continue reading From the Minister: The Miracle of Transformation
Beloveds, here we have re-gathered, both in person and virtually, both just as powerful! It is so good to be together. To gather in peace, to gather in thanks, to gather in hope, to gather in strength. To gather to celebrate once again! It is so good to see you all, to see all your … Continue reading From the Minister: Gather the Spirit
I read somewhere that traditionally the five year anniversary gift is wood…and I think back to our installation ceremony four years ago…and the drums made of wood, that were such an important cultural element. I can hear the drums as the Aztec dancers blessed me with sacred copal incense. I asked Xiomara, who is an Aztec … Continue reading Five Year Anniversary
Minister’s Blog, by Rev. Dr. Maria Cristina Vlassidis Burgoa It might seem too early to celebrate when we are still in the midst of a pandemic, still witnessing acts of violence and injustice all around us, and feeling uncertain about the future. And yet there are so many reasons to celebrate in order to … Continue reading May: A Month for Celebration
