Englewood Community Farm

07/09/2022

The Ruybalids took home some berries from the farm to turn into jam 😋

Lettuce, squash, berries, apples, and more are coming in!

03/12/2022

Fun morning on the farm! ☕️ to keep us warm in the 20 degrees. We filled raised beds with soil, got seedlings prepared, and did some planning around the fire.

See you next Saturday here on the Englewood Community Farm!

04/20/2021

Snowy day at the farm.

02/20/2021

See you Sunday!

Sunday we begin our Lenten series based on this video series from The Work of the People. The first one features Jim Wallis and is titled “The Idol of Whiteness.” Discussion should be interesting. Hope you’ll join us. We gather at 10:30 via zoom and begin worship at 10:45. PM for zoom link and password.

02/16/2021

See you on Wednesday!

Ash Wednesday - February 17, 6:30 p.m.
Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.

We look forward to sharing this time of worshipful contemplation to begin the season of Lent. The service will include a series of interactive meditations. We invite you to gather a few materials ahead of time to prepare for these meditations:

a piece of paper and a writing utensil
a quantity of soil or ashes mixed with a bit of oil in a small container (if you would like a quantity of ashes to be delivered to you - in the KC metro area, leave a comment below or send a private message)
a small bowl of water

We will meet by zoom as we do on Sunday mornings at the usual zoom link. You are welcome to invite friends and family to join us.

01/16/2021

Prayer on Inauguration Day. What a good idea!

What better way to spend some time on Inauguration Day than to pray for our nation, our next president, our governing bodies, and all of our concerns and hopes related to these.

Here’s the link to the page on Pinnacle’s website with more info about how to join others that day in prayer: https://www.pinnlead.com/praying-the-hours

12/31/2020

Our final Christmastide reflection...

6th Day of Christmas and the last reflection from our Advent 2020 Book:

From Robin Sandbothe, Co-Pastor, Gladstone, Missouri

The Word became flesh and blood,
and moved into the neighborhood.
We saw the glory with our own eyes,
the one-of-a-kind glory,
like Father, like Son,
Generous inside and out,
true from start to finish. –John 1:14 (The Message)

It happens every year. We begin Advent anticipating the Christ-child’s arrival. We wait. We decorate our homes and our sanctuary with symbols that remind us of what is to come. We wait. We sing O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. We wait. We light candles every week and watch as each of them burns lower and lower. We wait. We pray about the coming of hope, of peace, of joy, of love. We wait.

Then, finally, Christmas Eve arrives and the nativity scene is complete with baby Jesus in the manger. We finally sing Christmas carols and hear the Christmas story. We turn all the lights off in the sanctuary (or this year at home while we meet by Zoom) and light our candles and hold them as we sing Silent Night. It is solemn and joyous at the same time.

God is with us!

And yet, God has been with us all along. It’s a paradox. Don’t think about it too much or it will make your head hurt. Just rejoice that even as we anticipate Christ’s coming every Advent, he’s already in our midst. The Word has become flesh and moved into the neighborhood, as it says in the Message version of John’s gospel.

God is with us
in the midst of a pandemic
God is with us
in the midst of a controversial election
God is with us
in the midst of coming to terms with systemic racism
God is with us
in the midst of a climate crisis
God is with us
In the midst of a COVID-19 diagnosis
God is with us
In the midst of surviving a cancer diagnosis
God is with us
In the midst of working on the Englewood farm
God is with us
In the midst of Zoom worship
God is with us
In the midst of the best and the worst of life
God is with us

God is with us

God is with us

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