Due to continuing social distancing requirements, Kairos-Milwaukie United Church of Christ will not gather in person for worship or other events until further notice. Our church building is closed. Updates will be posted here as more information is available.
We will present a live worship experience every Sunday morning at 10:00 am by video streaming on ZOOM. See the Worship Streams section of our website for additional information.
In these anxious days, let’s remember to pause at the end of each day, breathe deeply, rest in the presence of the Great Love and hold each other in the light.
Updated: 4/4/2020 11:55 am
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“…Here is the good news: it is safe to let go. It is safe to let go of the harms that you have received in this life.”
Psalm 37: 1-11, 39-40
Luke 6: 27-38
Duration: about 23 minutes
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“If we rest too comfortably in our privilege, it’s easy to fall for the lie that the world as it exists, a world in which some are perpetually satisfied while others go eternally hungry, is the world as God intends it.”
Jeremiah 17: 5-10
Luke 6: 17-26
Duration: about 18 minutes
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“Now, perhaps many of you already discipline yourselves to step away from the clamor of the world, to turn off the TV, turn down the radio, silence your cell phone, and close your laptop. Maybe you know already that spending time, even a few precious moments a day, outside in a place where the dominate sounds are not created by humans can be soul renewing. Maybe you already order your lives with pauses for silence woven through the day’s needs, the day’s joys and the day’s worries. Maybe you know already that the voices of other people cannot be the only measure by which you mark your way forward through life. But, I often forget. And this week’s story of Jesus being lauded and then derided in his home town, and then simply walking through them and going on his way, was a helpful reminder to me.”
Luke 4: 21-30
Duration: about 17 minutes
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“In this world, where we are both divided and disconnected across religious, political and racial lines; in this world, we are given the sign of God’s abundance, that grace upon grace will be ours, that we are not wrong to live in hope…”
John 2: 1-11
Duration: about 20 minutes
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“The people were filled with expectation, wondering in their hearts. And I wonder, when was the last time you were filled with expectation? When did you last feel a sense of hope-filled anticipation? …What fills you with expectation?”
Isaiah 43: 1-7
Luke 3: 15-17, 21-22
Duration: about 15 minutes
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“We too are called into slow moving epiphany of conversation. Sometimes full of luminescent moments of connection, bright stars guiding our way, and sometimes trudging along, pressing forward, staying connected.”
Psalm 72: 1-7, 10-14
Matthew 2: 1-12
Duration: about 14 minutes
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“As we are surrounded by the ancient, familiar stories pouring into a world that is again in turmoil… may we open our hearts to this message given for us.”
Luke 1: 39-55
Duration: about 13 minutes
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