Today’s Reflection We [the authors] still believe that what mattered to teenagers twenty or fifty or a hundred years ago matters to teenagers today, even if they use different language and technologies to express and meet those needs. Imagine, for instance, an “average” American teenaged girl (who is likely named Emily, according to the Social Security Administration’s records on Gen Z). Before the COVID-19 pandemic, an average day in Emily’s life included over five and a hal

Today’s Reflection God is love, only love, and God’s Spirit is the Spirit of love longing to relate to us and to guide us to the place where the deepest desires of our heart can be fulfilled. —Henri J. M. Nouwen,  A Spirituality of Caregiving , edited by John S. Mogabgab (Upper Room Books, 2011) Today’s Question Do your deepest desires align with God’s desires? Today’s Scripture For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the

November 2, 10 am, upstairs in the Sanctuary

Today’s Reflection In our willingness to accept that we are unable to control the inevitable, and that we ourselves will also surely die, we become liberated to be true caregivers—people who are not primarily trying to cure but rather to care in the deepest sense of that word. —Henri J. M. Nouwen,  A Spirituality of Caregiving , edited by John S. Mogabgab (Upper Room Books, 2011) Today’s Question How can accepting the inevitability of death help you be a better caregiver? Joi

Today’s Reflection Unless we realize that God’s blessing is coming to us from those we want to serve, our help will be short-lived, and eventually we may feel burned out. —Henri J. M. Nouwen, A Spirituality of Caregiving , edited by John S. Mogabgab (Upper Room Books, 2011) Today’s Question How have you been blessed by someone you tried to help? Join the conversation . Today’s Scripture He looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the ki

Today’s Reflection I am convinced that caring for others who are weak or close to death is to support them in fulfilling their deepest vocation, the vocation of becoming more and more fully what they already are: beloved daughters and beloved sons of God. —Henri J. M. Nouwen, A Spirituality of Caregiving , edited by John S. Mogabgab (Upper Room Books, 2011) Today’s Question How might a person close to death be more fully beloved by God? Join the conversation . Today’s Scriptu

The Message: There's a Difference Between Livin' and Livin' Well

Today’s Reflection Compassion can never coexist with judgment because judgment creates distance and distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other. —Henri J. M. Nouwen,  A Spirituality of Caregiving , edited by John S. Mogabgab (Upper Room Books, 2011) Today’s Question How has judgment hurt you or created distance in a relationship? Join the conversation . Today’s Scripture Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For the judgment you give will be the jud

Today’s Reflection To care is to cry out with those who are ill, confused, lonely, isolated, and forgotten, and to recognize their pains in our own heart. To care is to enter into the world of those who are broken and powerless and to establish there a fellowship of the weak. —Henri J. M. Nouwen,  A Spirituality of Caregiving , edited by John S. Mogabgab (Upper Room Books, 2011) Today’s Question Contigo means “with you” in Spanish. How can simply being with someone during a

Today’s Reflection Before we are caregivers, we are beloved children of God. As we come to claim this identity, we begin to see more and more that all others in our human family are also unconditionally cherished by our loving Creator. —Henri J. M. Nouwen, A Spirituality of Caregiving , edited by John S. Mogabgab (Upper Room Books, 2011) Today’s Question How does knowing God’s love for others change your attitude toward them? Join the conversation . Today’s Scripture I have l

In addition to worship, we have a potluck dinner and our annual Church Conference after the service. Members will be voting on 2026 business of the church.

Today’s Reflection Fear stops our ears from hearing God’s voice, blinds us to the grace in front of us, and robs us of this present moment. Yet God consistently works to free us. —Amy Oden, “ Free For Abundant Life,” in The Upper Room Disciplines 2026 (Upper Room Books, 2025) Today’s Question Which of your fears does God most want you to release? Join the conversation . Today’s Scripture The more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread, so that the Egyptians

Today’s Reflection Yes, suffering and struggle can put up walls and barriers to seeing the fruit of God’s labor around us, but no matter how bad it is in the world and in our own souls, that suffering is not entitled to access and diminish our hope. —Bruce Reyes-Chow, “ Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet,” in The Upper Room Disciplines 2026 (Upper Room Books, 2025) Today’s Question What fruits of God’s labor can you already see in your life? Join the conversation . Today’s Scrip

The Message: Continue with the Things You Have Learned - Prayer, Presence, Gifts, Service and Witness

Today’s Reflection Loss often leads us into the wilderness; letting go of what we have lost allows us to rely on God to lead us through and out on the other side. We are forced to see ourselves and everything around us differently, to let die what was so that something new might emerge. —Caroline Vogel, “ In the Gap,” in   The Upper Room Disciplines 2026  (Upper Room Books, 2025) Today’s Question What do you need to let go of for God to do something new in you? Join the conv

Today’s Reflection Sometimes we can only wait in hope on the provision of a holy energy that seems beyond our own to give us the lift for which we hunger. —Susan Carol Scott, Still Praying After All These Years: Meditations for Later Life (Upper Room Books, 2019) Today’s Question When have you sensed a need for the divine provision of strength beyond your known resources? How did that provision come? Join the conversation . Today’s Scripture He gives power to the faint,and s

Today’s Reflection The quality of our days can be shaped beneficially by how we respond to failure and loss. Some of God’s best work in...

Sundays 10 am, 1215 Gibbon St, Laramie WY

Sunday, November   16! All filled boxes and donations dropped off at the church . The following week, they will begin their interstate, national and international journeys to kids. You can donate boxes you have filled (available at the church), items for giving (see information below) or cash to help with transportation costs ($10/box). To learn more about Operation Christmas Child, go here... https://share.google/YtZu3Hwf6ek6EGI5o and here... https://share.google/Hf8pqfhUy

Today’s Reflection Changes activate our curiosity about how God may be at work in our circumstances. Changes also challenge us to become...