Childcare is available every Sunday from 8:30 am to noon. Childcare may be requested for other community events a week in advance. 

Additional reflections on the Eucharist with Rev. Dr. Matta Ghaly.

Childcare is available every Sunday from 8:30 am to noon. Childcare may be requested for other community events a week in advance. 

Queer Grace is going on a field trip! Join us for Drag Church-Portland! A church service like none you’ve seen before featuring Faithful&Fabulous Minister Bené Diction, drag singer Flamy Grant, and folk duo Story & Tune for a truly religious experience! Ready yourself to walk the Runway of the Spirit! Drag, sequins, & your sartorial panaché encouraged. Admission is free (an offering will be collected). Thanks to MCC-Portland & Saint Paul Lutheran Church for hosting this queer GLITTURGY of joy! Questions? Contact event organizer John at Brett-john@sfnightministry.org.

In Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm, author Kazu Haga blazingly reclaims the energy and assertiveness of nonviolent practice and shows that a principled approach to nonviolence is the way to transform not only unjust systems but broken relationships. Facilitation of this group will be shared by group members.

Contact: Mary Ryan Hotchkiss

This series runs from February 5-April 15 on the 1st and 3rd Mondays. Registration deadline is Monday, February 5.

Childcare is available every Sunday from 8:30 am to noon. Childcare may be requested for other community events a week in advance. 

This forum will continue our overview of the shared understandings and differences in Roman Catholic and Lutheran teachings using U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' statement on "The Eucharist" with the ELCA’s “Use of the Means of Grace” document, with Rev. Michael Keys, retired ELCA bishop.

Childcare is available every Sunday from 8:30 am to noon. Childcare may be requested for other community events a week in advance. 

Childcare is available every Sunday from 8:30 am to noon. Childcare may be requested for other community events a week in advance. 

This forum will be an overview of the shared understandings and differences in Roman Catholic and Lutheran teachings using U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' statement on "The Eucharist" with the ELCA’s “Use of the Means of Grace” document, with Rev. Michael Keys, retired ELCA bishop.

Childcare is available every Sunday from 8:30 am to noon. Childcare may be requested for other community events a week in advance. 

This Wednesday evening series offers an adult version of the class being offered to our middle school confirmation students, exploring how the core components of Christian faith apply to the challenges of daily life. It will run throughout the year with various presenters. Anyone 16 years of age and older is welcome to attend any single session or all of them.

In Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm, author Kazu Haga blazingly reclaims the energy and assertiveness of nonviolent practice and shows that a principled approach to nonviolence is the way to transform not only unjust systems but broken relationships. Facilitation of this group will be shared by group members.

Contact: Mary Ryan Hotchkiss

This series runs from February 5-April 15 on the 1st and 3rd Mondays. Registration deadline is Monday, February 5.

Childcare is available every Sunday from 8:30 am to noon. Childcare may be requested for other community events a week in advance. 

There will be two egg hunts. One for ages 0-5 in the entry hall and one for ages 6-14 outside. Meet in the library at 9:45.

Childcare is available every Sunday from 8:30 am to noon. Childcare may be requested for other community events a week in advance. 

With Rev. Dr. Matta Ghaly. Donations welcome. Light snacks provided. For more information or to register visit mattaphaly.com/retreat. Please register by 6 pm on Friday, March 29.

Join us in person or online for a lay-led service featuring our new Contemplative Choir. Though it is a somber occasion, we hope your hearts will soar as they lead us in chant, interspersed with music, prayers, readings, and a candle-lighting ritual.

This book study will read and discuss The Land is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery by Sarah Augustine. Led by Pastor Janet Parker and Scott Shurtleff jointly for Spirit of Grace and EcoFaith Recovery, we will unpack the ongoing harm done by the Doctrine of Discovery — a set of fifteenth-century papal bulls that gave European monarchs the legal right to seize lands they "discovered" and enslave the Indigenous people they found there, all in the name of Christ. Augustine issues a powerful call to address the root causes of a religious, legal, and political legacy that continues to devastate Indigenous peoples around the globe and our planetary ecology.

Contact: Rev. Dr. Janet Parker 

This series runs on Tuesdays, February 20-March 26, from 6:30-7:45 pm on Zoom. Registration deadline is February 14.

Sunday School is available between services from 9:45-10:30 am, except on the last Sunday of the month.

Childcare is available every Sunday from 8:30 am to noon. Childcare may be requested for other community events a week in advance. 

Join us in the community room as both Catholics and Protestants share experiences with reconciliation (aka confession, penance, forgiveness). How has your understanding of such things matured or evolved throughout your lifetime? What are your reflections following Director Vinci's sermon on this topic and our communal reconciliation service this past Wednesday? What do you consider to be a healthy understanding of reconciliation?

Sunday School is available between services from 9:45-10:30 am, except on the last Sunday of the month.

Childcare is available every Sunday from 8:30 am to noon. Childcare may be requested for other community events a week in advance. 

Centering prayer is another ancient form of Christian prayer. Deepen your connection to the sacred silence.

Contact: Benneth Husted 

Our Centering Prayer group meets weekly on Friday mornings from 9:30-11 am on Zoom.

Join Director Vinci and Rachel Miller as they "Journey with Jesus." His ministry, the journey to Jerusalem, his passion and death, and his resurrection through the lens of the Gospel of Mark will be explored in these Lenten sessions.

This Wednesday evening series offers an adult version of the class being offered to our middle school confirmation students, exploring how the core components of Christian faith apply to the challenges of daily life. It will run throughout the year with various presenters. Anyone 16 years of age and older is welcome to attend any single session or all of them.

This book study will read and discuss The Land is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery by Sarah Augustine. Led by Pastor Janet Parker and Scott Shurtleff jointly for Spirit of Grace and EcoFaith Recovery, we will unpack the ongoing harm done by the Doctrine of Discovery — a set of fifteenth-century papal bulls that gave European monarchs the legal right to seize lands they "discovered" and enslave the Indigenous people they found there, all in the name of Christ. Augustine issues a powerful call to address the root causes of a religious, legal, and political legacy that continues to devastate Indigenous peoples around the globe and our planetary ecology.

Contact: Rev. Dr. Janet Parker 

This series runs on Tuesdays, February 20-March 26, from 6:30-7:45 pm on Zoom. Registration deadline is February 14.

In Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm, author Kazu Haga blazingly reclaims the energy and assertiveness of nonviolent practice and shows that a principled approach to nonviolence is the way to transform not only unjust systems but broken relationships. Facilitation of this group will be shared by group members.

Contact: Mary Ryan Hotchkiss

This series runs from February 5-April 15 on the 1st and 3rd Mondays. Registration deadline is Monday, February 5.

Our March storyteller— David Stevens (he/they)— will share his experience with queerness and faith as it relates to trauma within the institutional church. From 7-8:30 pm David will share their story and then be joined by a panel of LGBTQIA+ conversation partners before opening up to a Q&A session.

A dance party will follow from 8:30-9:30.

Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome whether you are queer or straight/cis! 

RSVPs are appreciated, but not required.

Our services will feature a homily and Eucharist with the Rev. Dr. Matta Ghaly (he/him - they/them). Growing up in Melkite and Coptic Catholic parishes in Cairo, Matta+ identifies as a faithful Catholic in exile, seeking refuge among Lutherans in order to live out a calling to the priesthood with integrity, openness, and congruence (along with the occasional annoyance). After their formation in a Benedictine Community, Matta went on to study liberation theology (Master of Arts) at the Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, CA), prepare for ordained ministry (Master of Divinity) at Luther Seminary (St. Paul, MN), and pursue a doctoral degree at United Seminary, exploring how the liturgy can be a container in which our parts and communities can heal, grow, and transform. Having served as an interim and settled parish pastor at the synodical and churchwide levels, on the margins, and right at the center, Matta now weaves spiritual direction, certified professional coaching, and itinerant preaching in their call to ministry, along with serving as an assistant professor of theology at Starr King School for the Ministry. Matta is delighted to connect and journey at the pace of trust and relationship, so please reach out and connect anytime through mattaghaly.com.

Sunday School is available between services from 9:45-10:30 am, except on the last Sunday of the month.

Childcare is available every Sunday from 8:30 am to noon. Childcare may be requested for other community events a week in advance.