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"Restoration, New Growth, New Life!"
This past Tuesday was Earth Day. As part of marking the day we put some chalk out on the side walk and wrote a simple message "Happy...

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Easter!
Holy Week has arrived and we are looking forward to moving through the story of Jesus' last week living as one of us among us. Tonight at...

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There was a Donkey
Springtime is especially busy this year at the Garden Church We have a handful of celebration Sundays in a row beginning this Sunday with...

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Apr 111 min read
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"Water & Oil"
Last Sunday we gathered in The Garden between the morning rain and the evening rain, grateful for the in between. The green carpet grows...

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Apr 41 min read
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"Brand New"
The last rains were more than a week ago, but the garden is still lush and green from the rainfall. Slowly our winter crops are coming...

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Mar 271 min read
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Easter!
Holy Week has arrived and we are looking forward to moving through the story of Jesus' last week living as one of us among us. Tonight at...

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Mar 271 min read
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"Imagination"
The rainy winter we'd been waiting for here in Southern California arrived these last two weeks just as we are about to welcome spring....

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Mar 201 min read
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A Hen And Her Brood
We are once again witnessing rain here in Southern California, which is great for the natural world and especially for the Garden Church....

The Garden Church
Mar 132 min read
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In The Wilderness
We hope you can join us for our annual Ecumenical Ash Wednesday Service at noon in the garden today. The brief service is followed by...

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Mar 52 min read
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"Shiny"
image: “The Transfiguration of Jesus” by Armando Alemdar Ara ( wikimedia ) Our beautiful sanctuary still has a "green carpet" of little...

The Garden Church
Feb 272 min read
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"Love & Do Good"
Last week, we celebrated the Annual Tu Bishvat or New Year of the Trees with members of Temple Beth El. This was moved indoors to Temple...

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Feb 201 min read
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Blessings Upon You
We have the largest rain event of the year following a period of record dryness that set the stage for the raging fires at the start of...

The Garden Church
Feb 132 min read
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"Abundance"
Rains have returned to Southern California. Anytime rains fall on burned ground we are uneasy. We're uneasy because the chard earth does...

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Feb 62 min read
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"Honestly"
On Sunday we happily moved our worship inside (thanks to our good neighbors at the Annex) due to rain. We are all exceedingly grateful...

The Garden Church
Jan 302 min read
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"Though Many, are One"
Over the last two plus weeks our city and county has watched fire after fire begin and while we are grateful that the two largest and...

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Jan 232 min read
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Many Gifts, One Spirit
The gift of the Holy Spirit continues to move through us and through the hearts and mind of all members of the church. It is a spirit of...

The Garden Church
Jan 162 min read
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Beloved
"Baptism of Jesus" Artwork in Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral, Port au Prince Haiti -- mostly destroyed by earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010....

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Jan 92 min read
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"Wise Ones"
We've had a quiet week in the garden. Closed to the public for the holiday we had a work day on Tuesday. You know, one of those good old...

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Jan 21 min read
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"New Year's Renewal"
Several years ago Rev. Dr. Jonathan Mitchell started the tradition of a New Year's Renewal Service here at The Garden Church. The idea is...

The Garden Church
Dec 27, 20241 min read
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"Recognizing God"
Each Sunday we ask "Where have you seen God?" People then name aloud the places they've seen God's presence that day or recently--in a...

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Dec 20, 20241 min read
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