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The Garden Church
Dec 16, 20211 min read
Love and be Loved
Last weekend my husband and I attended our first Indian wedding. It was an unforgettable and unique experience. It was a blessing to...
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The Garden Church
Dec 13, 20211 min read
Deep Peace
We all admire those who can maintain inner peace while surrounded by violent conflict. And the converse can also hold: outward peace can...
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The Garden Church
Dec 2, 20211 min read
Joy in Darkness
We are in the church season of Advent, our larger culture is in the season of Holiday and Christmas preparations. The stores are having...
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The Garden Church
Dec 2, 20212 min read
Prophetic Gratitude
This Sunday as we enter the Advent season, we begin a worship series based on the song Mary sang when it was announced to her that she...
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The Garden Church
Nov 18, 20212 min read
"Be at Peace"
This Sunday we are fortunate to Welcome Rev. Joshua Yee. Rev. Yee is the pastor of St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church in Rolling Hills...
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The Garden Church
Nov 11, 20211 min read
"Valuing Your Worth"
This Sunday the Garden Church will welcome the Rev. Dr. Cedrick D. Bridgeforth to the Garden. Rev. Bridgeforth, is an ordained minister,...
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The Garden Church
Nov 4, 20211 min read
Liberacíon!
This Sunday we are continuing our Perspectives sermon series with Liberation Theology. Liberation Theology grew primarily from Latin...
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The Garden Church
Oct 28, 20211 min read
Exuberant Love
Exuberance! I love the word, and I am going to make it the keynote for this Sunday. In the Swedenborgian tradition that sponsors the...
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The Garden Church
Oct 21, 20211 min read
"A Tree in the Garden"
Each year in late October the street of downtown San Pedro fill with people out to celebrate and mark the Mexican Holiday called the "Day...
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The Garden Church
Oct 14, 20211 min read
"Perspectives"
This week I realized that Sunday, October 24th will mark the 65th anniversary of women's ordination in my denomination, the Presbyterian...
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The Garden Church
Oct 7, 20212 min read
"Everything will live where the river goes"
What better way to end our series on water than to welcome the rainy season? The other day some dramatic thunderstorms rolled through the...
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The Garden Church
Sep 30, 20212 min read
"Worldwide Communion and Living Water"
As we continue our sermon series on water we will spend time withe story of Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well. In the...
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The Garden Church
Sep 23, 20211 min read
"In the Water"
This last Sunday our church board chair organized and led a beach clean up for our community. We gathered at designated spot at Cabrillo...
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The Garden Church
Sep 21, 20212 min read
A Cup of Cold Water for the Thirsty
As we continue to celebrate Water Month at the Garden Church, we take to heart a saying of Jesus: "Whoever gives even a cup of cold water...
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The Garden Church
Sep 9, 20212 min read
"Abundant Water"
"Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff; water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their...
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The Garden Church
Sep 2, 20211 min read
Planet Water
Easily taken for granted, available at the turn of a tap, the water cycle makes possible our lives and our civilization. You may have...
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The Garden Church
Sep 1, 20211 min read
Water Wise
September at the Garden Church has been dedicated to water. We're going to spend this month focused on this precious resource and part of...
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The Garden Church
Aug 27, 20212 min read
Meant for Rest
In nearly every group I have been a part of for the past week the same dominate theme continues--we are tired, we are overwhelmed, we are...
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The Garden Church
Aug 19, 20212 min read
Gathering In
Both at the Garden and at the Farm our summer crops are slowing down. They are still putting out new shoots of life but more slowly now....
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The Garden Church
Aug 17, 20211 min read
Empire Strikes Back?
At the Garden Church we have been delving into the prophets, and this Sunday we read from the prophet Nahum. Nahum takes great glee in...
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