December 7, 2025 Weekly Update

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” -Jimi Hendrix

Link to this week’s service:
https://opencirclechurch-373.my.webex.com/opencirclechurch-373.my/j.php?MTID=m5424e0668b56caa46f5b61aafadaa424
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Join by phone:
1-650-479-3208 access code:  2550 812 7661


Please feel free to bring any hats and gloves to decorate the tree that is now up. We will donate any hats and gloves around Christmas.

Upcoming Service Information:
December 7th:
Main Focus: 2nd  Sunday of Advent - PEACE
Service Host - Mary Smith-Dennis
Special Speaker - Gordon Hoffert
Children’s Story-Linda Hoskins

December 14th:
Main Focus: 3rd Sunday of Advent - JOY
Service Host - Charlie Ross
Special Speaker -Dale Peterson
Children’s Story-Janet Westenberg
COMMUNITY MEAL

December 21st:
Main Focus: 4th Sunday of Advent - LOVE
Service Host -Janet Johnson
Special Speaker - David Radcliffe
Children’s Story-Jess Hoffert

December 24th:
Main Focus: Christmas Eve
Service Host -TBD. We’re Still working out details.
Special Speaker - Congregational reflections and hymns

Worship themes for the upcoming months:
December-- Advent
January-- New Beginnings
February-- Loving our neighbors/interfaith
March-- Why Do We Follow Jesus?
April-- Earth Justice

Current community concerns:
We have discontinued professional housekeeping services. If you see something that needs tidying, please take care of it as best you can and/or let me know if it’s a bigger issue and I will gather the necessary resources. Please contact me by email: [email protected] 

Opportunities to Serve:. 

As we continue in this new chapter, we need our community now more than ever. Each of us has unique talents we can lend to help make this process run smoothly. We are currently looking for people to help with:
*tech team
    -Full transparency:  since our tech team is so small, when none of them are available, we will have “tech light” services, but many hands make the work light. I speak from experience ;)
*worship planning
    -We’re open to any and all ideas! Let me know and I’ll pass them along to the appropriate people.
*service hosts
    -There’s a template/script available now so all you would have to do is read when needed.
Please contact me by email: [email protected] if you would be willing to assist with any of these roles.
We continue  to collect food donations for local food shelves. We will take them when we gather several pounds of nonperishable food items.

Upcoming events:
Men's Group- 8:30 a.m. every Monday morning- Church building​