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Above is a picture of good advice from our Spiritual Play kids for everyone regardless of where you are on your life's journey.

Building Bridges of

Inclusion, Justice, and Spirituality

No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey,

you are welcome here!

This Sunday at Shadow Rock


9:00 am

  • Adult Spiritual Formation and Kindlings start in the Multipurpose Room of the Education Bldg with coffee and fellowship
  • Spiritual Play is in the Lime Room
  • Childcare is in the Blue Room
  • Sunday School for ages 9 and up in the Green Room
  • Hospitality Cart with coffee and cookies in the Multipurpose Room


10:15 am

  • Worship in the Sanctuary (childcare is offered in the Blue Room of the Education Bldg 10 - 11:30 am)


11:15 am

  • NO Sermon Reboot after worship in the narthex. Pastor Ken will be attending the Implementation and Initiative Tracking Meeting with all the Initiative Planning Group members.



Here are two of the crew from Bay Alarm working on updating our fire monitoring system in the education building. We thank Josh and Juan for their expertise and dedication.


This work represents the progress we are making on the facilities improvement projects the congregation voted on in June 2024. We have installed new soffits, repaired a major water leak, refurbished theater lights in Smith Hall, and multiple plumbing repairs. The upkeep of our spiritual home is never ending and your financial support of the Facilities Improvement Fund is needed and appreciated.

Looking Ahead for Worship Happenings


Oct. 20 Progressive Christian faith vs. Christian nationalism and Women's Reproductive Rights. A member of our spiritual family will share a personal story and we hold her and her story as precious.


Oct. 27 Children's Sabbath


Nov. 3 All Saints Day


Nov. 10 Take a Breath Sunday (First Sunday After the Election)


Nov. 17 Lectionary Reading


Nov. 24 Thanksgiving Sunday with Native American Flutist Jen Steege and Celebrating Stewardship of our values, vision, and mission.



Sunday Morning Is Loaded With Opportunities to Serve, Connect, and Engage


Contact Liz Curry for details!

SUPPORT THE NAMI WALK BY SPONSORING A WISE TEAM MEMBER!


They are glad to support our WISE Team and the WISE Team's participation in the NAMI Walk. They raised $342.42 for the NAMI Walk. Thanks to the kids and the friends and members who supported them.

People Have Been Asking...


Dear Friends and Members of Shadow Rock!


During this election season we have been exploring how progressive Christianity is different from Christian nationalism. We have held election education events, shared voter guides, and we are a polling station. We have not run away from the unfortunate polarization of the political climate. Instead we have run toward it encouraging discussion, participation, and civility. We walk the edge on this and sometimes we walk the cutting edge.


The latest action was the placement of a voter guide sign with a website and QR code. The sign is made by the Legislative District 2 Democrats and it definitely has a political party bias. I was asked if it could be placed and I agreed to it. This is my responsibility. There are two ideas that inform my decisions around this issue.


First, I think we live in a time of history that moderate and reasonable people are taken advantage of by unreasonable extremists. History reminds us that people who do not play by the rules will not hesitate to run over people who have integrity and play by the rules. Rabbi Edwin Friedman said, "Reasonableness is the natural manure for terrorism." It is past time for reasonable people with values of inclusion, justice, and human dignity to declare themselves and speak up. To not speak up is to be complicit with evil.


Second, as passionate as I feel about the first point, I do my best to live within the parameters of pastoral care and love. This second point can temper me in my living out the first point. I have said it several times from the pulpit that I do not care what political sign a person has in their front yard. I want people to be able to call me if they need a pastor. This means I put constraints on my freedom for the sake of love in our spiritual family. When we do this we create a spiritual culture where each of us are "out doing" each other in honoring each other. This is a spiritual family household ethic.


These two points will always be in creative tension with each other. The coming together of these two ideas and a robust discussion among us has resulted in the taking down of the sign. Please note this was not my decision, but as the decision of the person who requested to put the sign up to begin with. This person decided to put constraints on their freedom and not to insist on having their way for the sake of love.


I am proud of our community for standing on the side of our core values of inclusion and justice and even prouder when we temper our freedom for the sake of love for one another.


Pastor Ken