Queer & trans activist Dean Spade defines ‘mutual aid’ as, “collective coordination to meet each other’s needs, usually from an awareness that the systems we have in place are not going to meet them.” What possibilities emerge when we give and receive care beyond the scope of our imperial systems? In this service, we’ll explore … Continue reading Love Beyond: A Queer Theology of Mutual Aid
Many holy days and folk traditions are observed in the mid-autumn season as a time to honor and bear witness to the passageways between the living and the dead. Through storytelling, music, and ritual, together we’ll muster the courage we need to explore these haunted places and come face-to-face with the mysteries among us. “The … Continue reading Enter If You Dare: Ghost Stories and Holy Hauntings
In this service, queer & trans community minister Seth Anderson-Matz will lead us through a series of rituals, stories, and invocations to call forward a new world and bring it to life through new ways of being in our bodies, minds, and hearts. 2026.0927 OOS-A Queer Liturgy for a New World Children’s Programs … Continue reading A Queer Liturgy for a New World
Amid escalating anti-trans political and religious violence, many people are seeking deeper understanding of transgender lives and experiences in an effort to strengthen their advocacy and allyship. But this pursuit of understanding can inadvertently flatten the multi-dimensional complexity of trans life—reducing “transness” to something graspable or containable, while reinforcing perceived divides between transgender and cisgender people. In … Continue reading Encountering Others: A Trans Theology of Solidarity
Each moment of each day, the holy extends an invitation for us to be present. But in times of crisis and conflict, it can be difficult to notice this invitation when it arrives or to show up to it with our full attention. In this service, with the wisdom of Buddhist, Jewish, and Christian teachers, … Continue reading Grabbing Coffee with the Holy
During the liturgical season of Lent, Christians around the world practice fasting, almsgiving, and prayer to reflect on the body as a site of temptation. While this tradition has certainly contributed to body-denying theologies and religious harm, Lent can also offer an opportunity to quiet distraction and listen more closely to the sacred wisdom our … Continue reading All the Rest is Water
In moments of political and cultural upheaval, our bodies and minds tend to default to familiar postures—habits of fear, urgency, resistance, or retreat. In this service, we’ll come together to build new capacities, stretch beyond old reflexes, and train ourselves for the movements this moment requires of us. 2026.0208 OOS – Muscle Memory Children’s programs (Nursery … Continue reading Muscle Memory
In these times of urgent demand for our attention and our action, we can find ourselves grasping for direction, unsure about what to do, how to think, or where to go from here. With reverence to the wisdom of monastics from many cultures throughout the world, this service will provide contemplative space for every one … Continue reading The Way It Is
Join us for an evening of stories, carols, ritual, and reflection as together we celebrate the wisdom and wonder that Christmas illuminates in these dark winter nights. 2025.1224 OOS – The Midnight Clear – A Christmas Eve Service Please join us for hospitality in the Fellowship Hall following the service. Click this link to … Continue reading The Midnight Clear – A Christmas Eve Service
Our hearts are breaking as we witness and experience tragedy upon tragedy unfolding in our world. The pain of this heartbreak can be excruciating, even debilitating, taking hold of our attention and pinning us to our despair. But our broken hearts also reflect the deeper truth that things are not as they should be, offering … Continue reading Breaking Up is Hard to Do
