Walter Thiessen addresses some of the ways that we keep ourselves distant from God by hiding behind inauthentic selves and distorted images of God. The blessing of Aaron was used to invite something better.

The Early (Celtic) Service Readings for the day can be found here. 

Peter Fitch gives a basis for unity at SCV: an appreciation of the beauty of God's presence in the many different ways that a diverse group of people can offer it. Each act of worship, of compassion, of encouragement can usher in the 'something more' of God's presence. 

Peter Fitch leads a talk about Jesus' easy yoke. This service seemed particularly alive and almost everything in the talk is connected to something else, showing perhaps, a glimmer of God's weaving of circumstance.

Peter Fitch speaks out of John 15 about what it means to let God's life flow in and through our lives. Picture at left is "I am the Vine' by Rik Berry.

Brent Bilsky follows Keith Turner's talk from last week with an explanation of why we give. He gives historical background for the kind of reciprocal giving that so often exists in churches but falls short of what God would like to see.