Migration—the movement of humans from one place to another—is a deeply complex, often divisive, and significantly misunderstood state of being. At any given time, almost 4% of the world’s population (304 million people!) is in a state
of migration, for a variety of reasons and needs. [Source: Migration Policy Institute, 2024] For some, migration may be the difference between life and death. It is also true that some of us have migrated from the places we grew up or migrated because of work. Others have migrated from one career or faith tradition to another. In the process, we have made new homes, gained new friends, and learned new languages or cultures.
In fact, it is likely we all have encountered others engaged in this movement.
The Biblical stories of the journey of “sages from the East” to visit the baby Jesus in Bethlehem—known as “the Epiphany”—and Jesus’ family’s subsequent flight to Egypt to find safety and refuge—these are migration stories. So during the month of January in the season after the Epiphany, we will take a deeper look at the state of migration—historically, religiously, and spiritually—to see what we can observe and maybe learn about this beautifully human and spiritual state.
Join us for worship at 9:30am, fellowship and conversation afterward, and a special Zoom presentation by the Rev. Rhina Mercedes Ramos discussing her new book In My Heart, A Volcano: A Memoir of Vignettes.
Sundays at 9:30am
January 4
LOVE
Knows No Borders
January 11
GOD
Knows No Borders
[Baptism Sunday]
January 18
BELOVED COMMUNITY
Knows No Borders
[MLK Sunday featuring the Rev. Rhina Ramos, preaching,
and special musical guest Marvin Matthews]
January 25
JESUS
Knows No Borders