Upcoming Services 

SPRING 2026

May 10, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. “No Exit from Mt Hope Cemetery and Other Signs Along the Road to Ministry.” Rev. Jess & the Spirit of Life Choir with Worship Artist, Christa Van Daele. Mother’s Day is the anniversary of my calling to ministry, when I finally decided to follow the “signs” that led me here to GRU. Join Jess and the choir for the retelling of the story of call and response. 

May 17, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. “In These Days of Woe and Wonder.” Rev. Jess with music by Russell Scott and Ellen Forester. Today we’ll explore kinship and kindness as antidotes to the discontent, disconnection, and discombobulation many of us are experiencing.   

May 24, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. “In medias res…”   Rev. Jess. Today we consider the chapter of this congregation’s story that includes our 18 years of shared ministry and imagine the possibilities that lie ahead for our “Quiet Juicy Freedom Church.”

May 31, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. “After the Ecstasy, the Laundry.” Rev. Jess with Worship Artist Janis Collins.  After we get where we are going, what do we do with what we got? Jack Kornfield writes: “The Hindus tell us that the child in the womb sings, ‘Do not let me forget who I am,’ but that the song after birth becomes, ‘Oh, I have forgotten already.’ Still, as surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.”