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Join us this Sunday at 10:30am for

The River We’re Becoming: A Poet’s Water Communion

Water Communion marks our return to another year of shared life at Northwoods—but can we ever really return?  A river only flows one way, and even when we find ourselves again in familiar places, we arrive changed  by everything that has carried us here. Join us for our annual Water Communion as we consider returning,  becoming, and what we might pour into the river we are making together.

By Rev. Sarah Prickett

With music by Sara DaSilva and Courtney’s Friends: Deb Bozek, Dustin Jones, Brice Countryman, Kasia Montgomery, Sara DaSilva, Rusty Rhoad

Online worship will take place using the Zoom.

Click here to access the digital sanctuary directly.

Please note – if you use our custom URL to attend service www.zoom.us/my/northwoodsuu or join by Meeting ID: 766 833 5778, you will be prompted to enter a password, which is 1111.

Also this Sunday:

Listening Circle Sample Session

Many of us long for a place where we can slow down, be fully ourselves, and be truly heard. Not fixed or advised—just listened to. Listening Circles are small, spiritually grounded groups that will meet from September through May to practice deep listening, share what’s alive in us, and build meaningful relationships.

Three circles are forming, with both in-person and online options, and they’re open to members and friends age 14 and up.

If you’re curious but not sure what a Listening Circle actually feels like, next Sunday, August 23, after the service, we’ll have a sample session. Saogat Rab and our co-facilitators will give us a chance to experience it for ourselves.

You don’t have to commit to anything. Just come, be curious, and see what happens when we make a little more room for one another—and for the tender heart.

Ready to find your circle? Come to the Sample Session, or sign up here.

Piece Together Some Fun at the Puzzle Sale!

Calling all puzzle lovers! Join us on Sunday, August 23, in the Garden Room for our Puzzle Sale.

Browse a wide selection of gently loved jigsaw puzzles and discover your next favorite challenge. Complete puzzles are just $4, and adventurous puzzlers can take a chance on puzzles with a missing piece for only $1.

Every purchase supports Northwoods, with 100% of the proceeds benefiting the church.

Religious Education

Celebrate the beginning of a new church year with our annual Ingathering and Water Communion! This beloved Northwoods tradition invites each of us to bring a small amount of water from a place that was meaningful to us this summer—whether from a vacation, a favorite local spot, your backyard, or even your kitchen tap. Together, we’ll combine our waters as a symbol of the many journeys that come together to create our community. Don’t have water to bring? No worries—ceremonial water will be available so everyone can take part in this meaningful celebration. We hope you’ll join us!

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