Author: RevSharon

In Memory of Audrey Anderson

We are sad to share that Audrey Anderson passed away last week. We will extinguish the chalice for Audrey at our July 26 worship service.

A memorial service will be held at Chalice as follows:

Sunday, August 30
Memorial Service: 2-3 p.m.
Hootenanny: 3-6 p.m.

Donations in … read more.

After Worship: What book changed your life?

At our July 19 service, we exchanged recommendations of books that have changed our lives. In my homily, I recommended (not for the first time) Michelle Alexander’s New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.

What book changed your life?

Reflections from General Assembly

I attended my first General Assembly June 24-28 in Portland. To be honest, part of my motivation was out of a sense of duty as incoming Vice President, and I knew it would be a good learning experience. I’ve attended, planned and run enough professional … read more.

A Vision of Multigenerational Community

Excerpts from the June 21 worship service “What Have You Learned?”

In her book Woman on the Edge of Time, Marge Piercy writes of a utopian society, and one of the practices there was for the elderly to spend the day with the children. One person … read more.

July Message from Kathleen

Kathleen Swift, Director of Family Ministries

Don’t avoid extremes, and don’t choose any one extreme. Remain available to both the polarities – that is the art, the secret of balancing. ~ Rajneesh (Indian mystic, guru and spiritual teacher)

Balancing… I am pretty good at balancing objects—I excel … read more.

June Message from Kathleen

I love serving as Chalice’s Director of Family Ministries! I get to work with great kids as well as talented and giving adults. The position allows me to work in areas of which I am already strong while offering me a chance to build in areas for which I need growth. And I can … read more.

Habitat Restoration

April 2015: A multigenerational group from Chalice spent a morning at the San Dieguito River Park, weeding and maintaining native restoration areas with the San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy.

Habitat for Humanity

July 2014: In July of 2014, Chalice congregants worked with Habitat for Humanity to build a small complex of two-story duplexes on Elm Street in Escondido.