PARISH EVENTS
The Poor People's Campaign: Capital Region Organizing Meeting
Wednesday, February 19th at 6:30pm
Albany Social Justice Center
33 Central Avenue in Albany, New York
Following the example of the ELCA Upstate New York Synod and national Christian bodies including The Presbyterian Church (USA), The Episcopal Church, United Methodist Women and the United Church of Christ, Messiah's Congregation Council voted in its February 2020 meeting to endorse The Poor People's Campaign, a movement that seeks to revive the work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in connecting poor folks across racial, partisan and geographic divisions to transform America in a more moral society. If you're interested in learning more about the Poor People's Campaign, this is the gathering for you! Simply speak with Pastor Dustin or RSVP on Facebook.
Pastor Dustin's Coffee Club
Continuing Thursday, February 20th at 11:00am
On Thursdays now at 11:00am, Pastor Dustin leads an "entry-level" discussion about the Bible, core Lutheran teachings and other aspects of our faith. We use the same curriculum our confirmation students and their parents are experiencing every week, called colaborate. As our confirmation class is right smack in the middle of the Old Testament, we've started right there along with them and then will move into core Lutheran teachings as we journey into the spring. Coffee, as always, will be provided! Join us for this great time of weekly fellowship and learning together!
Community Meditation Hour
Continuing Thursday, February 20th at 6:00pm
Over the past few months we've heard a lot of positive feedback about our twice a month community meditation sessions in the sanctuary, but there has been indeed one criticism as well... scheduling has been difficult, and a couple times guests and members of our congregation have showed up for canceled sessions. Thus, this winter Pastor Dustin will begin "curating" a meditation hour each and every single week on Thursdays at 6:00pm. While some weeks we'll continue using the same wonderful meditation we have for a number of months under lay leadership, other times Pastor Dustin will lead and borrow from various traditions and practices he's studied over the years. Think of this as SORT OF a second weekly worship service at Messiah... just mostly grounded in meditative prayer rather than a corporate spoken and sung liturgy. If you have any questions, suggestions or would like to lead a session, please speak with Pastor Dustin or our Worship & Music Ministry Team Chair Rianne Johnson.
Schenectady Safe Space Open Mic Night
Friday, February 21st from 7:00pm-9:00pm
Ibrahim has begun working with Schenectady Safe Space after they approached Messiah about using the church space as a welcoming and inviting space for LGBTQIA+ folks in their first fundraiser - an Open Mic Night on February 21st from 7-9pm. Schenectady Safe Space is a burgeoning group for support and safety for LGBTQIA+ folx (like me, hence my direct involvement) in the Schenectady area. Proceeds and donations will go toward creating a more anchored (i.e. with a building) Space. Thanks for your donations, prayers, and loving support, and for showing up on the 21st!
New Adult Education Course: Reclaiming Jesus
Continuing on Sunday, February 23rd at 9:00am
In a time of deep divisions in the American body politic, our Adult Education Sunday morning class will study the most recent book, Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus, by Jim Wallis, globally respected writer, teacher, preacher, and justice advocate. In this book, Wallis writes: “Don’t’ go right, don’t go left, go deeper.” Building on the “Reclaiming Jesus” Declaration that Wallis, the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church, and twenty-one other “church elders” from diverse backgrounds released to the public in May 2018—to which 5 million people responded—the author challenges us to explore how a crisis of moral conscience, perhaps compounded by a constitutional crisis, may require a fresh confession of faith. Copies of the book will be available to class participants. Everyone is welcome to join in these discussions, which will be led by Merle Longwood, beginning on Sunday morning, February 16th, from 9:00 – 10:00am.
Sunday of the Transfiguration
Sunday, February 23rd at 10:15am
As has become a tradition at Messiah, we spend Transfiguration Sunday, the last Sunday before Lent, celebrating and supporting our young people who are taking their First Communion. Following worship will be a very special reception and be sure pray for Jack, Atticus and Anthony as they prepare for this important day in their life of faith!
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Tuesday, February 25th from 5:00 -7:00pm
Messiah will once again continue one of our most cherished traditions, the Shrove Tuesday Eve Pancake Supper. Join us for the traditional celebratory meal of pancakes and sausages cooked up by our awesome Kitchen Committee! Check out the bulletin board in the narthex to sign-up or sign up online on Realm and please bring pancake mix, syrup or pre-cooked sausage links if you’re able. Whatever is leftover will be contributed to our Bread of Life Food Pantry. As part of our annual tradition, Pastor Dustin will burn last year’s palms from Palm Sunday to prepare ashes for the following day at about 7:00pm outside by the fire pit, and he’d love for you to join him as we prepare for the Lenten fast.
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 26th
7:30am - 11:00am at the Jay Street Pedestrian Mall
12:00pm at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
7:00pm at Messiah Lutheran Church
Pastor Dustin, Pastor Deron (and now Pastor Dan from Our Redeemer!) will once again be down at the Jay Street Pedestrian Mall in Schenectady giving out ashes and a short blessing for folks on their way to work. We’ll also hold our joint noontime service at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 547 Saratoga Rd, Schenectady, NY 12302 with Pastor Dustin preaching and Pastor Deron presiding. A simple lunch of soup and bread hosted by the people of Good Shepherd will follow. Our primary Ash Wednesday Vespers service will take place at 7:00pm back at Messiah. Ash Wednesday is one of the best opportunities of the year to get out there and share the good news of Christ, so be sure to share our Ashes to Go and our Ash Wednesday Vespers events on Facebook with friends, neighbors and other loved ones!
The Vagina Monologues at Proctors
Friday, February 28th at 7:00pm
Proctors Theatre
432 State Street in Schenectady, New York
We know, we know... it's hard to get past the name! That said, since it debuted on Broadway over twenty two years ago, the Vagina Monologues have been raising awareness about important topics that affect women everywhere, from body image issues, sexual harassment, reproductivity issues and more. Individual stories are told by a cast that will include many well-known faces from across the Capital Region and all proceeds from the event will benefit the YWCA of Northeastern New York, an organization in Schenectady that serves nearly 4,000 women and families each year with comprehensive support services which include a domestic violence hotline, shelter, counseling, advocacy, and more! While this event is sponsored by Messiah's Young Adult Group, all are invited to attend. Tickets are $35 each but the cost can be subsidized if needed. Tickets are general admission and can be purchased at www.proctors.org. Just let Pastor Dustin know to look for you there!
Addicted: A Lenten Sermon Series on the Twelve Steps
Sundays, March 1st - March 29th at 10:15am
While we might not always talk about it publicly, a significant portion of folks at Messiah have either family members who have faced alcohol or drug addiction or are working at recovery themselves. And from Martin Luther's perspective, even the heart of sin is addiction to our own egos and hangups, something he called being "curved in on our ourselves." With these facts in mind, Pastor Dustin has spent some time this winter studying the spirituality of twelve step programs, namely through the fantastic work Breathing Under Water by Richard Rohr, and he'll be leading a sermon series throughout the Lenten season based on the twelve steps. Grounded in the four Lenten practices of self-examination and repentance, prayer and fasting, sacrificial giving and works of love, the beautiful music of Marty Haugen's Unfailing Light liturgy and the practice of our Lenten prayer tree, we'll be taking some time collectively this Lent to stand together as we turn way from our addiction to ourselves towards Christ reflected in the face of our neighbors.
Historic SiCM Assembly Hosted at Messiah!!!
Tuesday, March 3rd at 7:00pm
This past Easter Sunday the people of Messiah Lutheran Church signed a letter urging Schenectady Community Ministries to become an interfaith organization so it's fitting that a massive celebration of that historic change will take place right in our own Fellowship Hall! Join us as we welcome delegates from SICM's current member faith communities and new delegates from at least two new member faith communities, Congregation Gates of Heaven and Nemeton of the Ways. Press and other local leaders will likely be on hand to bear witness to the fact in Schenectady County, folks of ALL faiths are working together to build a better community! If you'd like to help provide refreshments, please speak with SICM Delegates Nancy Stellrecht and Betsy Ryan.
Finding the Divine Through Music: A Lenten Journey with Douglas J. Chilton
Wednesdays, March 5th - April 1st from 6:30 - 7:30pm
Oftentimes through learning about the faiths of others, we can learn even more about our own. In this spirit our one and only Minister of Music will lead us through a magnum opus of a Lenten journey entitled Finding the Divine through Music. After a brief opening centering Mr. Doug will play music and lead us through conversation based on the faiths and composers outlined below. Local clergy from the faiths being discussed may be joining us as well.
"Who Is My Neighbor?" Conference
Tuesday, March 17th from 9:00am - 4:00pm
Presbyterian New England Congregational Church
24 Circular Street in Saratoga Springs, New York
Join the New York State Council of Churches, Goldstein Hall Attorneys at Law, Pace University Land Use Law Center, American Institute of Architects Westchester Hudson Valley, New York State Association for Affordable Housing, Upper New York Conference United Methodist Church, Community Preservation Corporation and other partners for a day of conversation with colleagues and experts that will inspire you to:
SICM Empty Bowl Fundraiser
Sunday, March 29th from 2:00 - 4:00pm
Double Tree Hotel by Hilton
100 Nott Street in Schenectady, New York
Join Pastor Dustin, fantastic chiefs and local leaders from across Schenectady County for an afternoon of delicious soups, voting for your favorite chef, pick a prize raffle, fellowship and most importantly, supporting our collective efforts with folks of all faiths to feed the hungry! Tickets are $35, and you can either buy a ticket online here or speak with Nancy Stellrecht or Betsy Ryan. You'll even get to take home an awesome homemade bowl!
Earth Honoring Faiths: Working for Climate Justice in Our Time
Tuesday, April 21st at 7:00pm
For Messiah's third annual Earth Day lecture we'll welcome nationally known scholar, speaker and theologian Dr. Melanie L. Harris, Founding Director of African American and Africana Studies and Professor of Religion and Ethics at Texas Christian University. Dr. Harris is a former broadcast journalist who worked as a news producer for ABC, CBS, and NBC affiliates. A community leader whose passion for education is linked to a commitment to social justice, she has also served as an educational consultant with the Ford Foundation, the Forum for Theological Exploration, and the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, Lilly Endowment Inc. Her talk will focus on the intersection of race, religion, gender and environmental ethics. Please join us friends for what's become a powerful and well attended annual tradition for many throughout the Greater Capital Region!
The Poor People's Campaign: Moral March on Washington
Saturday, June 20th, 2020
United States Capitol Building
US Capitol Grounds in Washington, DC
Messiah's headed to Washington this summer for the Poor People's Campaign Mass Assembly and Moral March on Washington! The gathering will be a generationally transformative event in front of the US Capitol in Washington DC. People of faith from across the country will be gathering to stand with the poor as they raise up the collective voice of poor and low-income people. The Poor People's Campaign demands that both our major political parties address the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism in America by implementing a truly Moral Agenda. If the rejected millions—the poor without health insurance, without living wages, without clean water, without voting protections—unite, especially alongside people of faith, we can move the moral and civic imagination of our country across party lines and revive the heart of the nation! Forty three percent of our fellow citizens, including members of Messiah, are now struggling to get by, and building on the work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. before he was assassinated, raising up the voices of those directly affected by poverty will be the best way to bring lasting change. If you have any questions or are interested in attending, Pastor Dustin is currently serving as our main connection point and will be organizing rides to Washington alongside other local religious leaders.
All events with links go to a Facebook Event. Please click on the link, RSVP and spread the word you'll be joining us! To view our complete parish calendar, click here.
Wednesday, February 19th at 6:30pm
Albany Social Justice Center
33 Central Avenue in Albany, New York
Following the example of the ELCA Upstate New York Synod and national Christian bodies including The Presbyterian Church (USA), The Episcopal Church, United Methodist Women and the United Church of Christ, Messiah's Congregation Council voted in its February 2020 meeting to endorse The Poor People's Campaign, a movement that seeks to revive the work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in connecting poor folks across racial, partisan and geographic divisions to transform America in a more moral society. If you're interested in learning more about the Poor People's Campaign, this is the gathering for you! Simply speak with Pastor Dustin or RSVP on Facebook.
Pastor Dustin's Coffee Club
Continuing Thursday, February 20th at 11:00am
On Thursdays now at 11:00am, Pastor Dustin leads an "entry-level" discussion about the Bible, core Lutheran teachings and other aspects of our faith. We use the same curriculum our confirmation students and their parents are experiencing every week, called colaborate. As our confirmation class is right smack in the middle of the Old Testament, we've started right there along with them and then will move into core Lutheran teachings as we journey into the spring. Coffee, as always, will be provided! Join us for this great time of weekly fellowship and learning together!
Community Meditation Hour
Continuing Thursday, February 20th at 6:00pm
Over the past few months we've heard a lot of positive feedback about our twice a month community meditation sessions in the sanctuary, but there has been indeed one criticism as well... scheduling has been difficult, and a couple times guests and members of our congregation have showed up for canceled sessions. Thus, this winter Pastor Dustin will begin "curating" a meditation hour each and every single week on Thursdays at 6:00pm. While some weeks we'll continue using the same wonderful meditation we have for a number of months under lay leadership, other times Pastor Dustin will lead and borrow from various traditions and practices he's studied over the years. Think of this as SORT OF a second weekly worship service at Messiah... just mostly grounded in meditative prayer rather than a corporate spoken and sung liturgy. If you have any questions, suggestions or would like to lead a session, please speak with Pastor Dustin or our Worship & Music Ministry Team Chair Rianne Johnson.
Schenectady Safe Space Open Mic Night
Friday, February 21st from 7:00pm-9:00pm
Ibrahim has begun working with Schenectady Safe Space after they approached Messiah about using the church space as a welcoming and inviting space for LGBTQIA+ folks in their first fundraiser - an Open Mic Night on February 21st from 7-9pm. Schenectady Safe Space is a burgeoning group for support and safety for LGBTQIA+ folx (like me, hence my direct involvement) in the Schenectady area. Proceeds and donations will go toward creating a more anchored (i.e. with a building) Space. Thanks for your donations, prayers, and loving support, and for showing up on the 21st!
New Adult Education Course: Reclaiming Jesus
Continuing on Sunday, February 23rd at 9:00am
In a time of deep divisions in the American body politic, our Adult Education Sunday morning class will study the most recent book, Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus, by Jim Wallis, globally respected writer, teacher, preacher, and justice advocate. In this book, Wallis writes: “Don’t’ go right, don’t go left, go deeper.” Building on the “Reclaiming Jesus” Declaration that Wallis, the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church, and twenty-one other “church elders” from diverse backgrounds released to the public in May 2018—to which 5 million people responded—the author challenges us to explore how a crisis of moral conscience, perhaps compounded by a constitutional crisis, may require a fresh confession of faith. Copies of the book will be available to class participants. Everyone is welcome to join in these discussions, which will be led by Merle Longwood, beginning on Sunday morning, February 16th, from 9:00 – 10:00am.
Sunday of the Transfiguration
Sunday, February 23rd at 10:15am
As has become a tradition at Messiah, we spend Transfiguration Sunday, the last Sunday before Lent, celebrating and supporting our young people who are taking their First Communion. Following worship will be a very special reception and be sure pray for Jack, Atticus and Anthony as they prepare for this important day in their life of faith!
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Tuesday, February 25th from 5:00 -7:00pm
Messiah will once again continue one of our most cherished traditions, the Shrove Tuesday Eve Pancake Supper. Join us for the traditional celebratory meal of pancakes and sausages cooked up by our awesome Kitchen Committee! Check out the bulletin board in the narthex to sign-up or sign up online on Realm and please bring pancake mix, syrup or pre-cooked sausage links if you’re able. Whatever is leftover will be contributed to our Bread of Life Food Pantry. As part of our annual tradition, Pastor Dustin will burn last year’s palms from Palm Sunday to prepare ashes for the following day at about 7:00pm outside by the fire pit, and he’d love for you to join him as we prepare for the Lenten fast.
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 26th
7:30am - 11:00am at the Jay Street Pedestrian Mall
12:00pm at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
7:00pm at Messiah Lutheran Church
Pastor Dustin, Pastor Deron (and now Pastor Dan from Our Redeemer!) will once again be down at the Jay Street Pedestrian Mall in Schenectady giving out ashes and a short blessing for folks on their way to work. We’ll also hold our joint noontime service at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 547 Saratoga Rd, Schenectady, NY 12302 with Pastor Dustin preaching and Pastor Deron presiding. A simple lunch of soup and bread hosted by the people of Good Shepherd will follow. Our primary Ash Wednesday Vespers service will take place at 7:00pm back at Messiah. Ash Wednesday is one of the best opportunities of the year to get out there and share the good news of Christ, so be sure to share our Ashes to Go and our Ash Wednesday Vespers events on Facebook with friends, neighbors and other loved ones!
The Vagina Monologues at Proctors
Friday, February 28th at 7:00pm
Proctors Theatre
432 State Street in Schenectady, New York
We know, we know... it's hard to get past the name! That said, since it debuted on Broadway over twenty two years ago, the Vagina Monologues have been raising awareness about important topics that affect women everywhere, from body image issues, sexual harassment, reproductivity issues and more. Individual stories are told by a cast that will include many well-known faces from across the Capital Region and all proceeds from the event will benefit the YWCA of Northeastern New York, an organization in Schenectady that serves nearly 4,000 women and families each year with comprehensive support services which include a domestic violence hotline, shelter, counseling, advocacy, and more! While this event is sponsored by Messiah's Young Adult Group, all are invited to attend. Tickets are $35 each but the cost can be subsidized if needed. Tickets are general admission and can be purchased at www.proctors.org. Just let Pastor Dustin know to look for you there!
Addicted: A Lenten Sermon Series on the Twelve Steps
Sundays, March 1st - March 29th at 10:15am
While we might not always talk about it publicly, a significant portion of folks at Messiah have either family members who have faced alcohol or drug addiction or are working at recovery themselves. And from Martin Luther's perspective, even the heart of sin is addiction to our own egos and hangups, something he called being "curved in on our ourselves." With these facts in mind, Pastor Dustin has spent some time this winter studying the spirituality of twelve step programs, namely through the fantastic work Breathing Under Water by Richard Rohr, and he'll be leading a sermon series throughout the Lenten season based on the twelve steps. Grounded in the four Lenten practices of self-examination and repentance, prayer and fasting, sacrificial giving and works of love, the beautiful music of Marty Haugen's Unfailing Light liturgy and the practice of our Lenten prayer tree, we'll be taking some time collectively this Lent to stand together as we turn way from our addiction to ourselves towards Christ reflected in the face of our neighbors.
Historic SiCM Assembly Hosted at Messiah!!!
Tuesday, March 3rd at 7:00pm
This past Easter Sunday the people of Messiah Lutheran Church signed a letter urging Schenectady Community Ministries to become an interfaith organization so it's fitting that a massive celebration of that historic change will take place right in our own Fellowship Hall! Join us as we welcome delegates from SICM's current member faith communities and new delegates from at least two new member faith communities, Congregation Gates of Heaven and Nemeton of the Ways. Press and other local leaders will likely be on hand to bear witness to the fact in Schenectady County, folks of ALL faiths are working together to build a better community! If you'd like to help provide refreshments, please speak with SICM Delegates Nancy Stellrecht and Betsy Ryan.
Finding the Divine Through Music: A Lenten Journey with Douglas J. Chilton
Wednesdays, March 5th - April 1st from 6:30 - 7:30pm
Oftentimes through learning about the faiths of others, we can learn even more about our own. In this spirit our one and only Minister of Music will lead us through a magnum opus of a Lenten journey entitled Finding the Divine through Music. After a brief opening centering Mr. Doug will play music and lead us through conversation based on the faiths and composers outlined below. Local clergy from the faiths being discussed may be joining us as well.
- March 4th | Qawwali Music: Devotional music featuring the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Originally performed at Sufi shrines or dargahs throughout South Asia, Qawwali music gained mainstream popularity and an international audience in late 20th century. Sufism is the mystical, inward dimension of Islam.
- March 11th | Music from the Top of the World: The Gyuto monks are known for their tradition of overtone singing, also described as "chordal chanting". The monks are part of an order known as The Gelug, which is the newest of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
- March 18th | Ravi Shankar: Ravi Shankar is the Master of Indian Classical Music, which is a part of the Hindu tradition. Hindustani classical music is the art music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. Its origins date from the 12th century CE.
- March 25th | Chichester Psalms: Composer, conductor and performer Leonard Bernstein, the son of Ukrainian Jewish parents. explores the book of Psalms in his Chichester Psalms. The text was arranged by the composer from the original Hebrew. The piece uses Psalms 100, 108, 2, 23, 131, and 133.
- March 11th | Johann Sebastian Bach: J.S. Bach was the primary developer of Western music as we know it. Bach devoted nearly his entire professional musical life to service in the Lutheran Church.
"Who Is My Neighbor?" Conference
Tuesday, March 17th from 9:00am - 4:00pm
Presbyterian New England Congregational Church
24 Circular Street in Saratoga Springs, New York
Join the New York State Council of Churches, Goldstein Hall Attorneys at Law, Pace University Land Use Law Center, American Institute of Architects Westchester Hudson Valley, New York State Association for Affordable Housing, Upper New York Conference United Methodist Church, Community Preservation Corporation and other partners for a day of conversation with colleagues and experts that will inspire you to:
- Think in new ways about how congregations can reach out to their communities and to revitalize.
- Draw on the theological riches of your tradition to address attitudinal and legal barriers which prevent your neighborhood and region from welcoming people of all incomes and races and helping them to live, work and participate in your local economy.
- Renovate and improve your property to further your mission.
- Show a variety of real-life examples of congregations who have found creative ways to extend their mission and redevelop their property for the benefit of the community while improving space for fellowship and worship. Many have also built affordable housing, created arts and community spaces, planted community gardens and developed schools and educational programs.
- Equip you with practical tools that will enable your congregation to take important new steps in following the biblical command to love our neighbors—and our neighborhood.
SICM Empty Bowl Fundraiser
Sunday, March 29th from 2:00 - 4:00pm
Double Tree Hotel by Hilton
100 Nott Street in Schenectady, New York
Join Pastor Dustin, fantastic chiefs and local leaders from across Schenectady County for an afternoon of delicious soups, voting for your favorite chef, pick a prize raffle, fellowship and most importantly, supporting our collective efforts with folks of all faiths to feed the hungry! Tickets are $35, and you can either buy a ticket online here or speak with Nancy Stellrecht or Betsy Ryan. You'll even get to take home an awesome homemade bowl!
Earth Honoring Faiths: Working for Climate Justice in Our Time
Tuesday, April 21st at 7:00pm
For Messiah's third annual Earth Day lecture we'll welcome nationally known scholar, speaker and theologian Dr. Melanie L. Harris, Founding Director of African American and Africana Studies and Professor of Religion and Ethics at Texas Christian University. Dr. Harris is a former broadcast journalist who worked as a news producer for ABC, CBS, and NBC affiliates. A community leader whose passion for education is linked to a commitment to social justice, she has also served as an educational consultant with the Ford Foundation, the Forum for Theological Exploration, and the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, Lilly Endowment Inc. Her talk will focus on the intersection of race, religion, gender and environmental ethics. Please join us friends for what's become a powerful and well attended annual tradition for many throughout the Greater Capital Region!
The Poor People's Campaign: Moral March on Washington
Saturday, June 20th, 2020
United States Capitol Building
US Capitol Grounds in Washington, DC
Messiah's headed to Washington this summer for the Poor People's Campaign Mass Assembly and Moral March on Washington! The gathering will be a generationally transformative event in front of the US Capitol in Washington DC. People of faith from across the country will be gathering to stand with the poor as they raise up the collective voice of poor and low-income people. The Poor People's Campaign demands that both our major political parties address the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism in America by implementing a truly Moral Agenda. If the rejected millions—the poor without health insurance, without living wages, without clean water, without voting protections—unite, especially alongside people of faith, we can move the moral and civic imagination of our country across party lines and revive the heart of the nation! Forty three percent of our fellow citizens, including members of Messiah, are now struggling to get by, and building on the work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. before he was assassinated, raising up the voices of those directly affected by poverty will be the best way to bring lasting change. If you have any questions or are interested in attending, Pastor Dustin is currently serving as our main connection point and will be organizing rides to Washington alongside other local religious leaders.
All events with links go to a Facebook Event. Please click on the link, RSVP and spread the word you'll be joining us! To view our complete parish calendar, click here.