First Presbyterian Church Of San Anselmo

On All Saints Day, we celebrate God’s love alive in the saints who have gone before, those living now, and those who are yet to come.

In prayer, Jesus invites us to draw near to God, confessing our need for God, living into Christ’s tender mercy.

God hears the pleas of the hungry and invites us to listen and act – to pray and never give up. The world is full of the pleas and cries of the hundreds of millions who hunger. World Food Day asks us to listen and to act.

If you want to experience the glory of God, look to what Deacons do.

Jesus seeks us out and brings us to the table, saying, “I am among you as one who serves.”

God joins us in the circle of lament -- as we listen to the lament of the world, share our own, and move forward together into a world of healing.

In Christ, our work is to work for the freedom of all, so that individually and together we can become all we are created to be and do in the world.

Jesus invites all of us to a table of mutuality and justice, where the privileged give up our place at the table as we celebrate those who are finding theirs.

In Sabbath, Jesus embodies the rule of freedom – God’s liberating power at work healing the world.

God grieves the destruction we wreak on this Earth, but even in collapse, draws us into deeper connection and creative work.

On the night before he dies, Jesus embodies and suggests an answer to the question, “What does a good day look like for you?” – inviting us to live into what really matters.

Jesus invites us into a rhythm of a life centered and grounded in love – acting with compassion to meet the needs of the world, and resting in the presence of the God who welcomes us all.

What is the center of our faith?  Like Hannah, let us ground our faith in the love of a steadfast and trustworthy God.

God sends us a word of healing, not in our power and privilege, but in our shared vulnerability. 

Jesus sets at the center of our journey all that we need, and invites us to travel light.

In a world of power-over, the Good News lies in the agency and freedom that God gives us to live –  by the power of the Spirit – lives that work for freedom, for the common good, and for the well-being of all people. God gives us agency and freedom to work for the common good, within the context of the constitutional structures of nations. 

In freedom, the Spirit of Christ empowers us to live out lives of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, and self-control.