Sunday Services

Sunday, April 5, 11:00 a.m. – Easter Sunday—Practices of Resurrection – Amy Day

The American observance of Easter invites us to celebrate a one-time and highly contested event. Words like “risen,” “king,” or “triumph” celebrate the narrative of a transcendent God, one who triumphs over Death itself and ascends into the celestial realm. Conversely, voices like the agrarian poet Wendell Berry invite us to turn our attention to humble, earthy, and accessible ways that we can become practitioners of regeneration and rebirth. Join us for a mytho-poetic discussion on what it means to embody this way of being—to live a resurrected life in times of great upheaval—and orient ourselves to the salvific call of this life.

Sunday, April 12, 11:00 a.m. – A Hospice Chaplain’s View of Life and Death – Liesbet Bickett and special guest Sr. Chaplain Chris Breedlove, Hospice of Humboldt

What might those nearing death teach us about how to live?

In this special service, we welcome Sr. Chaplain Chris Breedlove of Hospice of Humboldt, who has spent many years accompanying people and families at the threshold between life and death. From the quiet space of hospital rooms and hospice bedsides, he has witnessed moments of grief, tenderness, courage, reconciliation, and unexpected beauty.

Through stories and reflections from his work, Chris will invite us to consider the sacredness of life’s final chapter—and the wisdom that often emerges from it. Together we will explore how presence, compassion, and community can transform how we face mortality, reminding us that the way we live and the way we care for one another matter deeply, all the way to the end.

Join us for a thoughtful and heartfelt service reflecting on life, death, and the love that holds us through both.

Sunday, April 19, 11:00 a.m. – Sermon on the Amount – Amy Day

In the original biblical sermon (from which we get this pithy title), we are called to become “salt of the world,” to utilize our gifts, time and talents to nourish and sustain. Our wounds become our blessings. Our so-called burdens become invitations to action. As we gather to consider the health of our Fellowship and the ways we can nurture it, may we be re-acquainted with the ways of plentitude, Earth-rooted abundance, and sufficiency. This will be a time to explore our innate gifts and offer them forth.

Sunday, April 26, 11:00 a.m. – Earth Day at the Arcata Marsh – Worship Leader Ann Kilby, and presented by HUUF’s Climate Action Campaign

Elliott Dabill, President of Friends of the Arcata Marsh, will speak about the Arcata Marsh as a longterm and complex community project, as a community asset and longterm project, as an ecologically innovative park, wildlife refuge, public health asset, and as a source of insights to inform future development.