Magnolia UCC

Chair Yoga
2025-11-19 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-11-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-12-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-12-10 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-12-17 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
Interested in maintaining or even regaining strength, flexibility, balance, good posture, inner awareness, and a relaxed body & mind? PHEW…! That’s sure a lot! Well, you can! Just join us each Wednesday a.m. in Pilgrim Hall at 10:00 am for chair yoga. No experience is necessary. Just wear loose clothing and your first lesson is Free. Then a one-time $15 fee is requested to help pay for the great videos on the big screen. Hope to see ya soon!

Sacred Silence
2025-11-19 11:00 - 23:30, 2025-11-26 11:00 - 23:30, 2025-12-03 11:00 - 23:30, 2025-12-10 11:00 - 23:30, 2025-12-17 11:00 - 23:30, 2026-01-07 11:00 - 23:30 (America/Vancouver)
Each week we gather in the Parlor at 11:00am on Wednesday for a time of sacred silence, time to still our minds and join together in creating sacred space in silence. Join us for this powerful time of community and prayerful being.

Zoom Pub Theology
2025-11-19 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Check back for this month’s question!
Grab a drink and join in the conversation! Join on Zoom. (Meeting ID: 886 8245 6539, Passcode: [REDACTED]

“We the People: A Brief Owner’s Manual to the U S Constitution" - 3rd Session
2025-11-20 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver)
Coming in November the MUCC community will have the opportunity to freshen up our knowledge about a critical and timely subject…the American Constitution. Greg Russi (beloved son of Julie and Bernie Russi), is currently teaching an overview course on the Constitution at Colorado Mountain College and has offered to share parts of that class with our community. The first class in this three-part series will focus on a general overview of the Constitution (and be in-person in the Parlor), the second session will focus on the 1st Amendment, and the last session will focus on the 14th Amendment. Come prepared with your questions!
Plan to attend!
Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 853 2044 9408

Passcode: [REDACTED]

Bible Study: The Clobber Passages and Beyond; What Does the Bible Really Say about the LGBTQ+ Community?
2025-11-25 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver)
This special Bible Study will take a look at the bible passages that have historically been used to both demonize and regulate the LGBTQ+ community. We’ll look at translations, context and biblical scholarship. We’ll also take a look at other passages that have the potential to broadly challenge traditional biblical approaches for the LGBTQ+ community.
Here is a general overview of the class (no need to read ahead any of the scriptures we’ll study, we’ll review them together in class):

Week 1 (10/7) -Bible Basics/Sexuality Basics, Creation and the Rainbow
Week 2 (10/14) -Sodom and Gomorrah, Esau and Jacob, Joseph and his Technicolor Coat
Week 3 (10/21) -Leviticus, Ruth and Naomi, David & Jonathan, Eunuchs in the Ancient World
Week 4 (10/28) -Isaiah, What’s in a Name, Danial
Week 5 (11/4) -Jesus and Homosexuality and Gender, Matthew 19, The Story of the Centurian
Week 6 (11/11) -John and Looking again at Nicodemus and the Beloved Disciple, Acts and the Ethiopian Eunuch
Week 7 (11/18) -Paul, Romans, 1st Corinthians/1st Timothy, Galatians
Week 8 (11/25) -Overflow Week if needed

Please plan to attend!
Join Zoom here

Meeting ID: 886 6340 8940
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Advent Music Sunday
2025-12-07 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
During Advent Music Sunday we celebrate and worship through music!
We will light the second candle of Advent, the candle of Peace. Our scripture for the day will be Luke 3:1-6 and Pastor Marci will be sharing a few additional readings and prayers to accompany our amazing Choir (and the very talented Caitlin Kelley on Violin).
All collections for the Service will go to the MUCC Music Fund to support the participation of guest musicians and the purchase of new music.
Afterwards we will have an expanded fellowship up in Pilgrim Hall with Mimosas.

Book Group
2025-12-08 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
This month, the book group gathers in the Parlor to discuss The Humans by Matt Haig and we will have a Christmas Party/Book Exchange.
**All the books chosen for Book Group are available through the Seattle Public Library

Book Group
2025-12-08 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
This month, the book group gathers in the Parlor to discuss The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak.
The upcoming books for the year are:

March: You Are Here, Poetry in the Natural World
April: Parable of the Sower, Olivia Butler
May: The History of Sound, Ben Shattuck
June: Code Name Helene, Ariel Lawhon
July: The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife, Anna Johnston
August: The Correspondent, Virginia Evans
September: The North Woods, Mason Daniel
October: Wild Dark Shore, Charlotte McConaghy
November: Buckeye: A Novel, Patrick Ryan

**All the books chosen for Book Group are available through the Seattle Public Library

Bible Study: The Advent Passages: Seeking Immanuel in Our Stories
2025-12-09 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-16 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-23 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver)
Join in this season of Advent as we enter into a time of preparation to welcome Emmanual, God among us!
Tuesdays, December 9th, 16th & 23rd, 1:00 pm via Zoom
We’ll take a deep dive into the stories of Jesus’ birth. Over three weeks, we’ll look at the context and biblical scholarship and use Lectica Devina (a traditional Christian practice of prayerful, meditative reading of scripture to foster a deeper relationship with God) to step deeper into these rich Christmas stories and consider how they are speaking to us at this time in our world and lives.
Using a combination of close reading (but not all the passages), we will look at the Christmas stories found in Luke, Matthew and John and we’ll engage in group discussion and individual reflection.

You may access the bible studies here:
Join Zoom here

Meeting ID: 868 0780 0452
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Zoom Pub Theology
2025-12-10 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
This month’s Pub Theology question will be ‘If your entire life were a movie, what title would best fit and why?’ Grab a drink and join in the conversation!
Grab a drink and join in the conversation! Join on Zoom. (Meeting ID: 886 8245 6539, Passcode: [REDACTED]

Our Long Night Service via Zoom
2025-12-17 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Our December days are short, and our December nights are long. On the Winter Solstice we will have just eight hours of light accompanied by sixteen hours of darkness. This is the season of darkness in more ways than one. Seasonal Affective Disorder, for example, affects many of us, sapping our energy and bringing a weight of depression that is only eased when the longer days of spring arrive. And the holidays can be one of the hardest times of the year for those who’ve suffered losses. But darkness can come upon us at any time of year, in many forms.
One of the messages of Advent is that waiting in the darkness isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It’s hard, and it often feels like it’s never going to end. But there are things that we can learn only in the darkness. This Service will hold space for all of the feelings and insights we may experience in the Darkness. There will be time to lament, to pray and to hope.
Plan to join us for this service of contemplation, music, and prayer, led by Pastor Marci via Zoom, Wednesday, December 17th at 7:00 pm. You may access the service here. The bulletin is linked here.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service In Person and via Facebook Live
2025-12-24 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join us at 4:00 pm on December 24th as we gather in our Sanctuary and stream on Facebook Live for our Christmas Eve Service. There will be gift bags for the kids and child care provided during the service for kids age 4 months to 6 years old. There will be lovely and blessed music offered by a string quartet, visiting vocalists and our Choir. There will be sacred stories of miracles from a starry night long ago. And we will celebrate God among us, Emmanuel! We will close our service by gathering in a circle, dimming the lights, lighting candles and joining together to sing Silent Night before we head out into our own sacred starry and silent night. We hope you join us!

To the parents/guardians who may be joining us on Christmas Eve-We welcome you and please know that in our sanctuary, all noises of life are welcome noises! Feel free to walk in and out of the Sanctuary with your child as needed, come up and light a candle together and just be at home. Also, in addition to the gift bags that you will find at the back of the church for all of the kids, you can find age-specific baskets with games and activities for all ages. And if you would rather have your 4 month-6 year old in the Children’s Gathering Space you are welcome to leave them there with our volunteers and certified Caregiver.

Chair Yoga
2026-01-07 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-01-14 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
Interested in maintaining or even regaining strength, flexibility, balance, good posture, inner awareness, and a relaxed body & mind? PHEW…! That’s sure a lot! Well, you can! Just join us each Wednesday a.m. in Pilgrim Hall at 10:00 am for chair yoga. No experience is necessary. Just wear loose clothing and your first lesson is Free. Then a one-time $15 fee is requested to help pay for the great videos on the big screen. Hope to see you soon!

Interbay Tiny Homes Village Next Steps Discussion
2026-01-11 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Vancouver)
For many years, MUCC has been walking alongside the residents at Interbay Tiny Cabins Safe Harbor. This has ranged from years of cooking and delivering meals to assembling and delivering welcome bags to new residents to providing Christmas gift cards.
After Worship on Sunday, January 11th in the Bell Tower Room, we will gather to brainstorm ideas of where we are called to go next to serve Interbay Residents. Some of the ideas that have been floated include a monthly music event with birthday cake for the residents to gathering a core group of volunteers to rotate once a month to go to the village for some sort of dessert feed. Please plan to come with ideas!

Giving Group
2026-01-12 09:00 - 20:00, 2026-02-23 09:00 UTC
The Giving Group focuses on our support for our most vulnerable neighbors and plans all of our monthly collections and drives. All are welcome. Access the Zoom call here.

Book Group
2026-01-12 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
This month, the book group gathers in the Parlor to choose books to read and review for the year.
**All the books chosen for Book Group are available through the Seattle Public Library

Zoom Pub Theology
2026-01-13 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
This month’s Pub Theology question will be ‘Why do I exist?’ Starting off the new year with an easy one!
Grab a drink and join in the conversation! Join on Zoom. (Meeting ID: 886 8245 6539, Passcode: [REDACTED]
