Magnolia UCC

Lenten Spiritual Retreat: Abundant Love
2025-03-15 09:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver)
Most of us have had moments or seasons in our lives where we have experienced both abundance and scarcity in our lives – in finances, in work, in retirement, in health, in relationships, and in love, etc. Some moments or seasons might feel like scarcity because, for whatever reason, we just don’t notice or see the abundance that is present. In this retreat, we will explore abundance – what it means to us, what it looks like or doesn’t look like in our lives, and how we might cultivate more abundance in our lives regardless of our current circumstances. This retreat will allow us to intentionally reflect on abundance in ways that help us experience more abundant love and to live into a more abundant life!
Registration is now open! Save your spot here.

Book Study - White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
2025-03-12 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver)
Called ‘one of the most empathetic and visionary approaches to American poverty in decades’, White Poverty uses story and astute historical analysis, to content that tens of millions of America’s poorest earners, the majority of whom don’t vote, have much in common. White Poverty lifts the hope for a new “moral fusion movement” that seeks to unite people. This is an incredibly timely book as our country looks for ways that we can unite around common challenges.
We will gather in the Parlor and via Zoom on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 pm on March 12th and 19th. Come join us!
Week 2: p.65-147
Zoom link
Meeting ID: 824 8230 9695, Passcode: [REDACTED]

Sacred Silence
2025-03-12 11:00 - 23:30, 2025-03-05 11:00 - 23:30, 2025-02-26 11:00 - 23:30, 2025-02-19 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.

Chair Yoga
2025-03-12 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-03-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-19 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-12 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!

Learning Forum - Women’s Experiences in the Criminal Justice System: What we Can Learn
2025-03-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver)
Plan to attend our March Learning forum on Tuesday, March 11th at 7:00 pm via Zoom. Our speaker will be Stephanie Covington, a leading authority on addiction and on trauma, particularly as these affect women in prison. Stephanie trained as a social worker and therapist specializing in recovery from substance abuse. Among other things, she designed the Betty Ford program and has written more than a dozen books for men and women in recovery. Her most recent book, Hidden Healers: The Unexpected Ways Women in prison Help Each Other Survive, makes incarcerated women’s experiences palpable and provides an uncommon perspective on a seldom-discussed subject. Please plan to join us for this important learning opportunity!
Access the Zoom here.
Meeting ID: 872 5748 7842
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Bible Study: The Gospel of John
2025-03-11 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver)
Join us for a deep dive into an amazing Gospel! This week we will be discussing the Book of Signs – 12:8-14:31 (Entry into Jerusalem, the Foot Washing, The WAY and the Holy Spirit).
Access the bible study here.
Meeting ID: 820 0571 5457
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Book Group
2025-03-10 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
The book group will be meeting in the MUCC Parlor at 6:30pm. The book discussion this month will be on Reading the Glass: A Captain’s View of the Weather, Water and Life on Ships, by Elliot Rappaport. Contact Marilee Gibbs at marileegibbs@comcast.net with any questions.

Service Sunday
2025-03-09 09:00 - 23:00 (America/Vancouver)
Join Us for Service Sunday, March 9th!
This is the Sunday where we join in work projects around our community as we BE the church! There are multiple service project locations around Magnolia and Queen Anne with projects ranging from making blankets for kids entering foster care to habitat restoration! Afterwords, we will all meet up in Pilgrim Hall for cocoa and soup.
Some locations have limited spots so register here today!

Here is the list of this year’s Projects!

Project Linus: Upstairs in Pilgrim Hall we will have a team that will make fleece blankets for kids going into Foster Care. No sewing experience required! This project is great for folks of all ages.

Thorndyke Park Habitat Restoration: The team at Thorndyke will work under the direction of Seattle Green to remove aggressive weeds and maintain areas where weeds have been removed. All equipment provided.

Discovery Park: The team at Discovery Park will be doing outdoor habitat restoration. All equipment provided.

Seattle Animal Shelter: The team at SAS will be doing projects in service of sheltered animals (must be 12 and older for this site).

Hagar’s Ministry for Incarcerated Women: The team will write out cards at MUCC in the Parlor, to women at the Washington Corrections Center for Women with messages of care and hope. All will be invited to decorate the cards as well.

Ballard Food Bank Hygiene Repack Packets: The team (working at Magnolia Presbyterian) will help to repack various hygiene products from bulk purchases into smaller packages so that the Food Bank can keep its shelves stocked with these much needed items.

Knights of the Square Table (MUCC Men’s Group)
2025-03-07 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Vancouver)
MOVED TO FRIDAY, MARCH 7th
The men of MUCC (known as the Knights of the Square Table) meet monthly on the first Wednesday of every month (except this month! It’s been moved to Friday this month,) at 12:30 with a rotating location at various local restaurants. Tom Ranken sends out email notices. The location switches regularly. It’s a purely social gathering! Tom Ranken sends out the email notification with the location and if you are not on that email distribution and would like to be, let Tom know! Contact him at tom@jthomasranken.com

Book Study - White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
2025-03-05 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver)
Called ‘one of the most empathetic and visionary approaches to American poverty in decades’, White Poverty uses story and astute historical analysis, to content that tens of millions of America’s poorest earners, the majority of whom don’t vote, have much in common. White Poverty lifts the hope for a new “moral fusion movement” that seeks to unite people. This is an incredibly timely book as our country looks for ways that we can unite around common challenges.
We will gather in the Parlor and via Zoom on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 pm on March 5th, 12th and 19th. Come join us!
Week 1: Preface – p.63
Zoom link
Meeting ID: 824 8230 9695, Passcode: [REDACTED]

Ash Wednesday Recorded Service
2025-03-05
March 5th via Facebook Live all day

We begin our journey into Lent with this Special Ash Wednesday Service that will stream all day via Facebook. All are invited to log on at any time that day and join in prayer and hear sacred word and music as we enter into this season of holy preparation. You can find the bulletin here.

Bible Study: The Gospel of John
2025-03-04 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver)
Join us for a deep dive into an amazing Gospel! This week we will be discussing the Book of Signs – 10:1-12:8 (Good Shepard, Lazarus is Raised, the Anointing).
Access the bible study here.
Meeting ID: 820 0571 5457
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Book Study Led by Rev. Carson: This Here Flesh
2025-02-27 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-13 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver)
Join Rev. Carson for this month’s book study and discussion on Cole Arthur Riley’s book, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us.

Access the book study here.
Meeting ID: 881 4629 0882
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Zoom Pub Theology
2025-02-26 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
This month’s question is ‘Is Social Media Destroying Us?’ So, grab a drink and join in the conversation! Join on Zoom. (Meeting ID: 886 8245 6539, Passcode: [REDACTED]

Bible Study: The Gospel of John
2025-02-25 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-02-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-02-11 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver)
Join us for a deep dive into an amazing Gospel. Access the bible study here.
Meeting ID: 820 0571 5457
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Women’s Underwear Drive and Potluck for All
2025-02-23 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver)
Underwear shoppers, take note: It’s almost time for our annual gathering of women’s underpants, bras and socks; please put February 23 on your calendar and plan to attend this annual event, now a celebration potluck for the entire congregation while we count and sort the donations.
We all recognize having dry socks and comfortable underclothes are privileges we take for granted, and so we gather NEW items with tags still on for the women of Mary’s Place and Interbay Tiny Cabins Village. After sorting the items, Lindsay Butler and Diane Wheeler will deliver them to the appropriate locations. Please leave the tags on the items because it makes it easier for volunteers and staff to distribute the items by size.
All sizes are welcome, although larger sizes in bras and underpants seem to be more demand (perhaps because they are more expensive?) Direct your shopping to styles women would wear while job-hunting, working, or caring for their families.
This gathering of both items and people will be Sunday, February 23, at an all-church potluck immediately after the service in Pilgrim Hall. If you have any questions, please contact Lindsay Butler, (206) 298-9938 (landline). If you are unable to attend the potluck, but want to shop and donate, please contact the office for hours when it is open to receive drop-offs at contact@magnoliaucc.org, or bring them to the Sunday services prior to the date.
We can help you with your shopping if you like. And, lastly, if you prefer simply to write a check, please write it to MUCC and put “Mary’s Place” in the notes section; in early March, a check will be cut by our accountant and mailed to Mary’s Place.
This project has been a part of our church community for about 16 years. It originated with a “what if?” chat between Lindsay and Evelyn Crichton, who hosted the potluck in her home for many years.
Shop on—and thank you!
–Lindsay & Diane

PNW Conference Minister Phil Hodson Preaches
2025-02-16 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver)
Join us on Sunday, February 16th, when Minister Phil comes to MUCC to preach.

Quarterly Intergenerational Seattle Park Hike: Carkeek Park
2025-02-15 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver)
Plan to join Pastor Marci (and probably Stella or Mabel) for a two-mile, kid-friendly and dog-friendly hike around Carkeek Park. Carkeek Park is a 216-acre park in the Broadview neighborhood of Seattle. The hike we will be doing is Piper’s Creek and South Ridge Trail. The trail is about 2 miles and takes an average of an hour to complete. We will be hiking counterclockwise up to the ridge and then back down to the stream and the lower parking lot. The hike is considered a moderately challenging route with an elevation gain of 216 feet. Highlights include beautiful views and a serene forest atmosphere! Parking is limited (especially on the weekend) so we will gather at the Church and carpool over.
Meet at MUCC at 1:00pm to carpool, or at the trailhead at 1:30 pm

Book Group
2025-02-10 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
This month, the group will discuss The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. Contact Marilee Gibbs at marileegibbs@comcast.net with any questions.

Scout Sunday and Pancake Breakfast
2025-02-09 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver)
Join us for Scout Sunday and then a pancake breakfast in Pilgrim Hall after worship!
