Zoom Pub Theology
2026-02-10 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Grab a drink, log onto Zoom and join the conversation. This month’s question is “How would God want us to respond to aggression and terrorism?”

Join on Zoom. (Meeting ID: 886 8245 6539, Passcode: [REDACTED]

February Evening Service via Zoom: Exploring Thin Places: The Iona Convent
2026-02-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Contemplative practices can offer a window into a deeper connection with the world and with the Divine. Join us on February 11th via Zoom for a contemplative worship service focused on the ancient ruins of Taigh Chailleacha-Dubha Ì, the Iona Nunnery. We will follow the women of this Augustinian Order through their daily rhythm of work and worship, beholding the sacred through their eyes. Come journey with us back to this sacred space as we join in online worship together, led by Rev. Becky.
You may access the service here.

Meeting ID 867 0686 5661

Passcode

197094

An Evening of Music with Ryan Wagner and Caitlin Kelley
2026-02-13 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver)
Plan to attend an unforgettable evening of music and purpose at Love Notes: A Musical Celebration benefitting the Treehouse organization on Friday, February 13 at Magnolia United Church of Christ in Magnolia, Seattle. The concert will begin promptly at 7:00 pm.
Join Seattle musicians Ryan Wagner, Caitlin Kelley, Kayleigh Miller, Blayne Barnes, and Emily Hu for an intimate and moving program celebrating love in its many forms: its joys, its losses, and the connections that sustain us. Through a carefully curated program, this concert invites audiences on a musical journey that is both intimate and universal.
All proceeds from the concert will benefit Treehouse (www.treehouseforkids.org/about-treehouse), a Seattle-based nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that youth in foster care have access to the education, resources, and support they need to thrive.
Mark your calendars and join us for an evening where music becomes an expression of love in action, coming together as a community to support young people and help build brighter futures.

Taizé Service
2026-02-15 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver)
In these days of noise and conflict and division and sorrow… it is good to take a moment to breathe. It is good to take more minutes gathered in community, to sing, to sigh, to pray and sit in silence with our God and with each other. Our worship service on February 15th is designed to flow like the prayerful services at the Taizé community in France.
We will listen to Scripture for ancient words that speak to us today. We will sit in sacred silence together. We will pray together. We will sing chants designed to take us deeper into communion with the Spirit. Beautiful, easily-remembered, harmonious chanting is a style of meditative prayer. Singing a two-line chant over and over provides us with a mantra, a point of focus, so our minds can take a break from spinning. Blending our voices together, bringing harmony into the words of devotion, we join our hearts and minds in worship. Quieting our minds, we make room for the Still-Speaking God who lives within and around us.
Come. Sit. Breathe. And chant in our sacred space together. Amen.
Blessings,
Rev. Michael Haven
(She/Her/Hers)

Ash Wednesday Service via Facebook
2026-02-18
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 MUCC Bulletin here.

Games Gathering
2026-02-20 16:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-10 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Vancouver)
Join us for a gathering of board games in Pilgrim Hall.
Yahtzee, Parcheesi, Scrabble, and rummikub are just a sampling of what we will have available for everyone. Please feel free to bring additional games you enjoy.
Snacks will be provided and you are welcome to bring your beverage of choice.
Hope to see you there!

Women’s Underwear Drive and Potluck for All
2026-02-22 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver)
Underwear shoppers, take note: It’s time for our annual collection of women’s underpants, bras and socks; please put February 22 on your calendar and plan to attend this fun potluck.
We will gather BRAND-NEW items with tags still on for the women of Mary’s Place and Interbay Tiny Cabins Village. After sorting and counting 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 are in more demand (perhaps because they are more expensive?). Please purchase styles women would wear while job-hunting, working, or caring for their families.
This “gathering” of both items and people will be Sunday, February 22, immediately after coffee hour after the service up in the Fireside Room (11:30ish). There will be “quick” goodies and coffee available for those who can’t stay for lunch.
The Scouts will be participating again this year, bringing their youthful energy and high productivity!
If you have any questions, please contact Lindsay Butler (number in the directory). If you are unable to attend the potluck, but want to 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 or on Feb. 22.
Diane and Lindsay can help with your shopping, if you like. If you prefer to write a check, please write it to MUCC and put “Mary’s Place” in the notes section; later in the month, one check will be cut and mailed to Mary’s Place. This project has been a part of our church community for 16 years. Thank you!

Learning Forum: Power and Politics in the Age of AI
2026-02-23 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver)
Shouldn’t the public have a say in how AI is changing our lives? AI is marketed as a life-changing innovation made by brilliant experts and the companies they work for. Yet as the people most affected by AI tools, we have almost no say in designing, developing, or deploying them. In this talk, explore the ways that AI companies are shutting people out of their creation, stifling competition, threatening jobs, and shaking up society. The speaker will be Onur Bakiner, a professor and director of the Technology Ethics Initiative at Seattle University. Register here.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the learning forum zoom meeting.
Plan to attend!

Bible Study: The Prophets of Old Speaking to Us Today
2026-02-24 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-03 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-17 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-24 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver)
Tuesdays at 1:00 pm via Zoom (1/20-3/24)

Join us for a 10-week Bible Study as we walk through the Prophets of the Hebrew Bible, the voices that called out for justice and care of the marginalized and the outcast. And those are cries that are especially relevant at this time in our nation. For example, the prophet Jonah has a whole lot to say about the current problem of Christian Nationalism in our country. And the prophet Amos and Micah have much to say about the 1%. Their ancient messages and calls are incredibly timely!
You may access the bible studies here:
Join Zoom here

Meeting ID: 836 4561 3181
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Knights of the Square Table (MUCC Men’s Group)
2026-03-06 12:30 - 13:30, 2026-04-03 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Vancouver)
The men of MUCC (known as the Knights of the Square Table) meet monthly on the first Friday at 12:30 with a rotating location at various local restaurants. 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, let Tom know! Find his contact info in your Directory or its online version on our Community Resources page!

Service Sunday
2026-03-08 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver)
Join Us for Service Sunday, March 8th!
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 with projects ranging from making blankets for kids entering foster care to habitat restoration! Afterwards, 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.
Magnolia Park Habitat Restoration: The team 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 Habitat Restoration: 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 (Children must be 12+ and have adult supervision).
Bookmarks for Inmates for Hagar’s Ministry: The team will making bookmarks at MUCC in the Parlor for women at the Washington Corrections Center for Women.
Ballard Food Bank Hygiene Repack Prep: The team (working at Magnolia Presbyterian) will help to repack bulk Hygiene, Pet, and Dry Foods into smaller packages so that the Food Bank can keep its shelves stocked with these much needed items.
Daybreak Star Cultural Center: Working at the Daybreak Star Cultural Center at Discovery Park, participants at this site will be involved in outdoor gardening, restoration and help with landscaping projects around the Center and in their Elder Garden.

Book Group
2026-03-09 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
This month, the book group gathers in the Parlor to discuss You Are Here, Poetry in the Natural World by Ada Limon. Questions: Contact Marilee Gibbs at marileegibbs@comcast.net
Upcoming books for the year are:

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

Zoom Pub Theology
2026-03-10 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
This month’s Pub Theology question will be“Is belief in God a prerequisite (or hindrance!) to moral behavior?” Grab a drink and join in the conversation! Join on Zoom. (Meeting ID: 886 8245 6539, Passcode: [REDACTED]

Giving Group
2026-03-16 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.

Lent Music Sunday
2026-03-22 10:00 - 11:45 (America/Vancouver)
Lent Music Sunday! On this day we celebrate and worship through music. Pastor Marci will be presiding and offering some sacred readings interwoven with our special music. All donations made on this Sunday go to the MUCC Music Fund in support of the MUCC Music Program!

Sacred Silence
2026-03-25 11:00 - 23:30, 2026-04-01 11:00 - 23:30, 2026-04-15 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.

Outdoor Work Party
2026-03-28 09:30 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver)
Plan to attend this Saturday morning work party to help keep our grounds looking so amazing! Starting at 9:30 am, we’ll meet outside the church and be assigned garden maintenance projects. Plan to work outside so wear weather appropriate clothes, gardening gloves, and bring your garden tools!

Annual Food Drive with Scouts for Ballard Food Bank
2026-03-29 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Vancouver)
Join us and the Scouts as we collect food for the Ballard Food Banks!

Here are the items that the Food Bank is asking for:

Canned meat
Canned tomatoes & pasta sauce
Mac & cheese, Ramen
Soups
Pasta and rice
Peanut butter and jelly
Canned vegetables, fruit and beans
Cereal and oats
Diapers – size 4+ and toilet paper
Basic hygiene items: travel-size shampoo/conditioner, bar soap, laundry pods, razors
Dry dog & cat food

Please bring items to Magnolia United Church of Christ (3555 W. McGraw Street) by March 29th! Email contact@magnoliaucc.org to arrange for dropoff.
Thank you for collecting and donating essential food for this wonderful organization!

Holy Week Healing Service
2026-04-01 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver)
There is a great deal of chaos and upheaval happening in our world, our nation, our communities, our families, and in our personal lives. This environment is leading us to be fearful, heavy hearted, and overwhelmed. We are all holding so much grief, pain, guilt, shame, and trauma which leads us to feel depressed, disconnected, isolated, and even hopeless.
We all need a place where we can name and let go of these difficult feelings and emotions so that we can be held in and receive blessing and love which makes space for and ushers in healing, restoration, and renewal. If you need such space, and even if you don’t, join us for the Healing Service on Wednesday, April 1st at 7:00 pm PT via Zoom.

Meeting ID: 894 2291 8953

Passcode: [REDACTED]

Agape Dinner Celebration
2026-04-02 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Vancouver)
An agape feast or love feast is a communal meal shared among Christians. The name comes from agape, a Greek term for ‘love’ in its broadest sense. Plan to join us on Thursday of Holy Week at 6:00 pm in Pilgrim Hall for a simple meal of soup, salad, bread, and dessert as we remember this special and holy meal that Jesus instituted on one of his last nights.
The mood will be celebratory as we bless and share our food and drink, hear the Choir sing, and enjoy community, blessed community!

Easter Service
2026-04-05 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver)
Please plan to join us Sunday, April 5th as we celebrate Easter both online and in-person at MUCC. Our Scripture for the day will be John 20:1-18, John’s story of Sunday morning and Pastor Marci will be preaching and presiding.
This will be a joyous celebration with plenty of music and gift bags for the kids and ending with a rousing rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus! The MUCC Children’s Gathering Space will also be open on this Sunday from 9:30 to 11:30 for childcare for all kiddos ages 0-5 of families who are attending Worship Services.
After Worship, all of the young and young at heart are invited to the Easter Egg hunt outside and all are invited up to Pilgrim Hall for Fellowship with Mimosas and Hot Cross buns. Invite your family, friends, and neighbors to this joyous celebration of hope!

Zoom Pub Theology
2026-04-14 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
This month’s question is “How would God want us to respond to aggression and terrorism?’

Grab a drink and join in the conversation! Join on Zoom. (Meeting ID: 886 8245 6539, Passcode: [REDACTED]
