Magnolia UCC

Lent Taizé Service
2025-03-30 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver)
Taizé services are named from the place in which they were conceived by a monastic community of brothers in Taizé, France. Taizé services are usually characterized by three things: song, readings, and meditation. Short songs, often in the form of a single, simple refrain, are repeated over and over, similar to a mantra. It is a simple, meditative form of worship, calling us to dwell deeply on God’s presence around and within us. The emphasis of this sort of service is to help participants “experience” God through sensory-focused music and singing focused on our Lent theme of Abundant Love.
During this special Sunday Service, we will focus our service on the ancient practice of Taizé using prayer and chants to call us forward into worship and preparation. For this special worship, we will be blessed with the musical gifts of Caitlin Kelley and her violin!

Spring Work Party
2025-03-29 09:30 - 11:30 UTC | Magnolia UCC
Each quarter, we hold work parties to help maintain our beloved grounds and building! Plan to attend this Saturday morning work party this month to help keep our grounds looking so amazing! Starting at 9:30 am on March 29th, we’ll meet outside the church and be assigned garden maintenance projects. If we run out of garden projects, we may also be doing some facility projects. Plan to work outside though, bring gloves and garden tools!

Game Night
2025-03-28 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Vancouver)
Join us on Friday, March 28th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm for Game Night in Pilgrim Hall. Games could include scrabble, Yahtzee, monopoly, mahjong, playing cards (Families if you have specific youth friendly games, please bring them!). Feel free to bring your choice of beverage, snacks will be provided.

Sacred Silence
2025-03-26 11:00 - 23:30, 2025-03-12 11:00 - 23:30, 2025-03-05 11:00 - 23:30, 2025-02-26 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
2025-03-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-03-19 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-03-12 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-03-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-26 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!

Bible Study: The Gospel of John
2025-03-25 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 Glory – 20:1-21:25 (Resurrection and Wrap-Up).
Access the bible study here.
Meeting ID: 820 0571 5457
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Lent Music Sunday
2025-03-23 10:00 - 11:45 (America/Vancouver)
We turn to music on this special Lent Sunday to call us deeper into the meaning of the season of Lent and our theme of Abundant Love! You will hear familiar Lenten tunes and some unexpected popular music woven together to explore these themes. 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 our Music Program!

Notable Exceptions
2025-03-22 18:30 - 21:30 (America/Vancouver)
Saturday, March 22nd 6:30 pm, Sanctuary
$20 Suggested Donation

Notable Exceptions is a tidy bundle of energy, talent, experience, and musical joy. The Notable Exceptions sound is a potpourri of Folk, Western, and novelty tunes. From house concerts to concert halls, Judy Coder and Jennifer Epps are known in the world of western music for their finely crafted vocal harmony. Their original tunes are lighthearted and conversational. For accompaniment, Judy’s tasteful rhythm guitar is right on the button; Jennifer sweetens the sound with tidbits of harmonica, rhythm instruments, flutes and whistles. The result is fun, fresh, bold Americana. This delightful pair has been recognized by the International Western Music Association with the 2017 Marilyn Tuttle “Best of the Best” Harmony Award, and the 2015 Harmony Duo of the Year Award.
From their home “way out west where the sun sinks low,” these troubadours live on the road, touring for 6 months of the year. Notable Exceptions is driven by a commitment to spreading joy and laughter through song. Follow their adventures on Facebook and catch them live when they blast through on Saturday, March 22nd at 6:30pm. You’re in for “Rootin’ Tootin’, Nose-Flutin’ Fun!”

Book Study - White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
2025-03-19 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 evening at 7:00 pm on March 19th. Come join us!
Week 3: p.149-225
Zoom link
Meeting ID: 824 8230 9695, Passcode: [REDACTED]

Bible Study: The Gospel of John
2025-03-18 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 Glory – 15-19:42 (Jesus Final Hours and Death).
Access the bible study here.
Meeting ID: 820 0571 5457
Passcode: [REDACTED]

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]

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 (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 (America/Vancouver)
Join us for a deep dive into an amazing Gospel. Access the bible study here.
Meeting ID: 820 0571 5457
Passcode: [REDACTED]
