Magnolia UCC

Chair Yoga
2025-10-01 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-08-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-08-20 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-08-13 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-08-06 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-07-30 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-07-16 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-07-09 10:00 - 11:00 UTC and 6 more dates
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: Dementia Friends Information Session
2025-09-28 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Vancouver)
Plan to join us on Sunday, September 28th after a time of Fellowship (in-person or via Zoom) to learn more about Dementia in our families, friends and communities. Our speaker will be Jenny Roben from the Dementia Friends Association, an international movement that is committed to changing the way people think, act, and talk about dementia.
The session will be an informal 60 minute information session to increase awareness around what dementia is (and is not) in an effort to reduce stigma and make communities more dementia friendly and to answer questions and provide support for any who have questions about dementia or caring for someone with dementia.
Plan to attend!
If you are joining us on zoom, here is the link.

Meeting: 833 2247 5085
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Community Movie Night - Inside Out 2
2025-09-26 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver)
Join us for our second Community Movie Night! We’ll be projecting Inside Out 2 on the big screen in Pilgrim Hall. Magnolia United Church of Christ is located at 3555 W. Magnolia. Entrance for movie night is on Eastmont Avenue around the corner. Bring your blanket and pillow for a cozy experience (chairs will be available as well), non-perishable food item, and suggested donation of $5 per person for the Ballard Food Bank! Pay at the door or just show up to enjoy. Snacks (popcorn and other treats) and drinks provided as well as a raffle for movie themed prizes.
Invite your friends and neighbors to these special community events that will benefit one of our amazing partner organizations doing great work in our community!

Games Gathering
2025-09-24 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!

In-Person Pub Theology
2025-09-17 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-27 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Bizarre Brewing, 4441 26th Ave W Suite A, Seattle, WA, 98199, United States
Join us at Bizarre Brewing for good beer (and nonalcoholic drinks) and conversation!

Knights of the Square Table (MUCC Men’s Group)
2025-08-01 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-07-11 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-06-06 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Vancouver)
The men of MUCC (known as the Knights of the Square Table) meet monthly on either the first Wednesday or Friday 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, let Tom know! Find his contact info in your Directory or its online version on our Community Resources page!

In-Person Pub Theology
2025-07-23 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Bizarre Brewing, 4441 26th Ave W Suite A, Seattle, WA, 98199, United States
Pub Theology moves outdoors this month! Join us at Bizarre Brewing for good beer (and nonalcoholic drinks) and conversation! This month’s question is “‘A Pew survey that finds 7 in 10 Americans describe themselves as spiritual, while 10% say they are ‘religious but not spiritual’. What does that mean?’
Bizarre Brewing’s address is 4441 26th Ave W Suite A, Seattle, WA 98199.

Book Group
2025-07-14 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
This month, the book group gathers in the Parlor to discuss The Demon of Unrest, Erik Larson

The Upcoming books are:

August 11: The Witch Elm, Tana Frenc
Sept 8: James, Percival Everett
Oct 13: Martyr, Kaveh Akbar
Nov 10: Trust, Hernan Diaz,
Dec 8: The Humans, Matt Haig
**All the books are available through the Seattle Public Library

Summer Work Party
2025-06-28 09:30 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver)
Plan to attend this Saturday morning work party this month to help keep our grounds looking so amazing! Starting at 9:30 on Saturday, June 28th, we’ll meet outside the church and be assigned garden maintenance projects. Plan to work outside though, bring gloves and garden tools!

In-Person Pub Theology
2025-06-25 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Bizarre Brewing, 4441 26th Ave W Suite A, Seattle, WA, 98199, United States
Pub Theology moves outdoors this month! Join us at Bizarre Brewing for good beer (and nonalcoholic drinks) and conversation! This month’s question is “How can knowledge reduce fear, and how does justice happen?”

Service of Lament and Prayer for These Times
2025-06-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver)
Lament, often misunderstood as a sign of weakness, is actually a powerful act of faith and trust in God, especially in times of suffering or trials. It involves expressing our deepest emotions, including grief, anger, and doubt, to God. Lament is not just about crying or being sad but about turning to God in our vulnerability and trusting that God cares for us even when things are difficult. Lament is premised on complete openness with God and trusts God with our most painful emotions in our moments of greatest vulnerability.
And yet, we have so few opportunities to express our sorrow, fear, sadness and yes, even despair about all that is going on in our nation and communities now. It takes courage to touch the places inside ourselves where these truths live — those thoughts and feelings that likely keep many of us up at night, but are too often held inside us, in a space both alone, and lonely.
You are invited to attend this Service of Lament and Prayer as we celebrate and mourn, awaken, and grieve, love, despair and pray. Coming to be together, to share these feelings, thoughts, and sadness is the key to moving towards life. A Service of Lament reminds us that as we seek hope, we must make space for grieving, for the honest expression of loss, pain, and anger as we witness all that is happening in our world and gain strength for the work we know awaits us.
Plan to join us on Zoom
Meeting ID: 820 7410 4847
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Book Group
2025-06-09 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
This month, the book group gathers in the Parlor to discuss The Pueblo Revolt, by David Roberts.

The Upcoming books are:

July 14: The Demon of Unrest, Erik Larson
August 11: The Witch Elm, Tana Frenc
Sept 8: James, Percival Everett
Oct 13: Martyr, Kaveh Akbar
Nov 10: Trust, Hernan Diaz,
Dec 8: The Humans, Matt Haig
**All the books are available through the Seattle Public Library

Congregation Annual Meeting!
2025-06-08 11:15 - 12:00 (America/Vancouver)
Please mark those calendars and plan on joining as a community of faith for our Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 8th at 11:15 am in the Sanctuary and on Zoom. We will be voting in our new Coordinating Council, sharing updates on the life of our community, hearing a financial update and most importantly reviewing, discussing and potentially voting on new Bylaws.
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By mid-May, the Magnolia UCC Annual Meeting Booklet will be sent out via MailChimp and there will be copies outside the office.
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Join the Zoom!
Meeting ID: 831 7392 3074
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Bible Study: Living the Christian Life
2025-05-27 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver)
Plan to join us for this special Bible Study as we dive into the New Testament books of James and 1 John. Over the course of three weeks, we’ll study these books and map their insights to strategies to live the Christian life. Join the Zoom!
Meeting ID: 860 2861 1772
Passcode: [REDACTED]
