I just RSVP’d for our neighborhood block party and I am very excited to attend for the second year in a row because it seems we’re on a roll after a many-years gap in neighborhood gatherings. Especially emerging from the worst (we hope) of COVID, it feels all the more rejuvenating to be spending time getting…
Festival Sunday is this Sunday, June 12. Please join GSBC friends for a “bring your own lunch” picnic! (weather permitting) As we continue to be cautious around sharing potluck meals together, we will not be having our traditional picnic potluck. So bring a sack lunch and enjoy visiting with friends in the backyard of GSBC…
– Jennifer Drury, June 9 As we sit between Memorial Day and the 4th of July, when many flags are waving across our nation, I find this statement by the Black Caucus of the Evergreen Association of American Baptist Churches a good reminder of all that Black Americans have endured and sacrificed to build and protect…
Two Sunday’s ago we prayed for the Buffalo community and all those affected in the aftermath of yet another mass shooting fueled by racism. There were four mass shootings that weekend from Buffalo to Laguna Woods, CA. This week we add to our list, Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. 21 souls lost to gun violence.…