First Day Messages

Pastoral vocal ministry offered on First Day (Sunday). PDFs open in a new tab.

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August 2, 2026Only We OurselvesA.T. Miller
July 19, 2026Repairs and RestorationA.T. Miller
July 5, 2026Semiquincentennial (250th Anniversary) MessageJim Burkett
June 21, 2026This I BelieveSuzanne O'Hara
June 14, 2026An Enduring MessageA.T. Miller
May 10, 2026Mother GaiaA.T. Miller
April 19, 2026Consistency of SpiritA.T. Miller
April 12, 2026Love the Whole World: Rendering, Resurrection, and the Good that is RetainedRebecca Schillenback
March 8, 2026Faith and Amor MundiA.T. Miller
March 1, 2026The Desert and ''the Really Real''Rebecca Schillenback
February 8, 2026Finding TruthA.T. Miller
January 11, 2026Keeping FocusA.T. Miller
December 21, 2025Fear and Faith in the DarkRebecca Schillenback
December 7, 2025Finding Otis Randall: Connection Across TimeRiver Vooris
November 9, 2025GroundedA.T. Miller
November 2, 2025Fear and FaithRebecca Schillenback
October 19, 2025On Earth as it is in HeavenRebecca Schillenback
October 12, 2025Evil and Systemic SinA.T. Miller
October 5, 2025Wrong and Right, War and Peace, Hate and LoveRebecca Schillenback
September 14, 2025Steadiness and ChangeA.T. Miller
August 10, 2025Single Garment of DestinyA.T. Miller
August 10, 2025Message in MusicClaire Howard
July 13, 2025Giving and Being GraceA.T. Miller
June 15, 2025NonconformityJim Burkett
June 8, 2025CommunityDavid Eckhardt
June 1, 2025GardeningA.T. Miller
May 11, 2025Stepping ForwardA.T. Miller
April 20, 2025The UnbrokenChristopher Sammond
April 13, 2025The Speed of LightA.T. Miller
March 16, 2025What Comes NextChristopher Sammond
March 9, 2025The Long JourneyA.T. Miller
March 2, 2025Bad Choices, Good People, Self-Evident Truths,and the Journal of Tiny AchievementsRebecca Schillenback
February 9, 2025The Mystical StarsA.T. Miller
January 19, 2025Walk in Love and Charity Towards AllJim Burkett
January 12, 2025Staying OpenA.T. Miller
January 5, 2025Welcoming Uncertainty, Embracing EmergenceKatie Fong
December 15, 2024Grow, GrowLarry Bell
December 8, 2024Mothering God, Bringing to LightA.T. Miller
December 1, 2024Finding Faith in Dark TimesRiver Vooris
November 17, 2024History, Small Things, Trying, and Loving AnywayRebecca Schillenback
November 10, 2024Faith and FoundationsA.T. Miller
October 20, 2024Faith and Practice: Chaplaining Ourselves in Perilous TimesRebecca Schillenback
October 13, 2024Power to TruthA.T. Miller
September 15, 2024The September ScariesRebecca Schillenback
September 8, 2024Engaging with LifeA.T. Miller
September 1, 2024God is ChangeRiver Vooris
August 11, 2024The Lightness of LightA.T. Miller
July 7, 2024Every Time and AgeA.T. Miller
June 16, 2024Father's Day: Both/AndRebecca Schillenback
June 2, 2024For Giving and ForgivingA.T. Miller
April 22, 2024Earth Day - A Communion of SubjectsRebecca Schillenback
April 14, 2024Beauty and WonderA.T. Miller
March 17, 2024ChangeMerrie Elisens
March 10, 2024Enveloped in LightA.T. Miller
February 18, 2024Immediate and Eternal ImpactA.T. Miller
February 4, 2024We Walk with Generations at our Backs and at our SidesRebecca Schillenback
January 14, 2024Tearing Down or Building UpA.T. Miller
December 17, 2023The Risk of Birth and the Hope of ChristmasRebecca Schillenback
December 10, 2023Preparing for GuestsA.T. Miller
November 19, 2023When Faith is What RemainsA.T. Miller
November 5, 2023Pearley BeeTony Gaenslen
October 15, 2023Holding On, Letting GoRebecca Schillenback
October 8, 2023Arise and WalkA.T. Miller
September 17, 2023Walking Together in FaithA.T. Miller
August 20, 2023Story MessageJulie Lockhart
August 13, 2023Figuring It OutA.T. Miller
July 16, 2023Peace, Love, and UnderstandingA.T. Miller
July 2, 2023Declaring IndependenceA.T. Miller
May 14, 2023Our Mother EarthA.T. Miller
May 7, 2023Judges, Judging, and Walking Humbly with GodRebecca Schillenback
April 30, 2023No One Is Too Small to Make A DifferenceCharlie Weld
April 9, 2023Always HereA.T. Miller
April 2, 2023A Cosmic HugDavid Eckhardt
March 19, 2023The Changing of the SeasonsA.T. Miller
March 12, 2023Let Your Bending Be For GladnessRebecca Schillenback
March 5, 2023AdvicesCharlie Weld
February 12, 2023Darwin�s Sacred EarthA.T. Miller
January 15, 2023Sharing my JourneyRebecca Schillenback
January 8, 2023The Wider WorldA.T. Miller
December 11, 2022Comfort, Peace, and JoyA.T. Miller
November 13, 2022Being FoundA.T. Miller
October 16, 2022What Do You FearA.T. Miller
October 9, 2022BoundariesJim Burkett
September 4, 2022As We LaborA.T. Miller
August 14, 2022Relationships of the SpiritA.T. Miller
July 17, 2022Walking in Sacred GardenA.T. Miller
July 10, 2022Youth TruthScott Lockhart
June 26, 2022The Little PrinceTony Gaenslen
June 5, 2022What You Have to AddA.T. Miller
May 15, 2022Prophet Muhammad and George FoxDave Connelly
May 8, 2022The Motherless ChildA.T. Miller
May 1, 2022Careful For The TruthCharlie Weld
April 10, 2022Deep ImpressionsA.T. Miller
March 13, 2022Listening in TonguesA.T. Miller
February 13, 2022Evolution WeekendHoward Nelson
February 6, 2022Weathering the StormA.T. Miller
January 9, 2022The Path of LoveA.T. Miller
December 12, 2021Immanence and Imminence, Advent Stories and Learning How to SeeRebecca Schillenback
December 5, 2021Planted Within YouA.T. Miller
November 14, 2021BlessingsA.T. Miller
November 7, 2021Jesus, The Cross, and The Sum of UsRebecca Schillenback
October 10, 2021Inclusion for TransformationA.T. Miller
October 3, 2021Resilience and Hope: Drawing Strength from Our Quaker FaithRebecca Schillenback
September 12, 2021To Balance Ourselves Upon a Broken World, for a MomentRebecca Schillenback
September 5, 2021Letting Christ BeA.T. Miller
August 22, 2021Speaking LivesA.T. Miller
August 1, 2021How Change HappensRebecca Schillenback
July 11, 2021To Write Upon the Ground and Try What Love Can DoRebecca Schillenback
July 4, 2021Grace and SpaceA.T. Miller
June 20, 2021Lingering LightA.T. Miller
June 16, 2021PrayerDavid Eckhardt
June 6, 2021The Selfhood of Seeds, the Personhood of Plants, and Listening to our KinRebecca Schillenback
May 16, 2021Losses and GainsA.T. Miller
May 9, 2021Mother�s DayClaire Howard
May 2, 2021Metaphors Be With You: The Force, God�s Hands, The Bread and The KnifeRebecca Schillenback
April 11, 2021Saint FrancisA.T. Miller
April 4, 2021Easter Sunday - History, The Whole Truth, and The Endless SongRebecca Schillenback
March 21, 2021PerseveranceJulie Lockhart
March 14, 2021DisruptionA.T. Miller
March 7, 2021March Moons, Myths, and the Sweetness of the SpringRebecca Schillenback
February 21, 2021MeditationJim Burkett
February 14, 2021Ready to Be LovedA.T. Miller
February 7, 2021Blessed Are They Who MournRebecca Schillenback
January 10, 2021Say Yes to TruthA.T. Miller
January 3, 2021Bells That We Would Ring: The Long Loneliness and How the Light Gets InRebecca Schillenback
December 20, 2020Jesus, Prophet of LoveA.T. Miller
December 13, 2020Healed in Stormy SeasA.T. Miller
December 6, 2020Hoping Against HopeRebecca Schillenback
November 8, 2020Refuge and ReconstructionA.T. Miller
November 1, 2020The Human Heart is the First Home of DemocracyRebecca Schillenback
October 11, 2020Love Will Guide UsA.T. Miller
October 4, 2020Listening in TonguesRebecca Schillenback
September 20, 2020Holding Hands on Death RowTony Gaenslen
September 13, 2020Stubborn Gladness, Good and Evil, and Balance in a Broken WorldRebecca Schillenback
September 6, 2020Calm and StrongA.T. Miller
August 30, 2020Identity and Core ValuesJonathan Caldera
August 9, 2020Falling Back, Falling ForwardA.T. Miller
August 2, 2020A Tower of BabelRebecca Schillenback
July 26, 2020Deep Calls to DeepRebecca Schillenback
July 12, 2020Who We Can BecomeA.T. Miller
June 21, 2020Father TimeA.T. Miller
June 7, 2020Revolutionary LoveRebecca Schillenback
May 31, 2020A Hidden WholenessRebecca Schillenback
May 10, 2020Eternal MotherA.T. Miller
May 3, 2020Now Is The Cool of The DayChristopher Sammond
April 19, 2020Work and Play, Weeping and LaughterRebecca Schillenback
April 12, 2020Always RisingA.T. Miller
April 5, 2020Palm Sunday - CoronavirusRebecca Schillenback
March 8, 2020The Virtues of DependencyA.T. Miller
March 2, 2020Remember and BelongRebecca Schillenback
February 9, 2020Filled SilenceA.T. Miller
February 2, 2020Fear and Faith, Hope and LoveRebecca Schillenback
January 12, 2020Manifestations of PeaceA.T. Miller
January 5, 2020Epiphany - Star of WonderRebecca Schillenback
December 22, 2019Incarnation, Idolatry, Power and PowerlessnessRebecca Schillenback
December 8, 2019Comfort When the News is BadA.T. Miller
November 17, 2019God Within and All AroundA.T. Miller
November 10, 2019Reasoning with the HeartTony Gaenslen
November 3, 2019Won't You Be My NeighborRebecca Schillenback
October 13, 2019Shelter in the StormA.T. Miller
October 6, 2019Sustainability: Planting Seeds of Renewal for the World We LoveRebecca Schillenback
September 22, 2019September Shadow TagRebecca Schillenback
September 8, 2019At the Crossroads of JoyA.T. Miller
August 4, 2019Touching the EarthA.T. Miller
July 14, 2019Us and Them, Invasions and Self-Evident TruthsRebecca Schillenback
July 7, 2019Foundations and FountainsA.T. Miller
June 16, 2019Broken and BlessedChristopher Sammond
June 9, 2019The Holy SeedRebecca Schillenback
June 2, 2019The Blessings of IddA.T. Miller
May 12, 2019Violence, Vulnerability, and a Mother's LoveRebecca Schillenback
May 5, 2019Heart is Where the Home IsA.T. Miller
April 21, 2019The Many ChristsA.T. Miller
April 14, 2019Unanimous Blood and the Poetry of EveryoneRebecca Schillenback
April 7, 2019First Things FirstA.T. Miller
March 10, 2019Human Conflict, Divine LoveA.T. Miller
March 10, 2019Here and There, Now and ThenRebecca Schillenback
February 13, 2019The Blessed Healing EarthA.T. Miller
January 27, 2019Wrestling, Resilience, and Rising to the OccasionRebecca Schillenback
January 13, 2019The Spokes of the WheelA.T. Miller
December 23, 2018The People Who Walk In Darkness Have Seen a Great LightRebecca Schillenback
December 9, 2018More Light, More LoveA.T. Miller
November 18, 2018Enough: Radical Gratitude and the Economy of GraceRebecca Schillenback
November 11, 2018Expecting the BestA.T. Miller
November 4, 2018Love your neighbor as yourselfJane Simkin
October 21, 2018Taking Care of AngerRebecca Schillenback
October 14, 2018Do The Hardest FirstA.T. Miller
October 7, 2018MediationJim Burkett
September 23, 2018Praying Without CeasingA.T. Miller
September 16, 2018A Holy Meeting PlaceRebecca Schillenback
September 9, 2018The Gift of LoveAnne Dalton
August 5, 2018Late Summer of LifeA.T. Miller
July 1, 2018Faithful to Truth, Open to LeadingsA.T. Miller
June 3, 2018Keeping Close to Love and LightA.T. Miller
May 6, 2018Navigating New Paths/TransitionsA.T. Miller
April 8, 2018On Seeing That of God in Each OtherChristopher Sammond
March 11, 2018The Divine ImageA.T. Miller
February 11, 2018Evolution SundayA.T. Miller
February 4, 2018Walking Upon the EarthClaire Howard
January 14, 2018No Man Is an IslandDillwyn Otis
January 7, 2018As Way OpensA.T. Miller
December 3, 2017Out of the DarknessA.T. Miller
November 12, 2017Preserving That of GodA.T. Miller
November 5, 2017Love, and the call to LoveChristopher Sammond
September 10, 2017Forgiveness and ForgivingA.T. Miller
August 13, 2017God Saw That It Was GoodRebecca Schillenback
August 6, 2017Risking PeaceA.T. Miller
July 9, 2017Fire, Freedom, and the Possibility of AmericaRebecca Schillenback
July 2, 2017Transformation and HopeA.T. Miller
June 11, 2017The Law, the Prophets, Seasons and StonesRebecca Schillenback
June 4, 2017The Simplicity of TestimonyA.T. Miller
May 21, 2017Simplicity in Life and SocietyAndrew Simkin
May 14, 2017Mother's Day - As a Hen Gathers Her BroodRebecca Schillenback
May 7, 2017Infinity of SpiritA.T. Miller
April 16, 2017Easter Sunday - Then a Miracle Occurs: To Woo Loss Into SongRebecca Schillenback
April 9, 2017My PurgatoryJulie Lockhart
April 2, 2017Seeking and Being FoundA.T. Miller
March 19, 2017The Golden Rule and the Balance Between Light and DarkRebecca Schillenback
March 12, 2017Serenity SermonCraig Kukuk
March 5, 2017The Long HaulA.T. Miller
February 12, 2017It is GoodRebecca Schillenback
February 5, 2017Love and TruthA.T. Miller
January 15, 2017Yes, We Can and Ode to JoyRebecca Schillenback
January 8, 2017Otis ReddingHoward Nelson
January 1, 2017Everything Old is New AgainA.T. Miller
December 18, 2016ChristmasJim Burkett
December 11, 2016Oh Holy Night, Oh Night DivineRebecca Schillenback
December 4, 2016Grounding and RisingA.T. Miller
November 6, 2016The Far HorizonA.T. Miller
November 4, 2016Strangers, Stones, Water, FireRebecca Schillenback
October 23, 2016This Little Clod of Earth That I AmRebecca Schillenback
October 9, 2016Across a Great DivideRebecca Schillenback
October 2, 2016Starting PointsA.T. Miller
September 11, 2016The Writing on Our HeartsA.T. Miller
September 4, 2016The Fullness of TimeRebecca Schillenback
August 14, 2016Jesus and The God of PossibilityRebecca Schillenback
August 7, 2016The Rock on Which We StandA.T. Miller
July 24, 2016Chaos and ComfortA.T. Miller
July 3, 2016The Weak, The Least, The DependentRebecca Schillenback
June 12, 2016Doubt and Belief, Wounds and WonderRebecca Schillenback
June 3, 2016Dispelling Despair as FriendsA.T. Miller
May 8, 2016All Creation GroansRebecca Schillenback
May 1, 2016All Possibilities, All Time, All LoveA.T. Miller
April 10, 2016Praise What Comes: The Inescapable GodRebecca Schillenback
April 4, 2016Part of the Process of GodA.T. Miller
March 27, 2016Easter Sunday - Practice ResurrectionRebecca Schillenback
March 13, 2016Lent and Positive Disintegration: Dying and Being Born AgainRebecca Schillenback
March 6, 2016Experiencing the DivineA.T. Miller
February 14, 2016Darwin SundayDavid Eckhardt
February 7, 2016Penitence and PotentialA.T. Miller
January 17, 2016Now, Look HereMelinda Grube
January 11, 2016God of RestRebecca Schillenback
January 3, 2016Epiphany and TransformationA.T. Miller
December 13, 2015Being and Becoming Human, Awaiting EmmanuelRebecca Schillenback
December 6, 2015Saving Darkness, Saving LightA.T. Miller
November 8, 2015Falling Leaves, Mighty Deeds, and Boats to Carry UsRebecca Schillenback
November 1, 2015The Continuing ReformationA.T. Miller
October 18, 2015On the value of foolishnessFreddy Simkin
October 11, 2015Telling The TruthRebecca Schillenback
October 3, 2015Not Sinners, Not SaintsA.T. Miller
September 13, 2015Holding in the LightA.T. Miller
September 6, 2015This is the Day that the Lord Has MadeRebecca Schillenback
August 9, 2015Call and ResponseA.T. Miller
August 2, 2015Stillness and ActionRebecca Schillenback
July 12, 2015One Common InterestA.T. Miller
July 5, 2015IndependenceRebecca Schillenback
June 14, 2015The Continuous Joy of RevelationA.T. Miller
June 7, 2015Accepting the CupRebecca Schillenback
May 10, 2015Bringing Justice and Peace to BirthA.T. Miller
May 3, 2015Behold this CompostRebecca Schillenback
April 19, 2015Sermon The Heart of CourageMelinda Grube
April 12, 2015What Is Unbreakable Rises in UsRebecca Schillenback
April 5, 2015Still RisingA.T. Miller
March 29, 2015'The Colt and the King', a children's message for Palm SundayScott Lockhart
March 15, 2015Evolution SundayHoward Nelson
March 8, 2015Journey of LentRebecca Schillenback
March 1, 2015Where God is Alive ("Forebearers" by Birago Diop)A.T. Miller
February 8, 2015The Great Love StoryRebecca Schillenback
February 1, 2015Pieces and the WholeA.T. Miller
January 18, 2015A Village in FranceAnne Dalton
January 11, 2015Holy BreathingRebecca Schillenback
January 4, 2015Epiphany and ResolutionA.T. Miller
August 2014Filling the Empty SpacesA.T. Miller
April 10, 2011PerfectionismSigrid Mortensen
July 17, 2005HopeRuth Anne Bradley
November 14, 2004WisdomRuth Anne Bradley
November 7, 2004DiscernmentRuth Anne Bradley
October 24, 2004William PennRuth Anne Bradley
October 17, 2004Love Thy NeighborRuth Anne Bradley
September 19, 2004AngerRuth Anne Bradley
September 12, 2004HospitalityRuth Anne Bradley
August 8, 2004The Golden RuleRuth Anne Bradley

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