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We find more truth in questions than in answers.
Sausalito Presbyterian Church provides a nourishing environment for the spiritual growth of ALL beings to serve and support others. We encourage open-minded exploration to understand, embrace, and celebrate the grace of God.
Our congregation values inclusion across faith experiences, sexual orientations, gender expressions, and cultural backgrounds, and welcomes atheists and agnostics.
All are welcome in this place and at our events.
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
At 5:00 PM
Our Family Friendly Service with our classic pageant – a role for every child who wants one! Any young person who would like to play a character in the Christmas pageant (shepherds, angels, kings and queens, etc.) is welcome to take part in this perennial SPC favorite! The children create a tableau on the chancel as we sing the classic Christmas hymns and carols. Because there are no speaking parts, there are no rehearsals. Bring your friends and families and framilies! Everyone is welcome!
We are still looking for someone to help us with the pageant. Great for a people person! Please write to Pastor Paul if you can help! Timely! Important!! Thank You!!
At 8:00 PM
Welcome the approaching Christmas Day bathed in the warm glow of our Candlelight Service. All are welcome to this sweet and peaceful service of carols, readings, and a message from Pastor Paul. We will conclude with everyone passing the light of their candle.
ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
Sunday, December 22 at 11:00 AM
Join us immediately following our Sunday service to elect new officers -- elders and deacons -- for the Session and the Board of Deacons, as well as to vote on the pastor's 2025 compensation package. All "official" members are welcome to take part in the voting process. Not sure if you are an "official" member, contact Pastor Paul via email or at the church office (415-332-3790).
The meeting is typically short, but very important!
CAROLING THROUGH THE STREETS
Sunday, December 22, following Fellowship
Every year when we go caroling, we inevitably are greeted by locals and tourists who find the sound of the classic hymns enchanting! And they love to join in! Live the magic and gently stroll the streets as we sing our way through downtown and into the hearts of our beloved neighbors, the people of the world!!
MOVIE CLUB WITH JOE & PAUL
Wednesday, December 18 at 2:00 PM
Join us for MARIA. Famed opera singer Maria Callas retreats to Paris in the 1970s after a glamorous yet tumultuous life in the public eye. As Callas, Angelina Jolie “unveils new highs within her emotional register… compelling.” The film starts at 2:00 PM, followed by a lively discussion. Snacks and beverages are provided; some folks bring something to share.
The film starts at 2:00 PM and is followed by a lively discussion. Snacks and beverages are provided; some folks bring something to share.
PRAYER & HEALING GROUP
Tuesday, December 17 at 5:30 PM
Meets on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month, usually at 5:30 PM No RSVP required. For info, email alisondeal17@gmail.com
We are a progressive congregation, and these are the missions we support.
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Bridge the Gap
Founded in 1995, Bridge the Gap began as a 100% volunteer grassroots effort by people who wanted to make a positive impact in the lives of children living in Marin City by tutoring one-on-one.
With the help of funding from Sausalito Presbyterian Church, the Marin Community Foundation, and various local organizations, the program gradually expanded and is now the shining light of our Mission work, as well as one of the premier youth tutoring programs in the country.
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Leon Mission Partners
Initiated by our church in 1994 to help street children and indigenous families of Leon, Mexico, our members provide money and supplies, building small apartments, a chapel, and a small schoolroom, and providing bedding, clothing, and educational toys.
Over the years, many trips have been made by volunteers, both youth and adults, to carry down all the donated supplies, help build the simple housing for indigenous families, provide medical services, and paint and fix up several facilities that house the street children.
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Children’s AIDS Art Programme
Mary Miyata, founder of the Children’s Aids Art Programme (CAAP), left California in 2002 to follow her dream to Africa, where she has made a marked difference to the plight of countless AIDS infected/affected and abused orphans over the past five years.
We would love to welcome you!
I lived most of my life in NYC where I worked in the film industry, briefly in corporate banking, and then in mediation and conflict resolution – all before attending Union Theological Seminary in NYC and being called to this church in 2011. I felt called to ministry as a teenager, but being gay meant I could not minister in almost any church. The journey to finally being fully welcomed to the table – for LGBTQia people and for the Presbyterian Church – was long and circuitous and joyful and challenging.
What can I say about a church that welcomes an openly Gay man and his Jewish partner, their teenager, and the two cats and Chocolate Lab that we call family?
I love serving this church because I know none other that practices All Are Welcome like it is done here. Whoever you are, wherever you are on life’s journey, whatever you believe or don’t believe, we would love to welcome you!
Pastor Paul Mowry
We embrace all forms and genres of music from traditional and contemporary sacred music forms through popular, folk, gospel, theatrical, film and even newer forms of musical expression.
We take pride in incorporating music of today’s leading composers, especially including local, bay area masters.
SPC’s Session is currently composed of 11 individuals who meet monthly to discuss issues within the Church and the community and to make decisions about how the Church will function.
Paul leads each meeting in partnership with Ralph Hooper, the Clerk of Session. The Session oversees a wide range of areas in the Church—finances, Church property, committee activities, etc.
The Ministry of Deacon is set forth in Scripture as one of compassion, witness, and service, sharing in the redeeming love of Jesus Christ for the poor, the hungry, the sick, the lost, the friendless, the oppressed, those burdened by unjust policies or structures, or anyone in distress.
Persons of spiritual character, honest repute, exemplary lives, brotherly and sisterly love, sincere compassion, and sound judgment should be chosen for this ministry.