Los Altos United Methodist Church
Connection. Compassion. Courage. So All May Flourish.
“Our task is not to protest the world into a certain moral conformity, but to attract the world to the saving beauty of Christ. We do this best, not by protest or political action, but by …
Continue Reading about The Good and Beautiful Life, Feb. 3–24
Throughout the month of January, our sermons will focus on our global connections. We are all caught up in the same sweep of light. Each week will highlight a special focus, and every week we will …
Continue Reading about Light of the World: January Sermon Series
People—all people—stand, always, in a mix of hopes and fears. It was as true in the year Jesus was born as it is in this turbulent year. This is the world that God enters, just as it is. God pitches a …
Continue Reading about The Hopes and Fears of All the Years: Advent Sermon Series
Sabbath is an instrument that allows us to live counter-culturally, against the current. In November our sermons will focus on "Sabbath as Resistance: The Pause That Transforms." This series will …
Continue Reading about Sabbath as Resistance November Sermon Series
In this month’s sermon series, we are taking a comprehensive look at what it means to be compassion-driven changemakers and what it will mean for us to be a changemaker church. The pastors will …
From August 19 through September 23, we will be exploring John Pavlovitz’ book A Bigger Table and taking a closer look at who Jesus ate with. A bigger table implies being in relationship with others …
If you have been to Alcoholics Anonymous or Al-Anon or another 12-step meeting, you have seen the depth of personal connection evident among the people there, their openness with one another. Have you …
Continue Reading about Freedom: 12-Step Spirituality for Everyone
The contemporary Church has mostly forgotten that in the first century, the Church was a body of risk-taking, tenacious, changemaking pioneers. They changed the world as they adapted their familiar …
2017—a year we are ready to put behind us—is over. In 2018, there is a need, an urgency, for us to be a people equipped and empowered to be the Church, God’s powerful, breathed-into presence in the …
Continue Reading about Epiphany Series: Power Rising: Make Us a People Ready
