We begin our series Making Sacred this week as we celebrate with joy and co-create with God.  New Song Ensemble will help lead our worship time.

As the Liturgical Arts team thought about how best to celebrate the season of Easter, which stretches from Easter to Pentecost we thought that now was a moment to create, to notice the sacred in the every day and to practice making the world better.  All season we will be engaging with art.  This week you will be invited to write poetry during worship. Like the poem in the image, a few words can capture an idea or capture an image. Poetry can seem daunting, but together we will try new things to capture and express the sacred blessings of God and the vision we have for the world.

To prepare try your hand at a haiku

This is a poem made up of 3 lines, each with a different syllable count.

The first line is 5 syllables

The second line is 7 and the third is 5 again

They do not rhyme and while often about nature can be about anything

Here is one I found online about the Trinity:

Shelter, bread, water:

Without you, we are but dust.

Sustain us in love.

Here is one Paige and I wrote because she called me when I was working on this article:

We are Easter folk

Correlating with our God

Showing sacred love

Feel free to work with others, as sometimes that is the holy spark creation needs.  If you aren’t joining us on Sunday send in your poems so we can add them to our collection of work, and they don’t need to be haikus, this is just a sample to get us started.

Blessings,

Pastor Eilidh

Our next worship series, Making Sacred, will begin Sunday April 5th. 
Join us Sundays as we explore the intersection of art, intention, and the divine. 

Blood Drive for Vancouver School of the Arts & Academics

Friday, April 10, 2026

12pm - 5pm

See flyer for more details

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Email Pastor Eilidh at pastoreilidh@gmail.com or call her direct line at 360-356-7394 to schedule.