La Selva Beach Community Church

All are welcome to attend this family friendly, free event! Learn, Play, Create, Inspire!

Church members and friends come by to pick up their Notes of Encouragement art kits this month. "Love of Neighbor"

Our theme "Love of Neighbor" takes us to Watsonville where we are partnering with Loaves and Fishes. Put on your creativity and join us in making "Lunch Bag Notes of Encouragement" . These notes showing kindness to our neighbors will go in the sack lunches provided to the Watsonville community. We are also gathering non-perishable food items to donate to their community food pantry. kindness#love#neighbors Please call the church for more information. lsbcc.org

We are partnering with Loaves and Fishes, creating "Lunch Bag Notes of Encouragement" to go in the lunches they provide to the Watsonville community. Swing by the church parking lot this Sunday, 1-2pm, pick up your supplies and join us in making some kindness notes. love#of#neighbor#kindness#project

Practicing love of neighbor in our community with acts of kindness. Virtual gatherings every Sunday. lsbcc.org

Time to pick up your kindness rock to decorate yourself or take one all ready to go! We are painting and sharing kindness rocks! Love#of#neighbor lsbcc.org

lsbcc.org Remembering Love of Neighbor

Rejoice this season with God Rest Ye Merry Gentlefolk! lsbcc.org

Beautiful walk into the sanctuary during the holiest of nights; Christmas Eve. Part of our virtual Christmas Eve service.

Merry Christmas everyone! If Danielle and David’s Breath of Heaven spoke to you tonight, here’s the video from the Christmas Eve service. Thank you Jane and everyone who contributed for the beautiful Zoom experience.

Join us this Valentine weekend as we begin the theme: Love of Neighbor because you know "Kindness Rocks!"

Love is the only solution. Sunday services via Zoom. lsbcc.org

Diane & I are very thankful to see & participate with you during the Zoom casts. We have not found a spiritual community here in San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico, so participating with you helps to feed our spirit beyond the physical beauty of this area; mountains & the Sea of Cortez. Trusting in God’s Spirit, Doug & Diane Gold

God's artistry lsbcc.org All are welcome to be here, together in this time; time for contemplation, inspiration, connection, community... song, prayer, sermon, stories, sharing of joys and concerns. Sunday Zoom Worship, 10:00am See more

The Gratitude Tree is waiting for your personal message of thanks. Come sit in the garden. Listen to the birds. Enjoy the roses. It's a peaceful place to feel God's presence, and be filled with gratitude in his name.

Please join us for our Christmas Eve virtual worship, beginning at 7:30pm on Thursday, December 24th. Though we won’t be gathering in the church, and we’ll miss singing the carols together, we will still fill the holy night with music and light! Christmas will be different this year, but it comes just the same. Bring a candle to your worshipping space.contact us through the website for the zoom link or call us at 831-688.4033. Please connect to us at 7:15pmWe look forward to your presence with us!

This month during Advent, all are welcome to visit the garden, and write your message of thanks to hang on the Gratitude Tree. 26 Florido Ave. La Selva Beach, California. lsbcc.org

This Advent season, we light the candles of Hope, Love, Joy, and Peace. Christmas is drawing near. Join us for our First Ever Virtual Christmas Eve Service, Dec. 24th, at 7:30PM. Visit lsbcc.org for more information.

It's our First Ever Virtual Christmas Party this Saturday at 7PM Put on your festive jingle wear, come and sing, enjoy the Children's play, a holiday slideshow, games and more. Pick up your cookie bag in the church parking lot Sat 1-2pm. Watch for email with the link to join!

We are preparing your Gratitude Tree for this Advent season. Our selected tree will be this sweet cherry in the church garden. See these terrific 2D ornaments? These will be laminated and hanging on the tree for you to add your message of gratitude. Sharpie pens will be available at the table for you to write your message. We might even add some twinkly lights to the tree! Stay tuned!

Tired of solitude? You're invited to LSBCC's first ever virtual Christmas Party! This Saturday, Dec. 19th at 7PM. Put on your jingle for songs, games, a slideshow, cookies, and more. Get your party bag Saturday 1-2pm church parking lot. Watch for an email. Visit lsbcc.org or call the church for more details.

"That's Amore!" Sing along during our Sunday Zoom services. Visit lsbcc.org for an invitation to the link to join us. We love our Community Church Band!

Come 2021, Believe that we will gather again together, in person, sing and rejoice! Hold onto hope, stay safe, and our time will come again. lsbcc.org

Ron, Kimberly, and Bijou at the Gratitude Tree, giving thanks for the rain!

The magic of the season seen through the eyes of a child. Thank you, Crystal, for sharing this adorable image of your grandson enjoying the Gratitude Tree, giving thanks to his beloved dog Emma. <3

During this Advent season, we light the candles of Hope, Love, Joy, and Peace. All are welcome to join our Sunday worship via Zoom. Visit lsbcc.org to request the link.

Have you done the Advent Season Contemplative Walk around La Selva Beach village? Go to lsbcc.org for the Guide. Enjoy the peace.

Professor and Episcopal priest Vincent Pizzuto writes about contemplative practice; The contemplative disciple is one who is clothed with love. . . . One meditates, then, not in order to produce a successful meditation but in order to be transformed into an ever more compassionate person. We pray not that we might become mystics but that we might become ever more authentic Christians who embody the love of Christ in the world. (excerpt from Richard Rohr Meditation, Center for Action and Contemplation)

Visit lsbcc.org for an invitation to link into our Zoom services.

Preparing our feast, sharing flowers and recipes, it's Stewardship night, at the Zooma CAfe! Let's have fun for a while, and gather Italian style, sing songs, and play games, add some poetry and prayer. Let's all meet there, virtually at the Zooma Cafe!

Point the way to love. Start the day with love. Rise above with love. Don't be shy with love. Let love guide your day. Let love lead the way. For strangers and for friends, love's power never ends. lsbcc.org

Let LOVE light your path. lsbcc.org Special thanks to Sonia Gates for sharing this photo.

A time of prayer, song, and reflection

Holding on to Hope https://episcopalchurch.org/holding-hope

Blessing of the animals, this Sunday at 10am.

"God's peace be with you!"

"God winked at me!" Signs of hope in the storm. lsbcc.org

If this message resonates with you, please share. lsbcc.org

"God winked at me!" Sunset photo taken by Jane Daugherty when she felt God tap on her shoulder and was so inspired to capture this image. Please join our Sunday Zoom service. Visit lsbcc.org

I know God's universe in which I dwell is not stagnant. Help me see your miracles every day. Then I am filled with renewed hope.

We come together to find comfort, courage, spiritual nourishment, and hope. In this hour of time together, we find our common ground. We hurt and heal together while there are fires burning in our communities, along with an ongoing pandemic, racial conflict, and economic hardship. Here is an image from a recent Sunday Zoom Service. For an invitation to Zoom in, please email Pastor Jane at [email protected] Feel free to Share this post and Like us on Facebook.

Passing of the Peace isn't just on Zoom. When you see someone, during this Covid-19 time, from a safe 6 foot distance, pass them some peace. They may not see you, but they may feel the presence of peace. This is what it's all about. www.lsbcc.org

This quilt is titled "God's Love Song" Designed by church member Patti Smith and sewn by many LSBCC hands, this quilt's message is most appropriate now, in light of both Pride month and the call for racial justice--seeing each and everyone as one of God's beautiful people! In Patti's words, "When I see a rainbow, I think of God's beautiful promise given to Noah, and am grateful for God's mercy. It is a reminder to treat others with mercy, love, compassion and kindness. The... cross is to remind us to love one another and forgive one another, as well as Christ's promise of life-everlasting". lsbcc.org Join us for Sunday worship on Zoom.

Peace in the garden

You may have seen our very own Santa Cruz Police Chief, Andy Mills, on the national news, kneeling with protesters, and now speaking out about pathways to end institutionalized police violence against people of color. Here he is during last year's holiday parade, dancing with Curtis Reliford, activist for Black Lives Matter, good Samaritan, helper to the disadvantaged, the marginalized, the poor, grassroots visionary, my hero. Well, I guess these are two good people, a white man and a black man, dancing in the street together.

LSBCC.ORG We're gonna Zoom through this together!

Thank you Pastor Jane, for providing us with spiritual nourishment during this Covid Shelter in Place. As we worship via Zoom, it is not quite the same. But we are still worshiping together. We are also reminded of God's beauty all around us by the beautiful images of nature that you include. lsbcc.org Join Zoom Sunday Worship every Sunday at 10:00am.

A heartfelt message of thanks from Siena House to La Selva Beach Community Church: Siena House would like to thank La Selva Beach Community Church for your generous support, which is vital in enabling us to continue providing a home for pregnant women in need. People like you make it possible for many babies to be born into a safe and loving environment, and for Siena House to remain a place where women can build a foundation for themselves as they overcome the cycles of abu...se and addiction. On behalf of our mothers and babies, our Board of Directors, and our staff, we extend our heartfelt gratitude for your support. Especially all the diapers, yarns and art supplies! Marie Harris, Director Siena House

What do you suppose that strange, sci-fi story of Jesus ascending into the clouds means for us today? Our text is Luke 24: 44-53, and the question it raises is to what will our lives witness? This Sunday, Zoom Worship. Please inquire with the church office if you would like to join the Zoom Sunday services. Check out lsbcc.org

Here's a dose of joyful baby! During Sunday's Zoom Service on Mother's Day, when we gathered together in our little zoom boxes and checked in with one another, Ranell was baby sitting her grand daughter, Juliet, who was very happily sitting on Ranell's lap, thoroughly enjoying the moment! Thank you Ranell, for inviting LSBCC Facebook crew to see her again, here in this adorable photo where she's happy in Brent's arms. What a joyful, vibrancy! What a blessing she is from Heaven! God is speaking! Her smile brings hope and love!

Our church garden is most peaceful.

Toni with her mom and daughter; We can do this better together!

Thank you David, for your nourishing music and inspiring words!

During this unusual time with Covid-19 and shelter in place, the sights and smells of spring seem more pronounced than ever. On this Mother's Day, let's also recognize the Mother of all, our beloved Mother Earth.

Some of our members of LSBCC are making masks for our community, including, Santa Cruz homeless and Sienna House.

Ground and Source of All That Is Ground and source of all that is, one that anchors all our roots, Being of all our ways and forms, ... deepest form and final truth. Lover of ten thousand names, holy presence all have known, Beauty ever welcoming mystery to stir the soul. Call to kindness, call to serve, freedom from our chosen course, Guide and friend for all who dream, nourished by our ground and source. Excerpt from Sunday Service, April 19th, 2020

Tony Gardner sent this precious photo of her great nephew and newborn great niece, along with a fitting quote: "Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man" -Rabindranath Tagore

The virtue of hope, with great irony, is the fruit of a learned capacity to suffer wisely, calmly, and generously. The ego demands successes to survive; the soul needs only meaning to thrive. Somehow hope provides its own kind of meaning, in a most mysterious way. from Richard Rohr, on Hope and Suffering

Let us sing of your Love!!

Without meaning to trivialize this holiest of weekends, I often ponder what was going on during that "tween" day between Good Friday and Easter. Much weeping, I suppose. Easter's message of hope rings so much truer this year. Perhaps the blessing of our current situation is the gift of slowing down, healing the earth, considering what's truly important, and a renewed commitment to live more simply when we emerge from the cocoon. Happy blessed Easter, everyone. Jane Daugherty

Our Easter Service was blessed by Danielle's voice singing Day by Day!

Jane, Thank you for the Sunrise Meditation. The birds songs were most beautiful and pronounced this morning! What captures my attention in the Easter text, and resonates most deeply with me is that Mary mistakes Jesus as the gardener. Perhaps it is not a mistake. I see Jesus as the tiller of new life, of hope, of cultivating our spirit with renewed energy. As the sun rises to feed us life this new day, so does Jesus rise to fill our hearts with renewed hope.... Jesus is in all things, and takes on many forms! May you be nourished by his presence this Easter day! Love, Kimberly

We can all still sing along; Allelujah!