Sunday Soul Circle
2025-11-16 08:30 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
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Sunday Soul Circle: Blessed in the Dark
2025-11-23 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
Blessed in the Dark: A Thanksgiving Soul Circle
We live in a world obsessed with looking “#blessed” — curated joy, perfect tables, gratitude that never seems to leave room for pain. But Zechariah’s Benedictus in Luke 1 is a very different kind of blessing. It rises after doubt, after months of silence, after waiting on a promise that felt impossible. His first word back is “Blessed,” even while empire still rules and many prayers seem unanswered.
In this Soul Circle, we’ll sit with Zechariah’s song and our own. We’ll draw on scripture, breath prayer, and contemporary voices like Valarie Kaur, Brené Brown, Cole Arthur Riley, and Howard Thurman as we explore blessings that don’t always look like blessings — the ones hidden inside grief, change, and the not-yet. There will be time for quiet reflection, small-group sharing, and a simple practice of naming “dawn-moments” in the middle of our dark places.
Bring your gratitude and your questions, your joy and your heaviness. You don’t have to tidy your life up to step into this circle. The God of tender mercy is already rising to meet you in the shadows.
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Rev. Wendy Preaching @ Shiloh Baptist
2025-11-23 11:30 - 13:00 | Shiloh Baptist Church, 1 Holton St, Medford, MA, United States
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Sunday Soul Circle: Ache & Anticipation
2025-11-30 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
The week after Thanksgiving often feels like a soft exhale—too soon for tinsel, too soon for frenzy, not quite ready for the turning of the liturgical wheel. And yet Advent arrives anyway, quiet as a breath, asking us to notice the shimmer beneath the numbness, the tremble beneath the familiar.
This season begins in the half-light: where the sky feels unsteady, where our hearts do too, where waiting holds both ache and anticipation. The gospel imagines trembling stars and roaring seas, but our own lives hum with smaller signs—unspoken longings, tender hopes, the subtle glow of something about to change.
This Sunday’s Soul Circle invites you into that thin place between what is and what might be. We’ll breathe, listen, and reflect together as we sit with the slop and the shimmer—the griefs we carry and the hopes that flicker in the quiet. Come experience a spacious circle of poetry, scripture, honest sharing, and gentle wisdom as we open ourselves to the possibility that God’s almost-presence is drawing near, even now.

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Sunday Soul Circle: Holding On With Grace
2025-12-07 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
Be patient, therefore, siblings… Strengthen your hearts… do not grumble against one another… – James 5:7-10
Advent asks us to do something most of us resist: slow down, breathe deeply, and trust that what we cannot yet see is already taking shape. But honest waiting is hard. Life feels turbulent. People feel pushy. Our patience wears thin in the lines, delays, disappointments, and everyday friction of being human. The epistle of James invites us into a different posture—a holy kind of waiting that strengthens the heart and keeps our community tender even when the world feels tense.
This Soul Circle explores three movements: wait, brace, and be kind—through scripture, poetry, silence, and shared reflection. We gather not to pretend everything is peaceful, but to practice a peace that can withstand turbulence. Together, we will notice where impatience grips us, where fear tenses us, and where grace might invite us to soften, release, or respond differently.
Come sit in community. Come be restored. Come listen for the gentle wisdom that grows in the space between now and what God is still bringing to birth.
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In Good Company: The Art of Becoming Together
2025-12-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Arts Collaborative Medford, 162 Mystic Ave, Medford, MA, United States
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Art & Soul Circle: In Good Company
Friday, Dec. 12 | 6:30–8:30 pm · Arts Collaborative Medford
What if the real masterpiece is not the art on the walls — but the way we shape one another?
This month’s Art & Soul Circle steps inside In Good Company, ACM’s first Studio Artist Group Show, to explore the quieter, often unseen ways creativity grows in shared space. These fourteen artists have been changed simply by being near each other — borrowing courage, exchanging ideas, carrying one another’s stillness and spark.
In this Art & Soul, we ask a different kind of question:
What happens when we enter that same atmosphere of shared becoming?
Together, we’ll wander the exhibition, notice what rises in us, and practice the art behind all art — the art of connection, presence, and community.
No need to make anything. Just come willing to listen, reflect, and be shaped by the company you keep.
Come curious. Come open. Come discover what is possible when we stop creating alone — and start becoming, together.
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Sunday Soul Circle: Joy That Roars
2025-12-14 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
This Sunday at Sanctuary Soul Circle, we gather not for the glittery kind of joy, but for the kind that can stand its ground. The kind that sings through sorrow. Inspired by a powerful reflection from Quinn Caldwell, we’ll explore what it means to be the only species on earth that sings together in rhythm—even when danger is near. We’ll reflect on the fierce courage of communal song, the rhythm that unites our hearts, and the kind of Advent joy that doesn’t whisper—it roars.
Most creatures fall silent when predators approach. But humans? We lift our voices louder. We harmonize. We breathe together. And we become a body that does not back down. This is joy as defiance. Joy as connection. Joy with a job to do.
Come join the circle. You’ll experience breath prayer, soul-centered music, sacred silence, communal reflection, and a space where your voice—and your longing—are welcome. Whether you feel ready to roar or can barely hum, come as you are. We’ll sing anyway. Together.
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Remembering Doug Weeks
2025-12-16 19:30 - 21:00 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84467247573?pwd=oGklA5CjJVFg1oNJdi8x6E2ZKFpGpA.1&jst=3
A Virtual Gathering of Remembrance for Doug Weeks
We gather to remember and celebrate the life of our beloved friend and congregation member, Doug Weeks—a man whose spirit moved as easily through a song as it did through a story, a shared meal, or a moment of kindness. With a life shaped by artistry and generosity, Doug brought his gifts to stages from Broadway to Europe, to film sets with Scorsese and Eastwood, and to the circles and communities he called home. He was a singer, actor, guitarist, chef, storyteller, partner, and friend; someone who carried his craft with humility, warmth, and joy.
This virtual gathering will offer space for memory and mourning, celebration and gratitude. We will share stories, hear music he loved, recall moments that made us laugh, and hold one another as we grieve the ache of his absence. Though his funeral service will take place in the spring in his hometown of Falmouth, this time together allows our community to honor his life now—to remember the sound of his voice, the way he lifted spirits, and the creativity and compassion he brought to all he touched.
All are welcome. Bring a story, a memory, a candle, or simply your heart.
Together, we will give thanks for Doug’s life and entrust him to God’s eternal care and peace.
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Sunday Soul Circle: A Wilder Light
2025-12-21 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
A Wilder Light: When a Candle Isn’t Enough
“Night will be no more. They won’t need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will shine on them.” – Revelation 22:5
The winter solstice brings the longest night—and an ancient promise. Despite the shadows that linger all around us, the Light that darkness cannot overcome is coming.
So, despite the real darkness in the world (and perhaps in our lives) we gather—not around a tree but around a fire—a fire of justice, healing, and fierce hope.
Join us for a special Christmas Soul Circle where we lean into the darkness not with fear, but with faith. Through poetry, music, candlelight, and shared reflection, we’ll kindle a flame that even the longest night can’t put out.
Bring a friend. Bring your shadows and your longing. Come blaze with us.
With love, Rev. Wendy
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Christmas Sunday - Sanctuary @ Shiloh Baptist
2025-12-21 11:30 - 13:30 | Shiloh Baptist Church, 1 Holton St, Medford, MA, United States
An Ordinary Man
When we picture the Christmas story, Joseph of Nazareth often fades into the background—silent, supportive, steady. But what if that quiet faithfulness is the very heart of the story? Joseph may not speak a word in Scripture, but his actions reveal a deep and courageous obedience that can inspire us all.
This Sunday, we’ll reflect on the man who stayed. The man who laid down pride for love, who trusted God in a dream, and who stepped into the background so that God’s light could shine forward. Joseph shows us that faith doesn’t always shout—it sometimes whispers in acts of mercy, gentleness, and quiet strength.
Join us as we honor this “average Joe” who turned out to be anything but average. In a world that celebrates noise and power, come hear the good news of a quiet saint whose faith still echoes through the ages.
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Shiloh Baptist and Sanctuary UCC will share Worship and Fellowship for the Christmas Season.
Bring a special treat to share if you are able, and join in this special joint service of praise and prayer!
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Sunday Soul Circle: Wintering Well
2026-01-04 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
Wintering Well: Rest, Roots, and the Holy Slowdown
January keeps trying to sell us a “fresh start.” But the earth is not in a hurry. Seeds are underground. Sap is low. The north is sleeping. And maybe—just maybe—your soul is too.
This Sunday’s Sanctuary Art & Soul Circle is an annual permission slip to reject linear time and return to nature’s pace: Rest. Renew. Remember. We’ll sit with a bold winter reflection, share a grounding scripture about seeds growing in the dark, listen for what is ready to be composted, and tend the inner fire that keeps you alive.
Come for gentle music, a simple art-based practice, honest conversation, and a pastoral prayer for those feeling heavy, slow, or resistant. Nothing is wrong with you. You might just be listening to the earth.
All are welcome—come as you are. Bring a pen & paper. Bring a tired heart. Bring your winter self.
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Sunday Soul Circle
2026-01-11 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
This week, it can feel like the world is being turned into a fear factory, and the conveyor belt never stops. Some of us are numb. Some are furious. Some are simply tired in places sleep cannot reach.
So tomorrow, we’re gathering online for Sanctuary Soul Circle to listen for wisdom that has helped people survive hard seasons for a long, long time.
Six African proverbs will be our lanterns:

Bend, don’t break.

Wait for morning.

Ask the questions that keep you from losing your way.

Weave your strength together.

Honor small steps.

Remember Ubuntu: I am because we are.

Come as you are, tender or tough, skeptical or praying. Bring a candle, a cup of something warm, and the part of you that still wants to be human.
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Sunday Soul Circle: Brick by Brick, Choice by Choice
2026-01-18 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
This King Holiday weekend, Sanctuary Soul Circle is leaning into Dr. King’s central vision: Building the Beloved Community, not as a distant dream, but as a daily practice. Not passive hope, but active construction. 🧱🕊️
Many of us are tired. Tender. On edge. And still… here we are. This circle will be a place to tell the truth without becoming brittle, to remember that we’re not meant to carry the world alone, and to practice a love that has muscle, boundaries, and forward motion.
Scripture Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:12–27“When one member suffers, all suffer together with it; when one member is honored, all rejoice together with it.”
In the circle, we’ll share a brief reflection, grounding breath prayer, and an embodied practice: each person will name one “brick” they’re laying this week toward Beloved Community, one concrete choice that turns faith into hands-and-feet. You’ll leave with something you can actually do, not just something nice to feel.
MLK Quote to hold us steady:

“The aftermath of nonviolence is the creation of the beloved community.”

Come as you are. Come weary, come willing, come curious. We’re not trying to be heroes. We’re practicing extraordinary love the ordinary way: day after day after day
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Rev. Wendy Preaching @ Shiloh Baptist
2026-01-18 11:00 - 12:30 | Shiloh Baptist Church, 1 Holton St, Medford, MA, United States
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Sunday Soul Circle: Come Get Your Name Back
2026-01-25 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
“And a voice came from heaven: ‘You are my Child, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.’” –Luke 1:22b
This Sunday, Sanctuary Soul Circle heads to the Jordan River, where Jesus steps into the water and the sky breaks open. Before Jesus preaches a sermon or performs a miracle, God speaks three names over him: Beloved. Belonging. Delight. Not as a reward, but as a beginning.
If you’re tired of carrying untrue names, if you’re longing to feel grounded again, or if you simply need a place where your nervous system can unclench for an hour, come. We’ll listen to a vivid retelling of Jesus’ baptism, connect to our own belovedness, and practice returning to God’s good name for us!.
No perfection required. Just bring your whole self. The water is waiting.
with love, Rev. Wendy
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Sunday Soul Circle: 💔 + ❤️ Looking for a Lifeline?
2026-02-01 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
“Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.” -Romans 12:12
Micro Joys, Macro Grief: Small Wonders Help Us Survive
When the grief of the world feels too big to bear, sometimes the smallest joys are what carry us through: a deep breath you didn’t know you were holding, a warm shower on a cold morning, a song that meets you right where you are.
This week at Soul Circle, we’ll gather in the spirit of Glo Atanmo’s truth: “Micro joys are how we survive macro grief.” We’ll name what hurts. We’ll notice what helps. We’ll breathe, share, and remember that even here—especially here—beauty still finds a way.
Come as you are. Bring your weary, your wonder and leave with a lifeline.
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Canceled - Sunday Soul Circle
2026-02-08 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
This morning’s Soul Circle is cancelled due to illness. See you next week.
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Sunday Soul Circle: Late Winter, Tender Nerves
2026-02-15 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.” –Sinclair Lewis
February has a way of stripping things down.
The extra energy disappears, the tolerance disappears, the ability to keep pretending everything is fine disappears. And often we assume something is wrong with us, when late winter may simply be revealing how little buffer the nervous system has left after months of low light and long pushing.
For many, this time of year comes with a strange whiplash: the light starts to lengthen, our bodies lean toward spring, and then winter snaps back.
Time feels delayed, heavy, stuck. If you’ve felt numb but restless, tired but unable to rest, unmotivated but anxious, emotionally flat or out of sync with time… you’re not alone. Maybe you are one who loves winter, maybe none of this makes any sense, but this week we will listen to the season and find it’s connection to our energy.
In this virtual Soul Circle we’ll name February – honestly – and reflect with Elijah under the broom tree, where God meets exhaustion with practical mercy: rest and bread, not shame. We’ll listen to our nervous systems, offer prayers for ourselves and one another, and leave with a few simple “preservation practices” for crossing the threshold alive, without forcing spring.
with love, Rev. Wendy

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Sunday Soul Circle: 40 Days of Good Sh*t
2026-02-22 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
—Mary Oliver
Lent, but make it honest.
This year we’re not giving up chocolate. We’re giving up the lie that the worst thing in the room is the only thing in the room.
Inspired by Nadia Bolz-Weber’s “40 Days of Good Sh*t,” we’re practicing disciplined attention.
One small good thing. Every day. Something real. Something embodied. Not sourced from the internet.
The light through the window. The elevator button someone pressed for you. The crocus breaking through frozen soil.
We are not ignoring the world. We are paying attention to it in real time.
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Sunday Soul Circle: Rend and Return
2026-03-01 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
“Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. ” —Joel 2.12-13
Lent begins with a word that sounds sharp: rend. But Joel is not suggesting it as a performance. Nor as punishment. This is about an opening. An honest cracking of the heart so we can see what we have kept hidden, what we have carried, what we have tried to keep in shadow.
This Sunday’s Sanctuary Soul Circle will guide us through Joel’s invitation and treat repentance as holy reorientation, not shame. Come as you are. We will breathe, listen, share gently, and practice a simple ritual of release and return. No fixing. No pretending. Just a path home.
with love, Rev. Wendy
Sanctuary UCC Sunday Spiritual Circle – for prayer, care, reflection, and connection.
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Sunday Soul Circle: When Women Speak
2026-03-08 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
Women’s History – Holy Courage

“What Zelophehad’s daughters are saying is right.” —Numbers 27:7
During Women’s History Month, Sanctuary Soul Circle will gather around the story of the five daughters of Zelophehad, a handful of sisters in the wilderness who refused to be erased. In a world ordered around male inheritance, they stood together, spoke clearly, and changed the future.
This simple circle will invite us to breathe, listen, and reflect on what this ancient story still stirs now. We will listen, refect, and hold prayer together – about dignity, courage, refusing erasure, and claiming one’s rightful place. The daughters of Zelophehad did not ask for scraps. They named what was right, and God said they were right.
Come if you are hungry for a sacred space that honors women’s courage, collective truth-telling, and the holy work of making room for fuller humanity. Come to remember that sometimes faith sounds like a clear voice saying, “This is not right,” and sometimes history changes because a few people say it together.
with love, Rev. Wendy

Sanctuary UCC Sunday Spiritual Circle – for prayer, care, reflection, and connection.
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Sunday Soul Circle: Who Told You THAT?🫢👀
2026-03-15 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
Voices, Visions, and Veto Power

Sifting Through Pressure, Power, and Purpose
“One does not live by bread alone.” —Luke 4:4
Every day, we are surrounded by voices that want a say in who we are and how we live. Some are loud with urgency. Some speak through fear, duty, expectation, or the need to prove ourselves. Some promise safety. Some promise power. Some sound so familiar we barely notice how deeply they shape our discernment.
In this Soul Circle, we will explore the voices that influence our choices, our identity, and our sense of calling. We will reflect on the pressures to produce, perform, protect, and control. And, we will ask which voices truly align with our deepest values, vision, and purpose.
Through music, guided meditation, and poetry, we will make room to listen for the sacred beneath the noise. Together, we’ll practice noticing which voices deserve authority, which ones need boundaries, and what it feels like in the body to come back into alignment with what is true.
with love, Rev. Wendy

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Sunday Soul Circle: For the Hard, Holy Road🚶‍♀️✨
2026-03-22 08:30 - 09:30 | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882360638?pwd=C3PlBa13j4w2dvjKgANZM9eqpUbMaa.1&jst=3
Kneeling Where Love Leads
“When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. ” —Luke 9:51
There are seasons when faith feels like Bethlehem: tender, lit from within, full of wonder and nearness. And then there are seasons when faith asks more of us. The angels thin out. The road darkens. The conversation turns from birth to death, from comfort to courage, from beauty to costly love. Lent is that road.
This Soul Circle draws on the poetry of Ann Weems from Kneeling in Jerusalem, and makes room for the reluctance, ache, tenderness, and truth that often rise as we walk deeper into this season.
Together, we will listen for what the road is asking of us now: where we are resisting, where we are weary, where we are being invited to turn back for the lost, and where love is still leading us, even when the light is poor.
Come as you are. Come thoughtful, tired, uncertain, open – for there is room on the road for the whole of you.
And, God has gone on toward Jerusalem so we do not walk alone.
with love, Rev. Wendy
Sanctuary UCC Sunday Spiritual Circle – for prayer, care, reflection, and connection.
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