Wisdom Exploration at Chalice!
A place for wonder. A place for fun.
Welcome, welcome everyone!
Chalice Family Update
September 18, 2025
Dwellings: A Brown Man’s Reflections on a Life Lived in White Spaces
Sunday morning at 10am
with Guest Speaker Alex Alviar
A former Zen seminary student and poet in residence on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Alex Alviar shares two short essays and an ancient Buddhist sutra that explore how to feel at home in one’s own skin no matter where in the world you are.
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This is a welcoming space for people of all ages.
Children and youth have the option of staying for the entirety of the service or joining the Sunday WE program partway through.
September 21–
Kindness Creators
WE Grow (for the younger crowd) – What is self-respect? showing kindness to others becomes so much easier when we learn to be kind to ourselves!
WE Wonder (for the older crowd) – I know you can hear me, but are you really listening to what I’m saying? Giving someone our full attention is just one way of honoring their personhood.
Let’s explore all this and more, together!
Did you enjoy Sunday’s Time for All Ages?
Merlin shared some of the rocks and neat things he’s found on his walks along the beach.
So, now it’s your turn!
Go out and explore! Talk a walk at the beach. Hike through the mountains. Stroll through a garden or park. What will spark your imagination?
So where are your children on Sundays?
As our WE program slowly grows (yay!) and we are now offering WE Grow and WE Wonder most Sundays, we are also using more spaces in and around our Chalice building. When the Lamp of Love guides our children and youth to their WE programs, they will often head off to one of several places: Room 4, the Nest, the patio, or the lawn (a new discovery tucked behind a neighboring building).
So, how will you know where your child is? You will now be able to check the WE Board in the entryway of Chalice where you will find the theme and group locations of that given Sunday. Of course, if your child or youth would rather stay with you in the service to enjoy the music and listen to Rev. Nica, that’s okay too! Faith development is whatever speaks to your spirit and heart, no matter where you are.
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The Woodlands is a monthly online gathering designed for trans children, youth, and adults—as well as the parents and caregivers of trans people. Each session will begin with a shared message and grounding ritual, followed by breakout rooms tailored to different communities within our circle, and we come back together for a release. Sessions will be about an hour and a half.
Each breakout room—co-facilitated by two chaplains—will offer space for meaningful check-ins where we can honor our grief, celebrate our joy, and support one another. The spirit of each room will reflect the people within it.
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SAVE THE DATE
Blessing of the Animals
Sunday, October 5, 10am
During this all-ages service, we will gather in gratitude for our feathery, furry, scaly friends and honor the important roles they have in our homes and in our interdependent web of existence.
