Wisdom Exploration at Chalice!
A place for wonder. A place for fun.
Welcome, welcome everyone!
Chalice Family Update
September 11, 2025
Welcome to a new year at Chalice!
Five Stones and What They Say About Us
Sunday morning at 10am
with Merlin Snider & Matt Chapa
What if our interactions with the earth, and rocks in particular, shape us and we shape them? How do we shape them and what do these interactions say about our culture and values? We will explore stones of: 1. geology and fossils 2. stones of building materials and tools, 3. commerce and trade, 4. art and 5. ritual.
(There is no picnic being held this Sunday.)
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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 14–
Justice Sunday
This Sunday, all WE groups will gather on the patio to create an awesome carnival booth and build a coin-toss game! After the service, children and youth will be carnival barkers and cheerleaders as people toss quarters to win silly prizes.
All funds collected will be donated to Laundry Love. Laundry Love is a program offered through Friends of Fieldworkers. Events are held around El Rio and Oxnard as part of a national program focusing on providing no-cost laundry services to no or low-income people.
The booth will be open for business after the service until noon or so. (It all depends on how busy we get!) Please plan on staying so that your children can participate in raising funds and help with cleaning up afterward.
Did you enjoy Sunday’s Time for All Ages?
We went on a Joy Hunt! It was so much fun too. You can sing it again in your home and with your friends. Where will your joy hunt take you?
Going on a Joy Hunt
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.
