Author: Ken Burton

Seekers Church and Reparations

Ken Burton

Lucy Slater

December 15, 2024

Third Sunday of Advent

It has been at least five years (or since I joined Seekers)  since we last examined our domestic and international giving principles and guidelines.  During  that time, the REJMT was created, and we conducted a whole season, examining racism and white supremacy during Lent this year. As part of that ongoing liturgy, I preached a sermon on reparations, and called for us to have a conversation on how Seekers considers institutional racism and reparations in our giving programs.…

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2024 December Stewards Minutes

Ken Burton

SEEKERS CHURCH

 Stewards Minutes

December 8, 2024 in person

Present: Marjory Bankson (notes), Peter Bankson (moderator), Kolya Braun-Greiner, Ken Burton, Joan Dodge, Judy Lantz, Jeanne Marcus, Sandra Miller (meditation), Trish Nemore, Brenda Seat, Keith Seat, Margreta Silverstone, Deborah Sokolove, Jacqie Wallen, Glen Yakushiji.

Absent:  Cynthia Dahlin, David Lloyd, John Morris

Housekeeping

Next meeting: 12 January, 2025 at 4 pm on Zoom.

Moderator – Deborah

Recorder – Judy

Meditation leader – Kolya

2025 Calendar: Margreta  

Jan-Feb meetings will be on zoom. March-October will be in person.

Marjory again noted the pressure on the CoS Council Rep caused by our time and date shift (Council meets every other month on the second Sunday from 1:30-3:30).…

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About Annunciations

Ken Burton

Jeanne Marcus

December 8, 2024

Second Sunday of Advent

Good morning.

I requested a pretty unusual introduction this morning, one that includes my maternal lineage, as a way to create expectations what this sermon will be about this morning.  There’s some hints that we may touch on women’s presence in scripture, including mothers and birth; and  maybe something about women’s lineage.  We’ll see.…

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Seekers Church joins the call for permanent peace and enduring justice in Palestine, Lebanon, and Israel

Ken Burton

As Christians, and embracing the Seekers commitment to “work for the end of all war, both public and private,” we deeply grieve the enormous loss of lives in Palestine, Lebanon, and Israel which has escalated since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. We know the roots of this conflict are deep and complex, and cannot be divorced from the long history of antisemitism and attacks against Jews, from the displacement and oppression of Palestinians, or from thousands of years of history that tie both peoples to this land.

However, we cannot stand by in silence while our government provides military aid that is victimizing civilians in Palestine and Lebanon on a massive scale. …

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