Paradoxically, even as we are more connected digitally, the more isolated and alienated many become. Social disconnection is a grievous condition that more and more fall prey to. To counter the forces that drive us apart Martin Luther King, Jr. held out a vision of “Beloved Community” What does this mean for us?

Centering Thought: We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community. – Dorothy Day

Share the plate: Family Promise of the Mid-Willamette Valley
Celebrant: Sara Pickett, Anchor: Laura Christian
Music: Alma Marianos and Sally Crawford