November 1, 2026 – There’s No Place Like Home – Speaker Rev. Dr. Alice Reid

Homecoming Sunday. We welcome back everyone who hasn’t visited in a while, honor our Legacy Members who’ve walked with this community for twenty-five years or more, and welcome our minister home from sabbatical. Every hero’s journey begins and ends in the same place: home — and gratitude is what lets us recognize it as home. Today we simply arrive together in thanksgiving, celebrating all found their way back home as we begin a season of transformational gratitude.

GUEST MUSICIAN: AllenDale (Rev. Karyn Allen and Rick Dale, RScP)

AFFIRMATION: I am grateful Spirit always leads me back home.

November 8, 2026 – The Call – Speaker Rev. Dr. Alice Reid

Every hero’s journey begins with a call that interrupts our comfort — and gratitude is often exactly that call. Noticing what we already have, clearly and honestly, is what first loosens scarcity’s grip. This week we explore the quiet, ordinary calls toward generosity that gratitude issues, drawing on Maria Nemeth’s framing (from her book the Energy of Money) of our relationship with money as its own hero’s journey. What is the grateful call toward generosity I’ve been putting off answering?

GUEST MUSICIAN: James Higgins

AFFIRMATION: Gratitude calls me toward a more generous life.

November 15, 2026 – The Road, Together  – Speaker Rev. Dr. Alice Reid

No pilgrim walks the whole road solo, and gratitude is what turns fellow travelers into teachers. This week we look at the companions, trials, and unexpected mentors that shape generosity — the people in our community who have modeled tithing, forgiveness, and clarity of purpose long before we ever noticed. Transformational gratitude means seeing their example as a gift, not taking it for granted.

GUEST MUSICIAN: Kenneith Perrin

AFFIRMATION: I am grateful for the companions who teach me generosity.

November 22,  2026 – The Gift We Carry – Speaker: Rev. Dr. Alice Reid

Every journey has a turning point — the moment the traveler claims what the road has given them and decides what to do with it. This is where gratitude becomes transformational: it turns a gift received into a gift given. Today is Commitment Sunday: pledge cards are our turning point, offered not as an ask but as gratitude in action — an invitation to invest in a mission we already believe in.

GUEST MUSICIAN: Jenn Stackpole

AFFIRMATION: Gratitude moves me to invest in what I love.

November 29,  2026 – Coming Home Again – Speaker: Rev. Dr. Alice Reid

The final stage of every hero’s journey is the return — bringing home what was gained and weaving it into ordinary life. What we carry home this year is not only a pledge, but a transformed relationship with gratitude itself: no longer an occasional feeling, but a daily spiritual practice. We close this month’s journey the way we opened it — at home, together, grateful.

GUEST MUSICIAN: Chelsea Vann

AFFIRMATION: I carry gratitude home into my everyday life.