Fox Island United Church of Christ

12/24/2025

🌲Today at 5:00 PM 🌲
Join us for a warm and intimate Christmas Eve service with Rev. Ron Patterson, The Christmas Story shared by our children, family-led readings, and beautiful music from our Chancel Choir, Chime Choir, and vocal and instrumental soloists we are all so proud of❣️✨ The service will end with a candlelight ceremony.

Can’t make it in person? The service will be live on Zoom. The full service won’t be available later, but the sermon will be shared on our YouTube channel.

Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82295145892?pwd=eVy6QJzshfrFRHg1hpkeZDSKDQxsag.1

Meeting ID: 822 9514 5892
Passcode: 414789

12/19/2025

12/19/2025

Our Christmas Spirit Marketplace last Sunday had so many selections!

12/19/2025

Curious what our art extraordinaire, Deb Fredrikson, says about her table decoration? Let’s find out! 😊

12/16/2025

Here is the sermon video from last Sunday:
12/14/2025 – Rev. Dave Brown – “…and to Live Holy and Joyful Lives?”
https://youtu.be/W4t2C1NT0zo
Rev. Dave says, “Can we sing songs of joy in a broken world like ours. This sermon asks that question taking seriously the personal pain that some of us face and the harsh social realities we all face.”

◾️About the PreacherRev. Dave Brown is a pastor, writer, poet and the creator and host of BLUES VESPERS now in its 24th year. Dave retired as pastor of Imman...

12/08/2025

Here’s how Rev. Naomi Schulz describes her sermon from this morning: "Children at Play” is more than a driveway sign—it’s a vision for the world Isaiah dreams of: a world where childen are safe, nourished, and free. We glimpse that world in Jesuits comforting children in the Blitz, in underground art corners in Kharkiv, in bread shared by Community Loaves, and in the creative life of our own congregation. These small acts of care stitch the kin-dom of God into the present moment. When we love boldly and tend each other gently, peace grows.

You can watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmEODoCuB_E
12/7/2025 - Rev. Naomi Schulz - "Children at Play"

About the Preacher, Rev. Naomi Schulz:My favorite early-Christian theologian is the Celtic monk, Pelagius. Sometime around 400 CE Pelagius travelled by boat ...

12/07/2025

We had fun after the service today creating banners with leaves and crayons. Thank you, Karen and Philip Cravan, for leading the project❣️ See the comment section below for more photos.

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10/29/2025

Last Sunday’s sermon video is available via this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIADch_IkNQ
10/26/2025 - Mark Boyd - "Let Peace Reign On Me"

Mark Boyd begins his sermon with humor, describing the endless kinds of rain known to those raised in the Pacific Northwest—sprinkles, drizzle, downpours, even “raining sideways.” He jokes about being a pluviophile—someone who finds joy in rainy days—and introduces the idea of “peace rain,” a calm and tranquil feeling that rain brings. From this, he transitions from rain (r-a-i-n) to reign (r-e-i-g-n), shifting from weather to the spiritual sense of God’s peaceful rule. The rest will be in the video. 😊

Mark has over 15 years of dedicated service and leadership in the Pacific Northwest Conference (PNC) of the United Church of Christ. His journey in outdoor m...

10/20/2025

Last Sunday’s sermon video is available via this link: https://youtu.be/pSBVzOOeoWk?si=FVDuU8dyxV7Rm4tU
What Rev. Dave Brown says about the sermon:
"’Peace be with you’( Fox Islands theme for this month) as a call and challenge to embrace non-violence as we seek to follow the non- violent way of Jesus. The sermon concludes with four ways we can live out Jesus' non-violent path in our world today. “

Rev. Dave Brown is a pastor, writer, poet and the creator and host of BLUES VESPERS now in its 24th year. Dave retired as pastor of Immanuel Presbyterian Chu...

10/16/2025

Last Sunday, we heard this sermon by our then–pastoral candidate, Reverend Naomi Schulz. After the service, we joyfully voted her in as our new pastor.
10/12/2025 - Rev. Naomi Schulz - "The Shalom of the City"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJnyH0J5OII
Here’s what Rev. Naomi says about the sermon:
"This sermon is an invitation for co-creating peace, and being the peace we want to see in the world (to echo the words of MLK). It suggests that Jeremiah perceived that the Jewish exiles had the gift of shalom (caring for the welfare of all) to offer their captors in Babylon and to support their own flourishing. It draws on the story of the Northern-Irish Nobel Peace Prize laureate, John Hume, to illustrate how offering the gift of shalom to everyone, friends and enemies alike, is a foundation for building lasting peace."

Rev. Naomi SchulzMy favorite early-Christian theologian is the Celtic monk, Pelagius. Sometime around 400 CE Pelagius travelled by boat and foot from either ...

10/15/2025

Get ready for a set of high-energy Chicago, Texas, and West Coast blues and swing at Blues Vespers on November 16, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. at Fox Island United Church of Christ, 756 6th Avenue, Fox Island, featuring the Joe Cook Blues Band—the winners of the 2024 Washington Blues Society BB Awards for Best Blues Band and Best Traditional Blues Act. The band features NW blues stalwarts “Stoop Down” Tim Sherman on guitar, “El Machete” Conrad Ormsby on drums, the fabulous Mighty Mite Patty Mey on bass, and Minneapolis bluesman Joe T. Cook on harmonica and vocals. This is a free concert, with a freewill donation for the band and Key Peninsula Community Services—Food Bank. Please bring food donations to support a bountiful Thanksgiving for all.