<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[First Presbyterian San Anselmo]]></title><description><![CDATA[A progressive, inclusive Christian community in Marin County, CA. Join us for Sunday worship or check out our event calendar.]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 13:04:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.togetherweserve.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Prayers for the Week of May 10, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo credit:  Jordy Chapman, used with permission via Unsplash: Please feel free to join us in the prayers prayed Sunday, May 10, 2026: Loving God, in you we live, and move, and have our being. You have created all that is, and you are close at hand. In Jesus Christ, you have entered into the fullness of life, with a love more powerful than any power, even death, and in Resurrection, you continue to bring your creation into new life. In you and with you, we are alive in the world, and we...]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/prayers-for-the-week-of-may-10-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0124f5ecab9011375804f4</guid><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:41:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_2bd0e8b6f8694bb887efdfe3eb64c2f3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What We Cannot Know, and What We Can -- Acts 17:22-31 (6th Sunday of Easter)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Apostle Paul walks around Athens and notices a temple to “An Unknown God.” The God who is beyond our knowing, reaches out to us, in the Risen Christ, and is close at hand.]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/what-we-cannot-know-and-what-we-can-acts-17-22-31-6th-sunday-of-easter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a01236decab901137580108</guid><category><![CDATA[Sermons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:37:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_1f09c6a26edf4344820bd51f19b7be18~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["As Any Had Need" -- Acts 2:42-47 (4th Sunday in Easter)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the days after Resurrection and Pentecost, the community had everything in common, sold what they had, and gave to any as they had need. The Resurrection experience of radical sharing in community is alive with possibility.]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/as-any-had-need-acts-2-42-47-4th-sunday-in-easter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69eeb49d7c7678baadea1b40</guid><category><![CDATA[Sermons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 01:11:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_1cf5e6c945f14967a54440d0a98f0c13~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Companions on the Way -- Luke 24:13-35 (3rd Sunday in Easter)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This Sunday, we considered the familiar story of the two disciples who encounter the Risen Christ on the Road to Emmaus. The Risen Christ is alive in the world in the steady, sustaining rhythm of human companionship – sharing life’s journey – walking and talking – companions on the way.]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/companions-on-the-way-luke-24-13-35-3rd-sunday-in-easter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e5797e0c8d230c9e93c3ce</guid><category><![CDATA[Sermons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:02:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_3ba2f032e99e4a70a8a6e81ceb9b76d9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayers for the Week of April 19, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo credit: Sergey Shmidt, used with permission via Unsplash Please feel free to join us in the prayers prayed in worship Sunday, April 19, 2026: Loving God, you have created us for life lived out in relationship and in community. In Jesus Christ, you companion us, in the whole of life – always beside us along the way, behind us in where we have been, ahead of us, in the dawn of each new day – you abide within us, and within the life we live together. For your constant companionship, we...]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/prayers-for-the-week-of-april-19-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e676b7930722cfe91760a6</guid><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_9be2195c777f4dfebc5b8e9900b152d2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_902,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alive in the World -- Matthew 28:1-10, 16-20 (Easter Sunday)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like the women headed to the tomb, we know what it is to wake up in a bad-news world. On Easter morning, there is a different kind of headline: Christ is risen! The Good News is alive in the world, and so are we.]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/alive-in-the-world-matthew-28-1-10-16-20-easter-sunday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d45d6b838edf8f8dd45d1c</guid><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sermons]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_562378f455524d64ad6bfbf56d0fbeaa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Good News is... love lived out -- Matthew 21:1-17 (Palm Sunday)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Palm Sunday is a protest. The people follow Jesus, shouting and embodying together Good News. Holy Week is how that Good News then gets lived out.]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/the-good-news-is-love-lived-out-matthew-21-1-17-palm-sunday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c992d356a82e0017f7b97f</guid><category><![CDATA[Sermons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:06:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_1185b6b7ade340ec967a5456330b0863~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_602,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayers for the Week of March 22, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artwork: "Let the Little Children Come"  by Carmelle Beaugelin Caldwell,  used with copyright permission  A Sanctified Art LLC |  sanctifiedart.org Please feel free to join us in the prayers prayed in worship Sunday, March 22, 2026: Jesus of Nazareth, you loved lavishly. You loved your disciples, with their questions and their bumbling mistakes. You loved the children, with their tender rears and their easy joy. You loved the widows and the immigrants, with their heartbreak and their dreams...]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/prayers-for-the-week-of-march-22-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c2f472dbf1d5b6012f6965</guid><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_47369f61e7c6497084fa3206bcd7c383~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Good News is... protection and care of the vulnerable -- Deut. 24:17-22, Matt. 19:13-15 (5th Sunday of Lent)]]></title><description><![CDATA[God creates, commands, and impels an ethic and moral order that center the protection, care, and well-being of the most vulnerable.]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/the-good-news-is-protection-and-care-of-the-vulnerable</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c17590adda444fefaeb991</guid><category><![CDATA[Sermons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_f375449861fe433aad4cc314219b10f0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lavish Love -- Luke 7:36-50 (4th Sunday in Lent)]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a woman washes Jesus’ feet, we see her lavish love, in response to God’s, inviting us to live out our own.]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/lavish-love-luke-7-36-50-4th-sunday-in-lent</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b9c26ebcb9fb0e96f35de8</guid><category><![CDATA[Sermons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_61e1bf1d7ab74aba839faf61903887a8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayers for the Week of March 15, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Please feel free to join us in the prayers prayed in worship Sunday, March 15, 2026: Loving Christ, your love for this world is so strong. It’s like a jar of perfume, broken in a crowded room, permeating everything it touches. It’s like the gentle caress that conveys deep gratitude and tender mercy. It’s like justice that rolls down like a mighty stream, and healing that brings us back to life. For your lavish love, we give you thanks and praise.   We long to love like you, and so we pray –...]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/prayers-for-the-week-of-march-15-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b9ec618bef976b41b1bd5d</guid><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_2bd0e8b6f8694bb887efdfe3eb64c2f3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Good News Is... All Are Welcome -- Luke 15:15-24 (2nd Sunday in Lent)]]></title><description><![CDATA[At a banquet, Jesus tells a story about a banquet. The Good News is... all are welcome. The invitation is for everyone. The response is ours to make.]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/the-good-news-is-all-are-welcome-luke-15-15-24-2nd-sunday-in-lent</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a5c60994843aee687edebf</guid><category><![CDATA[Sermons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_780c257fd3fb4c688fb1677eead2ae60~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayers for the Week of February 22, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo credit: Mavi Atlas, used with permission via Unsplash Please feel free to join us in the prayers prayed Sunday, February 22, 2026: Loving Christ, we love to imagine you at that wedding, your throat hoarse from laughing, feet tired from dancing. As you turn water into wine, we love to imagine how ordinary folks would continue feasting, delighting in a world where everyone has enough. We love to think of how this is how your ministry began – rejecting power over, and embracing power with...]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/prayers-for-the-week-of-february-22-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699ca2073633f91285edc54f</guid><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_42b21f8dd0c442eb826919dcf45ec910~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Good News is…  so good it catches us by surprise -- Matthew 4:1-11; John 2:1-11 (1st Sunday in Lent)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Good News is that God’s love for us in Jesus Christ catches us by surprise – because God always loves us and the whole world more. What Jesus does in his testing in the wilderness and at the wedding at Cana should catch us by surprise. It’s not the way the world works – but it points us to the way the world ought to be.]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/the-good-news-is-so-good-it-catches-us-by-surprise-matthew-4-1-11-john-2-1-11-1st-sunday-in-l</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699c9600f1d815afdb205bd6</guid><category><![CDATA[Sermons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_60252acb3c474961a8b0e5d05dbcf74e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayers for the Week of February 8, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Please feel free to join us in praying the prayers prayed in worship Sunday, February 8, 2026: Loving God, from the very beginning until now, you desire for this world for all creation – that we be healthy and whole, that we live at peace, and in justice, that all creation be free. For that desire and that intention, we give you thanks and praise. Help us align ourselves with your good and loving will for the world.   In the midst of a hurting world, we bring to you the concerns of our...]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/prayers-for-the-week-of-february-8-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69892ff20c9b54090fe3bb4b</guid><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:57:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_21d7e0718200448b911caad7e1e45833~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[And He Sat Down to Teach -- Matthew 5:11-20 (5th Sunday After Pentecost)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jesus teaches us how to be fully human, and then invites us to be salt and light for the world.]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/and-he-sat-down-to-teach-matthew-5-11-20-5th-sunday-after-pentecost</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698a22a441590511a343ee6d</guid><category><![CDATA[Sermons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_b9bab92d9a5b4ca7be87f387383467cf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A World Full of Blessing -- Matthew 5:1-12 (4th Sunday After Epiphany)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Beatitudes describe how God is infusing the world with good. They give us a lens – that draws us into a vision –that comes to life in the lives we live. What we learn with Jesus is nothing less than how to be fully human.]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/a-world-full-of-blessing-matthew-5-1-12-4th-sunday-after-epiphany</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69839de9131f188df561b0ea</guid><category><![CDATA[Sermons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_31c914a99b8c4a01bfd9a0dda25b4d20~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Come and Ask, Come and See" -- John 1:35-42 (3rd Sunday After Epiphany), sermon and prayer practice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jesus invites us to ask questions – to seek understanding beyond what we know now;  to learn and grow; and to learn to live together in the complexity of the things we can’t yet comprehend.]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/come-and-ask-come-and-see-john-1-35-42-3rd-sunday-after-epiphany-sermon-and-prayer-practice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6977c5856b7a080e43d6ee87</guid><category><![CDATA[Sermons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_e5c46804f6f942d0a9e9f93632b6b974~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning from Our Mistakes -- Matthew 15:21-28 (2nd Sunday of Epiphany; MLK Sunday)]]></title><description><![CDATA[As part of the humanity we have in Jesus Christ, God gives us the capacity to learn from our mistakes, and help set the world right.]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/learning-from-our-mistakes-matthew-15-21-28-2nd-sunday-of-epiphany-mlk-sunday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696e762def9d90695c0be1e1</guid><category><![CDATA[Sermons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_9a1e0c3b605f4a0bbe6a47ca959d162f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayers for the Week of January 18, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Please feel free to join us in the prayers prayed in worship Sunday, January 18, 2026: Loving God, you created everything that is, your awesome and fabulous world. In love, you created the Earth – the mountains and seas, forests and deserts, all the creatures that crawl and fly and swim, you created us in the image of you, and called all you had made, “Good.” We celebrate your creation, and join you in naming it good. And as we celebrate, help us also be humble. Help us see ourselves as...]]></description><link>https://www.togetherweserve.org/post/prayers-for-the-week-of-january-18-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696fe39d7ec7696eebb6cfec</guid><category><![CDATA[Pastor's Blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf57cd_620d72b86d9646089ddde1b1cc35d150~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>