Spring is in the air. New shoots are pushing up through the earth. Let’s get together to get our grounds back in shape for the season while we enjoy another plant‑forward spring potluck. A few hours of work pruning, clearing, and planting will make a big difference in making our gardens beds and grounds look their best and set all our plants up to thrive. We’ll gather on Sunday, April 26 from 12:30–4pm  for the potluck and Spring Awakening. We’ll break bread first and then br

After a long time coming, our building now sports a brand new, state of the art, fire alarm system. Over the past few years, Genesis has been taking an especially sober look at what’s holding up and what’s wearing out in our aging building. At our next Tri-Board meeting in June, we expect our congregations to formally approve the Reserve Investment Plan we’ve developed and to finalize its level and mechanism of funding. But before the RIP plan is sealed and delivered, a coupl

Late last fall, the ovens in the Social Hall kitchen stopped working. All four of them, almost at once. The stovetop range and a warming oven continued to limp along, but those alone were hardly going to cut it to host events around the holidays. (At least one of which was ultimately rescued by staff using residential ovens elsewhere in the building and schlepping food to the Social Hall.) The failure was not unexpected. Most of the commercial kitchen equipment dates to 1994.

Genesis board member and past president James Downward here shares his personal reflection on Bob Creal's leadership leading to the founding of Genesis.