It's all about love

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WHY HILLSIDE?

We are a school of love, learning to practice the teachings of Jesus together.

We build that love through worship that draws on the deepest insight of the Christian scriptures, service that puts us face to face with neighbors in need, and formation opportunities that invite you to bring your full self – doubts and all – and come to your own conclusions.

Love is the deepest truth of your life, and practicing it is how you become who you’re meant to be.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN WORSHIP

Summer in the Psalms

The Psalms have been the church’s prayer book for three thousand years, and they got the job by refusing to pretend. Over four Sundays we’ll pray four very different psalms: awe under a sky too big for us, trust through the dark valley, thanksgiving for what we barely survived, and, yes, one Sunday of raw rage, because the Psalms give us permission to bring God even the prayers we’re ashamed of. Come pray the whole range with us.

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Chelsea Alexander - April 12, 2026

Deeds, Not Creeds

In this People's Sunday sermon, Hillside member Chelsea Alexander takes up the passage from James that asks a deceptively simple question: if faith doesn't show up in how you treat people, what exactly is it? Drawing on Martin Luther King Jr.'s writing about the gap between what we profess and what we practice, Chelsea argues that love isn't primarily a feeling or a belief — it's what you do when someone drops something, needs a seat on the T, or is standing outside in the cold. This is a sermon about the small, unglamorous actions that constitute a living faith, and why, especially right now, they matter more than we think.

Scripture References: James 2:14-26

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