Category: Minister’s Blog

Join us this Sunday for our VBS celebration service. Our VBS participants will be sharing songs and what they learned during our time together on Friday and Saturday. Please also join us for a meal after the service. Hope to see you Sunday!

We conclude our People of Resurrection series this Sunday with “Resurrected to Be Filled.” As we anticipate Pentecost on June 9, we will consider what it means to be filled with the Spirit of God. In light of what happened on the day of Pentecost, we will consider what the Holy Spirit empowers us to do and what that means for us today as a church in light of the transition we are about to go through. I hope you will join us for worship at 10:00.

This Sunday, we consider how we are “Resurrected to Love.”  Love is a word that is thrown around frequently within the church.  But it is not something we often consider closely to determine what that word looks like in real life, what it means for our actions and the way we interact with others.  We will examine the account of Jesus healing a man living among the tombs.  And we will consider how we, like Jesus, can reach out in love to meet people where they are to bring God’s healing power.

This Sunday we continue our “People of Resurrection” series with “Resurrected to Get Up.”  Many times, things happen in our lives which take away our zeal for life, events which prevent us from being willing to do the things we used to do.  We will consider the story of Tabitha and see how the power of resurrection strengthens us to get back up, to move forward and fulfill God’s purpose for our lives. We will also be having a baptism during our worship service.  Hope to see you all Sunday!

We continue our series “People of Resurrection” this Sunday with “Resurrected to Sing.”  Many of us are faithful to pray for what we need and even to pray for the needs of others.  But it is easy for us, when those prayers are answered, when God has seen us through a storm, to just keep moving.  Although we are grateful for God’s intervention, we don’t often pause in the wake of that event to sing, to offer praise.   We will examine the song of Moses after the Israelites experience the parting of the Red Sea, and we will see how “singing” not only brings us closer to God, but also brings others closer as well.

This Sunday we begin a new series of sermons entitled “People of Resurrection.” Having entered the Easter season, we need to be reminded that we are Easter people. That in those times in our lives when we think there is nowhere to go, that we have reached a dead end in our lives, God surprises us with a way forward into possibility. We begin this week with “Resurrected to Follow.” We will look at the story of Saul’s conversion and consider how God calls us to put aside our hesitations and claim our discipleship. Join us for worship at 10:00 and for a potluck afterwards.

There are several worship opportunities in our congregation for Holy Week.  Our Maundy Thursday service begins at 7 p.m.  We will remember the upper room experience with a foot washing service and communion followed by a Tenebrae service.  This service dates back to the 4^thcentury and centers on remembering the events leading to the crucifixion of Jesus.  The following day, we will host the community Good Friday service, also at 7 p.m.  And on Sunday, we will have a special Easter Sunday worship service at 10 a.m.  I hope you will join us for these memorable and meaningful reminders of the sacrifice of Jesus and the promise of resurrection.

This Sunday we examine our last “Gift of the Dark Wood.”  Until this point in our series, we have been considering our ability to find God’s path for us in life from the perspective of us as individuals.  We have seen it from the view that it is as individuals we find ourselves in the Dark Wood, and each of us must find our own way through it.  But in light of the difficulties and challenges we encounter in the Dark Wood, it is not advisable to walk alone.  It is much easier to get lost without the aid of companions.  And it is often through them that we see our clearest glimpses of the kingdom of heaven.  Join us as we examine the Gift of Misfits during our worship service at 10:00.

This Sunday we continue our Advent series by examining the theme of peace.  Again, we will turn to prophecies of a coming king in the book of Isaiah. There we find a powerful metaphor for God’s care and providence.  And through this metaphor we understand the reason we are able to find peace in God regardless of our circumstances – a peace which is remembered with the ornaments each family is invited to take home.  We hope to see you on Sunday for worship at 10:00.

This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. This year during Advent we will be exploring more deeply the meaning behind the Advent candles we light – the themes of hope, peace, joy, and love. Using familiar passages from the book of Isaiah, we will see what it means to claim each of these things with the coming of Christ. Each Sunday, every household will also be invited to take an ornament representing hope, joy, peace, and love home with them. My hope is that by taking these home, the ornaments will serve as a reminder of the hope, joy, peace, and love we experience in God both this year and in years to come. I hope you will join us for each Sunday of this Advent season.