Happy New Year everyone. And I hope each of you has had an opportunity to reflect on all that happened in our world, nation, state, county, city, and most importantly in each of our lives.
Yes, 2024 has gone, and 2025 is here. Like many of you, I examine where I have been and where I want to go with my life when the calendar year changes. I do not make resolutions, but I do take a good look at the ...
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Worshipping Our God of Unconditional Love (Together, in a Variety Ways)
“Love Wins” – Isaiah 9:2-7, Luke 2:1-20
Peter Wehner, an opinion writer for The New York Times, writes this about Philip Yancey’s book, What’s So Amazing About Grace? Wehner writes,
In his book What’s So Amazing About Grace? Philip Yancey describes a conference on comparative religions where experts from around the world debated which belief, if any, was unique to the Christian faith. C.S. Lewis happened to enter the room during the ...
Continue Reading →Advent is about new beginnings. And on Christmas Eve we experienced the culmination of waiting and expecting. Yes, we began a deeper walk with the One who knows us the best and loves us the most.
Jesus came into the world, fully God and fully man. Jesus Christ brings salvation to us in order to reconcile all things to the Father.
Monday, December 16, 2024, at the Stated Session meeting, the Session received the Nominating Committee’s report for the members of the Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC): Mitzi Darmstetter, Kevin East, Bruce Gealy, Adam Lancelot, Janet Rhoads, Carolyn Shaw, and Ginny Vincent. The Session also called a Special Congregational meeting for Sunday, January 12, 2025, immediately following the 11:00 am Worship Service to elect the Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC) members and Paula Lancelot to the Deacon Class of 2027.
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“God’s Self Is All We Need” – Zephaniah 3:14-20, Luke 3:7-18
The Hope, Peace and Joy candles are lit. Advent ties the preparation for the birth of Jesus, to the climax of redemptive history with the Second Coming of Jesus. This Third Sunday of Advent focuses on the Joy candle. My friend Dr. Steve Hayner defined joy this way, “Joy is not about my circumstances, but rather about being held ...
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