'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you or naked and gave you clothing And the king will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.' Matthew ...
This Advent season, beginning November 30, is from "A Sanctified Art" and it's titled: "What do you fear." The creator's description is: "Luke's Gospel begins the story of Jesus with this opening line: "In the time of Herod..." This detail may seem minor to modern readers, however, it reveals layers of information about the fearful world Jesus ente...
Faith family members are critical in our lives. Pastor David and I have experienced this first hand for our children. Having served in congregations that are distant from blood relatives, our children have had multiple church grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. The members of the faith communities have stepped up and partnered with us on carin...
There were twelve requests for funds from the Endowment Fund third quarter, amounting to more than we had to give out. But the Church Leadership Team decided to assist these requests from other funds at the church and the following wonderful projects will therefore be funded shortly: Endowment Grant funded the following projects: - tuition sup...
With the retirement of Jessica Potts in November and Laurie Sykes in December, staffing and staffing configurations are changing. Lindsay Raymond has been hired as interim bookkeeper. This may become a permanent position once staffing has been reconfigured. Because of the major staffing changes, it was decided to postpone resuming the pastoral inte...