Newsletter! Yay!
It's still technically March as this is going up. Anyway, here's lots of news and points of interest! Click the link to download. 2021 March Newsletter.docx
Regarding the Storming of the U.S. Capitol
The following was sent to the congregation on January 7, 2021. Beloved in Christ, Yesterday I was stunned, as I'm sure you were, to watch as a mob breached the United States Capitol in [...]
Online Christmas Eve Service of Lessons and Carols
In 1918 the world was in the grip of a global pandemic. On Christmas Eve that year, one church offered a simple service where the Christmas story was proclaimed in nine scripture lessons with carols [...]
Blue Christmas Service for the Weary Soul
photo by elly fairytale for pexels.com For most people and in most years, Christmas is a "joy time." There are lots of parties, bright lights, cheerful carols, festive decorations, and gatherings of friends [...]
PneuMatrix Team Reflections
A team of our church members has been participating in a program from PneuMatrix, a consulting company that works with congregations and church governing bodies, teaching them about adaptive change and leadership. We've been at [...]
A Letter from the Pastor, June 2020
Beloved in Christ, Garrison Keilor used to say on A Prairie Home Companion, “It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my home town.” Well, not around here these days! It’s been anything but quiet, [...]
Prayer Service Tonight, June 3, at 6:00 p.m.
Beloved in Christ, Our nation is in real turmoil, as you surely know. The "original sin of the United States," systemic racism, has brought us to a boiling point once more. People are protesting in [...]
Holy Week Worship Services 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed how we are working as a church, as a society, and as global citizens. In spite of all the hardships and suffering caused by the disease, we continue to [...]
Virtual Worship on Zoom, Sunday, March 22, 11:00 a.m. EDT
Due to the ongoing pandemic, we will again offer worship on the zoom.us platform this coming Sunday. The worship service will include liturgy, scripture, a sermon, and prayers, and will last 30-40 minutes. You can [...]
Flattening the Curve
Beloved in Christ,This will be a long note, so thanks in advance for sticking with it. Back in the Day Do you remember what was going on back in 1999? We were surrounded by stories [...]