As I write this, the snow is coming down outside and it’s been coming down for almost 24 hours. The kids and dogs in the park are having a great time and my snowy-day instincts are kicking in. I grew up mostly in Idaho and Iowa. I lived for my young adult years in Chicago. Those are…

Jesus was no mathematician. Jesus helped us to understand the nature of God in relationship, as one person of the Trinity, one part of a triune God. One in three and three in one doesn't make sense according to our normal number sense. It only makes sense within the nature of God. Jesus' teachings are similar. Jesus…

"Give us this day our daily bread."  There it is right in the Lord's Prayer.  We do not live without sustenance. Is food then a human right? How then do so many go hungry in the world's richest country? Jesus said those words before the Last Supper, when he forever transformed the meaning of bread and wine.…

This Sunday is Bible Sunday where we will give Bibles to our 3-4th graders. It's also the week in our Foundations of Faith when we will talk about the Bible as Foundational. In each service, a congregation member will share a favorite Bible passage and explain why it is foundational for them. We'll also think about how the…

This Sunday is Youth Sunday.  Our youth will be leading worship and are excited to share about how one of the foundations of faith for them is community.  We were made to be in community.  We need people.  You need great relationships with people.  We all need one another, to give to and receive from.  To prepare look back…

We've just celebrated the coming of the Christ Child. We have welcomed the gifts of the God-made-Human baby in our midst. And now we hear these words from the book of Matthew, that the baby grew up and told us to become like a child. Different from being childish or being a baby about things, we'll think…

As the New Year begins, let's begin this season with a blessing and a prayer . . . . The God of all creation continually bless and guide us as God seeks to make all things new. May this new year and the God who guides it bring hope to our hearts, focus to our minds, and…

This Sunday is the fourth week of Advent. It seems like it's Christmas already but we have one more Sunday of preparing the way. There's one more Sunday in our season of walking slowly, deliberately, and spiritually, or of being reminded of the invitation to slow down. Since Pastor Brad will not be with us, Rev. Dr.…

This Sunday the focus will shift from the Cantata and Pageants of last week. We will turn back and focus on the journey taken by a young girl; a young girl who was no more than fourteen years old. She was chosen, set apart, lifted up, but why? To a great extent she had to have been…

This Sunday join us for three events that tickle the senses and help prepare the way for Christmas!  Come see the Christmas Pageant at the 9:00am service and come hear the Christmas Cantata at the 11:00am service.  Following both services come taste and touch at the United Methodist Women's Bake and Craft Sale which raises money for mission projects.  Smelling is optional.