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As the season turns to Autumn, I am reminded of Parker Palmer’s reflections on Autumn: “Faced with the inevitable coming of winter, what does nature do in Autumn? It scatters the seeds that will bring new growth in the spring- and scatters them with amazing abandon.” I attended a conference recently and listened to our […]

This Sunday we will begin this Bible study of the Gospel of John and see where it takes us. This Sunday we will explore the four gospels to see which Jesus is the one we are seeking to follow. Each of the gospel writers utilized a platform from which their ideas of Jesus spring. The […]

At the beginning of the Bible it states, “There was darkness over the face of the deep, and God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light!” But I’m a “Dreamer” who has paid for my education, gotten a job and created a life here after my parents brought me as a baby to […]

This Sunday and in the months to come, we will examine the Gospel of John. The gospel will be split into multiple parts beginning with the power of both word and light. Throughout the series we will go, at least a bit, to Hollywood and the lights, the cameras, and particularly the action. It is […]

During this our third and final week with the Wesleyan understanding of grace, I want to share with you a poem written by our own Bob Olson. Grace Grace is God’s gift of love Unfailing redemption “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us” This Christian challenge Is to be like […]

In this first month with you, I’ve learned a lot about you. I’ve met many of you and had a chance to learn from you what some of your priorities are for the life of our congregation. I appreciate you letting me learn from you and listen to you and grow with you. One of […]

While Pastor Brad is on vacation, we will have three weeks to consider grace at work in our lives and in the church. We’ll use Scripture from the book of Acts and look at the various ways that God’s grace acts in the lives of God’s people. We’ll also connect with our Wesleyan heritage and […]

This Sunday I’ll be doing interviews about where we find our answers. It will involve a few questions asked of some of our more profound alternative intelligences; resources like Siri, Alexa, and maybe one or two others. They can help us with our lists, goals, and even motivation. They can give us answers to questions, […]

This Sunday we will examine what our shoes say about us; what they saw about our fashion sense, the society in which we live, the culture that surrounds us, and even a bit about our cultural background.  We will even explore the roles shoes take in our lives.  There is more to our shoes than […]

The sanctuary was filled with a lot of excitement with over 120 children and 70+ volunteers throughout the week at this year’s Vacation Bible School. We discovered that when we get our strength from God, we too can be super heroes. We started the day in Opening Assembly singing songs and learning our hero codes […]