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When Life is Hard . . . (Pastor’s Epistle)

As I write this my heart is breaking for a family member who just got bad news, again. They’ve been seeing fertility specialists for years and have gone through many procedures that modern medicine indicates should lead to success. Fertility treatment is invasive, uncomfortable,...
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Pastor’s Epistle – “Seasons”

He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down. – Psalm 104:19As I write this, the Fall leaves have already started dropping from our trees. I love how our home is surrounded by a canopy of old and new-growth trees and a great variety of shrubs and...
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Pastors Epistle: The Sound of Silence

*Contemplating Psalm 62:5 and Matthew 7:13-14* Did you ever get a song stuck in your head or a tune that keeps popping up in your mind and you have no idea why? It begs for attention and so you lean into it, you stop fighting it and you release the tune into the atmosphere. This...
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Pastor’s Epistle: How Did I Get Here?

Do you ever wonder how you got to this place in your faith walk? How you came to develop your way of believing, the way you see church community fitting into your daily life, the way you think the churchshould make decisions, the way you allow your faith to influence the way you...
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“Rooted and Fruited”

As we enter into the Lenten season in this month of March, I am reminded anew how God has blessed me through you. I can see how you reflect Christ’s character and nature, and you seek to share God’s heart and love in real and tangible ways. I love how by surrendering to Christ,...
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Pastor’s Epistle: Just Keep Swimming

I’ll confess, I love little sayings and expressions that help me refocus whenever I’m in a pinch or when I don’t feel like moving forward. There is a movie I have really enjoyed called “Finding Nemo.” Within thismovie, there is a few characters within the story who help each...
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“Led By God: Burning Brightlyand Continually For Him”

As I write this, I look back at the Greeter article that I shared as we began this year of 2024. It was entitled, “We Are Church.” I suspect that I forget that, at times. Do you? As we go about our weekly routines and come back to the building on Sunday mornings, it allows...
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Pastor’s Epistle: “Stepping Out and Stepping Forward”

As we enter into the month of September, we see the choirs return for practice of ringing and singing;children and teens start a new school year; teachers and academic staff return from their break; graduatesmay be starting college, trade school, or a new job; fall sports have...
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God Sets Us in Families (Psalm 68:6)

The months of May and June grant us two specified days to officially recognize those people in our lives who have acted as a mother and father. This is a great time to remember to express our gratitude and show our love to the people who have invested in us. This does not have to...
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A Shared “Faith Dream”

I cannot believe we are entering March, and the Lenten season is here! Time flies by, whether we are purposeful and focused with the time God gives us, or not. We can’t stop time and I certainly don’t want to stop it, but I pray we are savoring and soaring within the time God...
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