by jbsamp | Apr 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Finished Holy Week As we continue on our Lenten journey together, we find ourselves preparing for Palm Sunday celebrations. Palm Sunday is a bit of an anomaly. We shout “Hosanna” and we experience that eager sense of anticipation as we look toward the joy of...
by jbsamp | Feb 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Rules of the Game “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.” ~Luke 6:36 There have certainly been a lot of games on TV lately! We had the World Series, the College Football National Championship, the Super Bowl, the Olympic games, and now we are coming up on...
by Angie Smith | Jun 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Jesus once spoke to a group of Jewish followers, people who were deeply entrenched in their heritage and tradition. He told them, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free” (John 8:31). He...
by Angie Smith | Jun 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
As the pandemic begins to subside – at least in the United States – the singular desire most often expressed is, “I can’t wait to get back to normal.” Yeah, let’s not do that. Let’s not go back to our naive assumption that we can live in our bubble of...
by Angie Smith | Apr 22, 2021 | Pastor's Blog, Uncategorized
It’s time to start thinking about what church will “look like” once we are able to return to some degree of normalcy. The fact of the matter, of course, is that nobody knows. No one knows who will have become so used to “virtual worship” (I’m not crazy about that...
by Angie Smith | Apr 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Bring them into the process By now everyone has had a chance to weigh in for the pastor search committee. With surveys, prayer meeting updates, emails, and Sunday School class conversations I think all the bases are covered. It is a bittersweet process. It’s always...
