Upcoming Schedule & Events in December: Saturday, Dec. 2nd - Cookie Walk 9 am to noon in fellowship hall: The Genesis and Whitechapel Handbell Choirs will be playing seasonal pieces in the sanctuary following the cookie walk at noon. Sunday, Dec. 3rd -...
Let’s Be Lifetime Learners I wanted to share a book from my doctorate reading list. “A Gift to Love: Sermons from strength to love and other preachings” by Martin Luther King. Jr. (2012). King the great a civil rights leader was first and always a pastor, as he...
Practicing Patience & Grace There was a teacher who was helping one of her kindergarten students put his boots on. He asked for help and she could see why. With her pulling and him pushing, the boots still didn't want to go on. When the second boot was...
Healing We’ve been studying the New Testament book: Acts of the Apostles, one of “Acts” is to heal the broken in the name of Jesus. Keep in mind that in some way or other we are all broken, this is one of the many reasons for the church, a place of peace, with a...
Prayer We’ve been studying the 5 early church practices from Acts 2:38 & 42. The Apostles teaching (Bible), Fellowship (Community – Hawaiian Luau), Communion, Baptism & Prayer. A little boy was kneeling beside his bed with his mother and grandmother and...
Faith, Trust & Hope “Once all the villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer, all the people gathered, but only one boy came with an umbrella. That is faith.” Does our faith show (like an umbrella)? “When you throw a baby up in the air, they laugh...
Fred and his wife Edna went to the state fair every year. Every year Fred would say, "Edna, I'd like to ride in that there airplane." And every year Edna would say, "I know Fred, but that airplane ride costs ten dollars, and ten dollars is ten dollars." One year Fred...
Four high school boys afflicted with spring fever skipped morning classes. After lunch they reported to the teacher that they had a flat tire. Much to their relief she smiled and said, "Well, you missed a test today so take seats apart from one another and take out a...
Why Holy week? Why does Jesus have to die? There are multifaceted pieces to the most important week in our Judeo-Christian faith. Easter cannot happen without Good Friday, which is preceded and given meaning by the Last Supper (New Covenant in Jesus blood) that we...