Upcoming Events in March and Beyond: March 3rd Communion Sunday: The Last Supper of Christ as we move toward Holy Week at the end of the month. Human Condition sermon series: Unworthy. Confirmation class to follow worship service. March 6th Wednesday: Lenten bible...
A young woman was taking an afternoon nap. After she woke up, she told her husband, "I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace for Valentine's Day. "What do you think it means?" "You'll know tonight," he said. That evening, the man came home with a small...
Happy New Year! The speaker explained stress management to his audience by raising a glass of water and asking, "How heavy is this glass of water?" Answers called out ranged from half a pound to a pound. The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It...
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...