It’s been one year (last March) since our “marriage” as pastor and congregation, here’s a few marriage anniversary chuckles. “I love you more than carbs but less than cheese!” “I love you. Thanks for killing all the spiders this year.” “If love is an amazing dream,...

Happy Valentine’s Day   Upcoming events in February and beyond: Sunday Feb. 5th - Job series 3 of 4 “Literary Treasure” also celebrating communion: The wisdom book of Job answers the question why bad things happen to good people, with rich content, structure, and...

The unfathomable mystery of God is that God is a lover who wants to be loved – Henri Nouwen What follows is excepts from a book I am writing “Wholy Wholeness.” Pastor Avery continued, “what if God is bound by not tampering with human free will yet doing everything...

As we enter the Advent (Christmas) season there’s a lot going on, with or without all of Santa’s reindeer… Upcoming events in December: Saturday, Dec. 3rd Cookie Walk 9 am to noon in fellowship hall: The Whitechapel Handbell Choir will be playing seasonal pieces in...

A cold “time out” can work wonders 29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Ephesians 4:29  Does our speech/language encourage others? Do...

Upcoming Events in October and Educational (teacher) Humor  Dinner/Dessert: If you weren’t available for dinner/dessert over the summer and you’d like to participate let us know, we’d (Synthea & I) would love to get together with you in October or whenever your...

Upcoming Events in September as we Reimagine Church Dinner/Dessert: If you weren’t available in August for dinner/dessert and you’d like to participate let us know, we’d (Synthea & I) would love to get together with you in September or whenever your available....

       Laughter is good medicine Pro. 17:22 Bad Hair Day? If we take ourselves too seriously, we tend to lose perspective. We may become rigid and tense – both physically and psychologically. Laughter itself has a healing effect. Laughter stimulates the brain to...

Upcoming events in July: Saturday, July 2nd - The Bargain Barn will be open from 9 am -1 pm as part of the downtown Farmer’s Market celebrating family fun day. Their will be a bouncy house set up from 8 – 1 pm on the Church Street side of FCC. Bring the kids,...