by Carol Burns | Dec 11, 2021
We have planned an exciting and meaningful calendar of events for our Advent season, and invite you to join us: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28: first Sunday in AdventCombined Worship Service at 10 a.m. in the Kirk Centerfollowed byAdvent Festival & Hanging of the Greens at...
by Carol Burns | Dec 10, 2021
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: A WELCOMING CHURCH Our theme for this Advent has been “Close to Home,” and this Sunday we will be considering what exactly it means to have a “full house,” a church where there is both enough room and enough welcome for any and all...
by Carol Burns | Dec 5, 2021
Listen By The Lindsey Altvater Clifton We are all familiar with the preciousness of bedtime rituals—we read and sing to children and tuck them in with sweet words: “Good night, sleep tight, sweet dreams…I love you.” And even as grown-ups, we often crawl...
by Carol Burns | Dec 4, 2021
Saturday, December 11 5-7 p.m. Kirk Center This Advent, FPCB lifts up the theme of homecomings, emphasizing “home” in its definition as refuge, and sanctuary. The second annual Advent Spiral Walk elicits memories of homecomings that evoke an authentic sense of...
by Carol Burns | Dec 3, 2021
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: LOOKING FOR THE ‘TREATS’ Like many people, we have a tradition of using an Advent calendar in my family to mark the progress of days of Advent and the approach of Christmas. Our tradition is not what has become the most common way...