by Carol Burns | Aug 20, 2023
In November 2001, I traveled with my brother in Chile. I was a pastor in New York City at the time, and the cumulative weight of responding to the September 11 attacks was weighing heavily on our pastoral staff, so we each swapped out a week’s vacation to recover. I...
by Carol Burns | Aug 18, 2023
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: EXPANDING OUR LEADERSHIP As most of you know, one of the great blessings we have had as a congregation is the service of Cindy Simmons and Steve Simmons as “Parish Associates.” In the Presbyterian Church (USA), ordained Ministers...
by Carol Burns | Aug 11, 2023
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. LINDSEY ALTVATER-CLIFTON: LEARNING THE LANDSCAPE Greetings, friends! This Sunday, we have our last Linger & Learn of the summer. Following worship, we’ll be welcoming Pamela Cho, Vice President of Early Learning Resource Centers for...
by Carol Burns | Jul 30, 2023
When I was traveling in Turkey many years ago, I had the opportunity to attend the annual Turkish wrestling festival near Edirne, which is a smallish, non-descript town several hours west of Istanbul (near the border with Macedonia, Greece, and Bulgaria), with nothing...
by Carol Burns | Jul 21, 2023
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. LINDSEY ALTVATER CLIFTON: GROWTH AND COMMUNITY FPCB Friends, No matter what is going on in the world, hearing young people sing together always gives me a bit of hope that everything just might be OK. That was certainly the case this past...
