Pastor’s Message: March 13, 2020 (Updated)

CHECK OUR MID-WEEK UPDATE FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 A MESSAGE FROM REV. J.C. AUSTIN: IMPORTANT UPDATES As I write this important update to all of you, I can’t help but wonder what will be different by the time you read it. Things are changing very quickly in the world...

Pastor’s Message: March 6, 2020

A MESSAGE FROM REV. J.C. AUSTIN “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-discipline” (2 Timothy 1:7) I’m starting this pastoral message with that verse because I want to talk about our preparations for and responses to the...

Pastor’s Message: Feb. 28, 2020

A MESSAGE FROM REV. J.C. AUSTIN: A Deeper Practice In my Ash Wednesday sermon this week, I talked about how the purpose of spiritual disciplines is to help orient our hearts towards God, to seek the treasure of our lives in God’s presence with us, and purpose for us....

Pastor’s Message: Feb. 21, 2020

MESSAGE FROM REV. SUE BENNETCH: “For dust you are…” Next Wednesday, Feb. 26 is the beginning of Lent, a season of fasting and prayer.  In the Christian tradition it begins with Ash Wednesday,  which was officially recognized in the church in the 13th century, a 40 day...

Pastor’s Message: Feb. 14, 2020

A MESSAGE FROM REV. J.C. AUSTIN: Youth in Action “What’s going on with youth ministry these days?” I’ve heard several versions of this question recently, and this is a good time to answer it! Over the past few months, we’ve been living into the experiment that our...