Letter from the Pastor – May 2025
Dear Church, Well, we just celebrated another Easter Sunday. Easter Sunday is, of course, regarded as the most well attended Sunday services of the year. And, because Easter was so […]
Dear Church, Well, we just celebrated another Easter Sunday. Easter Sunday is, of course, regarded as the most well attended Sunday services of the year. And, because Easter was so […]
Dear Church, As part of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) we take part in the sacrament of communion each Sunday. During the invitation to communion each week you will […]
Dear Church, When you receive this edition of The AveNews we will be just a few days away from the beginning of Lent. Lent being the six-week period leading up […]
Dear Church, By the time this letter reaches your inbox, it will be just about two weeks since Inauguration Day ushered in the beginning of a new Presidential administration. In […]
Dear Church, When I was in seminary I wrote a sermon about New Year’s resolutions, based on the story of Jesus calling his first disciples in Matthew 4: 12-23. The […]
Dear Church, I hope this month’s newsletter finds you well. I hope it finds you taking a well-deserved rest, enjoying whatever it is you need from this holiday weekend. I […]
Dear Church, Last month I offered some reflections on the book Letters to the Church: Encouragement and Engagement for the 2020 Election by William Kincaid. Written four years ago, the […]
Hello Church, Last week I started re-reading the book Letters to the Church: Encouragement and Engagement for the 2020 Election by William Kincaid (a former seminary professor of mine). As […]
Dear Church, During a recent sermon, we talked about how we can best approach some of the big challenges in our lives, and I shared a quote from the book […]
Dear Church family, During the month of August, the lectionary -our guide through worship during the church year- takes us through the story of King David, and I will be […]