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 […]
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Letter From the Pastor – April 2025
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 […]
Letter From the Pastor – March 2025
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 […]
Letter from the Pastor – February 2025
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 […]
Letter from the Pastor – January 2025
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 […]
Letter from the Pastor – December 2024
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 […]
Letter from the Pastor – November 2024
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 […]
Letter from the Pastor – October 2024
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 […]
Letter From the Pastor – September 2024
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 […]
Letter From the Pastor – August 2024
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 […]