If we intend to keep growing our church, we had better be about the business of letting folks know that they’re welcome here, no matter who they are or where they are on life’s journey.
If we intend to keep growing our church, we had better be about the business of letting folks know that they’re welcome here, no matter who they are or where they are on life’s journey.
For now, as the minister of an Open and Affirming Church in the United Church of Christ, I’d like to add my voice to the chorus that says, “No, this should not have happened again.”
Trust Your Heart Matthew 14: 22–36 22Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24but by this time…
Don’t arrive at Easter thinking, “It felt like Lent barely even happened.” You deserve a better Lent!
Jesus is Present John 6:1–15 6After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. 3Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. 4Now…
Will you give up eating meat? Could you adopt a prayer practice? Will you join the Considering Forgiveness Workshop?
God can Still the Chaos Luke 8:22–25 22One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they put out, 23and while they were sailing he fell asleep. A windstorm swept down on the lake, and the boat…
This week, the theme of Worship and our Kid’s Church curriculum is “Jesus has the power to calm our fears.”
Unlikely Places Where Faith Shows Up Luke 7: 1 – 10 7After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. 2A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. 3When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders…
This Annual Meeting, Financial Resources used a narrative format to tell the story of how we wound up ahead of where we thought we’d finish last year.