Announcements Events Serve Give The process in calling a New Pastor... Take 2. This past Tuesday, the PCUSA pastors gathered here at FPC for our monthly noon lunch together. It is a great time of connection. Pastor Susan came. Pastor Ben stopped and stayed. Ezra and Christa stopped by and got introduced. As an extra bonus, Reverend Stacy Cavanaugh, our … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give All Saints “From Earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast, through gates of pearl streams in the countless host” is a lush image from the hymn “For All the Saints”.  It describes the welcome all receive when we enter into the Church triumphant.  We sing this hymn on All Saint’s Day as we remember those who have died this … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Reformation Martin Luther, the faithful and learned Augustinian monk, did not mean to start a revolution the morning of October 31, 1517, when he calmly nailed 95 points of contention up on the door of the Castle Cathedral in Wittenberg Germany. All he wanted to do was to discuss some issues that bothered him. Because of that simple act, the world turned … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Brief Statement of Faith Some weeks ago, I suggested that we interact with part of the 1984 PCUSA Confession called the Brief Statement of Faith (BSoF). Here is the BSoF beginning part.  Please read it over (maybe even once a day for the next week?), circle the parts that make sense, pause, and let it sink … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give A blessing to others During the Children’s message on October 2, I handed each 5th/6th grader a $20 bill with no strings attached. I asked them to consider how they might spend that money. I told them (I think… that time is rather a blur in my mind) that the expectation for Jewish people of Jesus’ time is that they would give “the first … [Read more...]