Events Serve Announcements Give Guest Pastor: Sue Ellis Melrose We welcome back the Rev. Dr. Sue Ellis Melrose.  Retired from full-time ministry, she is currently serving part-time as the Committee on Ministry Coordinator for John Knox Presbytery.  She has served as pastor of churches in the Bronx, New Jersey, and Michigan and post-retirement service as part-time interim for … [Read more...]

Events Serve Announcements Give Bother Me Any Time As most of you know, for the “gap time” since Interim Pastor Glen’s retirement and incoming, new Senior Pastor Will’s first Sunday, September 8, while Pastor Sue Melrose is our Session Moderator, I have been asked to be “in charge of the day-to-day.”  To have a pastor in the office, I’m trying to be physically present a greater … [Read more...]

Events Serve Announcements Give What is God’s view on the poor? This question was posed to our high school mission team last week while in Milwaukee for our mission trip that was in partnership with an organization called City on a Hill.  This is a question that can be uncomfortable for many due to the complexities, prejudices, assumptions, and more that come from views on the poor … [Read more...]

Events Serve Announcements Give Guest Pastor: Rev. Loren Shellabarger Rev. Dr. Loren Shellabarger is an ordained Presbyterian PC(USA) Pastor serving for the last 13 years in the Midwest. Loren is a ‘third career’ Pastor, having served as an Instructor Pilot in the US Air Force for four years from 1988-1992 and as a project and people manager for various companies, including Texas … [Read more...]

Events Serve Announcements Give Thankful Reflections Whatever happens,those who have learnedto love one anotherhave made their wayto the lasting world and will not leave,whatever happens--Wendell Berry Sabbaths I 1998 Simply put, I am grateful to God for this time we got to walk together.  I am grateful to God that your search for an Interim … [Read more...]