Chuck Swindoll in his book “Finishing Touch” writes, “Surprises come in many forms and guises: some good, some borderline amazing, some awful, some tragic, some hilarious. But there’s one thing we can usually say - surprises aren’t boring.” Today we focus on one of the greatest...
Welcome to the last of our Advent Wednesday services, and thank you for sticking with us on these mid-weeks – it isn’t easy, with everything else that’s going on in your lives, to devote some time to worship. Remember Red Light/Green Light, the game when you...
This day you will hear some of that wonderful Christmas music I do believe we all appreciate. Our Choir Director Roger Hicks has prepared a presentation including everything but a choir – sadly, in this Covid era, we all thought it best not to have...
Advent is the season of hope, and the season of repentance. Our altar Paraments have changed over the years for the season of Advent. Remember they used to be purple which is the sign of repentance. But now they are blue, the color of hope. In...
Mark starts from the beginning. Pretty appropriate, right? Here are his first words: The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. So what, after all, is the gospel? Simply this: the good news. What good news? That we are justified through faith, by...
Welcome to the first of our three Wednesday Advent services. These are intended to be short, without communion, but with prayer, hymns, and we pray introspection as we together walk through this season of preparation. You’ll notice O Come, O Come, Emmanuel often in this...
God spoke so often through Isaiah. He prophesied the destruction of Israel, His people, who had strayed from worship of the one true God, and ignored His laws. God spoke Law through Isaiah, and He also, as He always does, spoke Gospel through Isaiah to...
In recent years activists of all sorts have been at work changing the perception of Thanksgiving. Native Americans have instituted a gathering at Plymouth Rock to commemorate the indigenous lives lost in the European “invasion.” If you search the “real” history of Thanksgiving you’ll see...
Our readings this day describe an arc. Beginning with Ezekiel speaking God’s words into a lost world, through Paul’s reassurance of the historical fact of resurrection and its meaning for us, concluding with Jesus speaking in Jerusalem of His righteous judgement, we read of God’s...
Do you have any talents? I’ll bet you do. Maybe you were born with a musical talent – in that case, I’m envious. Languages. I know some folks who just seem to be adept at picking up languages – not something I can do. So...