January, 2022 Happy New Year, beloved in Christ! I hope that you all had a warm and safe Christmas! Thank you for the well wishes and kindness during this season. It was so wonderful to see so many of you over the Christmas holiday! As a church, we have a few exciting things for you [...]
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LOG December 2021
December, 2021 Beloved siblings in Christ, I love wrapping presents. Wrapping presents is one of those places where I can zone into the task at hand and make sure that it gets done beautifully with a bow on top. I was known as the present wrapper in my family. I wrapped the presents from me, [...]
LOG November 2021
November, 2021 Every November I think we hear the continuous chiming of ways to count our blessings, to know and remember all those things that we have been blessed with throughout the year. You might even have one of those stereotypical conversations around the table about what you happen to be grateful for over the [...]
LOG October 2021
We have officially reached the autumn. Trees are changing, things are beginning to die off or maybe go dormant preparing for the season to come. This time of year is also when you smell bonfires while driving down the road, and maybe you yourself have bought a bag of marshmallows or two. Bonfires have always [...]
LOG September 2021
It is that time of year where we begin to hear the jar flies start their last summer songs. I was always told that when you begin to hear these cicadas loudly, they were giving summer their last songs and welcoming the autumn and harvest seasons. There is a love for those late summer bugs, [...]
LOG July-August 2021
It has been a whole year since I had the privilege to meet and begin to work with you all in ministry. So, I suppose we could say Happy Anniversary! The amazing consistency of anniversaries are those touching points where we look back and see how far you have travelled in life in the past [...]
LOG June 2021
June 2021 The summer months are finally here! Which means we are getting to enjoy some hot weather, thunderstorms, and green trees. It is also very exciting to see that the summer months are bringing a slowing to the pandemic. For the first time in a long time, it has been exciting to hear voices [...]
LOG May 2021
May 2021 It has been over a year since I first interviewed with the Call Committee here, and this month will make a year since you voted as a congregation to call me as your pastor. It is amazing how quickly that time has passed and how many things we have done together in the [...]
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