Jul 25
2024
Pastor's Note
Following last week’s Family Gathering, I wanted to take this space to highlight a few areas where participation from the church is desired in the days ahead.
Subscribe to the RSS Feed
- Featured Posts
- All Posts
Who Belongs to the New Covenant?
I might be the only one, but sometimes I wish I had a little more time during the Sunday sermon! Or, more often, I sometimes wish I could redo parts of the sermon and add a little more clarity. If I could do either of those things, I might go back and clarify the distinction between those who baptize infants (paedobaptists), and those who do not (credobaptists, i.e. us), and how they differ in their understanding of the new covenant (the subject of Jeremiah 31:31-34).
Keep ReadingElder Update from April
The elders met for our regular monthly meeting on April 23. Administratively, we are starting our budgeting process. This usually takes several months and results in a recommended budget for the August 2026 through July 2027 budget year.
Keep ReadingChurch Membership & Discipline
On May 3rd we will be begin a six-week sermon series on church membership and discipline called "Holy Belonging." If I may be transparent, I am less excited now for this series than I was when we began 1 Samuel or jumped back into Romans. As a rule I generally prefer going through books of the Bible as opposed to topical or thematic series. And nobody wants to talk about church discipline. So why this series?
Keep ReadingYou Can't Put God in a Box
"You can't put God in a box." I don't know if you've heard that phrase, or even used it yourself. It is used essentially to say that God is mysterious in nature, and when we try to define Him with theological and doctrinal terms, we are creating inappropriate (or even wrong) boundaries and limitations on an infinite God. I understand the sentiment.
Keep ReadingNew Sunday School Classes
Sunday begins a new round of adult Sunday School classes, and I think we'll be ending the season on a high note! (We'll take a break from Sunday School in the summer.) Here are the three classes we're offering:
Keep ReadingElder Update from March
The elders met last Thursday for our regular monthly meeting. A couple of things that we would share with you:
Keep ReadingJul 18
2024
Pastor's Note
I regret I wasn’t able to be present last Sunday – just any Sunday I am gone, but especially following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Like many of you I continue to pray for our leaders; so I pray for him, I pray for our current president, and I pray for peaceful times.
Jul 11
2024
Pastor's Note
First, to whomever anonymously left me the lawn chair in the office – thank you! Gave me a great laugh, and a nice new lawn chair! Second, at last week’s prayer service we sang together and focused on the names and titles of Jesus given to us in Scripture. I was greatly encouraged by it, and wanted to pass along a few to you.
Jul 4
2024
Pastor's Note
Summer schedules are always a bit wonky. People go on vacation, people move, people visit. And, the normal course of ministries is generally altered or halted, so we lose some normal rhythms. In the midst of that, we often have summer events and take on planning meetings for the year ahead. Because of all this, it is easy for communication to be missed.