Announcements Events Serve Give Astonished Hearts Maybe it is the gift when the year turns, but during Advent, I tend to reflect on what has happened in the past, pray for guidance and strength to face what life holds and give thanks to God for my wife, my family, my friends and you all. I am still astonished that God has called me to minister with and among you. Here is my … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give The Music of Advent For me, the Advent Christmas season has always been filled with stirring music. As an adult, I look forward to taking out and playing my beloved Christmas CDs. I wait all year for that moment. As a teenager, I sang a verse of “We, Three Kings of Orient Are” while marching down the long aisle in our annual Christmas pageant. I, then, … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give The Echo of 'Yes' “No wind at the window, no knock on the door; No light in the lamp stand, no foot on the floor; No dream born of tiredness, no ghost raised by fear: Just an angel and a woman and a voice in her ear.”(No Wind at the Window- John Bell © 1992 The Iona Community) “All of human history boils down to the acquiescence of a young woman,” someone … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Healing Service During this Christmas season, a lot of feelings– both tender and distressing– can bubble up inside of us. That is normal, inevitable, human. Since FPC is a community of healing, this Sunday, we are invited to bring these feelings before God. Right after our 10am worship service, in our chapel is when we will hold a service for Healing and … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give What is it about the Advent Season that tugs at our heart? I know that most of the world calls this time of year “the Christmas Season”,  yet we Christians know better. We know that on the first Sunday in Advent, (December 3) the church calendar flips, and we begin a “New Year”.  We are just so out of step with the commercialized, … [Read more...]