Events Serve Announcements Give Marking a New Chapter Kings and Queens have coronations, presidents of colleges and countries have inaugurations, and pastors have installations. On October 13 at 2 P.M., John Knox Presbytery will formally install me as the pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Waunakee, WI. The installation service is much like a Sunday worship service but is more than … [Read more...]

Events Serve Announcements Give Singing the Faith “The [one] who sings, prays twice,” so said Augustine of Hippo (or Martin Luther, depending on who you ask). Indeed, when we sing the church's songs, we worship and pray. Thankfully, there is a variety of styles that we can engage in when singing the faith. My goal is to respect the different preferences in our congregation on this style … [Read more...]

Events Serve Announcements Give Lectio Continua As I mentioned on Sunday, I am preaching through the gospel of Mark from now until Easter. While I will not preach on every verse in Mark, I will preach from almost every chapter, except chapters 12 through 15. This method of preaching systematically through a book of the Bible is called Lectio Continua. Lectio Continua is not new but … [Read more...]

Events Serve Announcements Give Starting Anew Together Gardner C. Taylor, a well-known preacher of the 20th century, was once asked how many points a sermon ought to have. He fired back quickly: “At least one!”  You’ve called a preacher, so I've got three points I want to make in my first connector article. First, before I can say anything else, I must begin with a … [Read more...]

Events Serve Announcements Give A Very Big Transition Our community is just days away from a very big transition. Although you would be right to think of the exciting transition of Pastor Will beginning at FPC, that’s not the transition I have in mind. I am talking about the big transition of the thousands of students in our community, many of whom are part of our congregation will be … [Read more...]