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, (November 27th this year) the church calendar flips, and we begin a “New Year.” We are just so out of step with the commercialized, … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give A Meditation One of my favorite spiritual writings is a meditation from Brother Roger who was the founder of the Protestant Monastery of Taize in Taize, France. Here is what he wrote in 1972 as part of his annual letter (I urge you to read it slowly, over the course of several days in order to allow his wisdom to sink into you. Maybe even … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give The process in calling a New Pastor... Take 2. This past Tuesday, the PCUSA pastors gathered here at FPC for our monthly noon lunch together. It is a great time of connection. Pastor Susan came. Pastor Ben stopped and stayed. Ezra and Christa stopped by and got introduced. As an extra bonus, Reverend Stacy Cavanaugh, our … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give All Saints “From Earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast, through gates of pearl streams in the countless host” is a lush image from the hymn “For All the Saints”.  It describes the welcome all receive when we enter into the Church triumphant.  We sing this hymn on All Saint’s Day as we remember those who have died this … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Reformation Martin Luther, the faithful and learned Augustinian monk, did not mean to start a revolution the morning of October 31, 1517, when he calmly nailed 95 points of contention up on the door of the Castle Cathedral in Wittenberg Germany. All he wanted to do was to discuss some issues that bothered him. Because of that simple act, the world turned … [Read more...]