Darcy Eads and Carolyn Shaw are connecting with our sister church, Placetas, in Placetas, Cuba, and their pastor and his wife each week to share one or two prayer concerns for Grace to lift up along with them praying for us. This week, they shared this joy, the children’s Christmas Eve pageant. They also asked […]
Monday, December 16, 2024, the Stated Session meeting, the Session received the Nominating Committee’s report for the members of the Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC): Mitzi Darmstetter, Kevin East, Bruce Gealy, Adam Lancelot, Janet Rhoads, Carolyn Shaw, and Ginny Vincent. The Session also called a Special Congregational meeting for Sunday, January 12, 2025, immediately following the […]
“Worshipping Our God of Unconditional Love (Together, in a Variety of Ways)” “Love Links Us To One Another and Others” – 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26, Luke 2:41-52 The Christ Candle is lit. The messiah of hope, peace, joy and love has entered the world. Humanity has been offered grace. The fourth century bishop of Hippo, […]
Happy New Year everyone. And I hope each of you has had an opportunity to reflect on all that happened in our world, nation, state, county, city, and most importantly in each of our lives. Yes, 2024 has gone, and 2025 is here. Like many of you, I examine where I have been and where […]
Worshipping Our God of Unconditional Love (Together, in a Variety Ways) “Love Wins” – Isaiah 9:2-7, Luke 2:1-20 Peter Wehner, an opinion writer for The New York Times, writes this about Philip Yancey’s book, What’s So Amazing About Grace? Wehner writes, In his book What’s So Amazing About Grace? Philip Yancey describes a conference on […]
