When I was 10 years old, I began experimenting with baking and trying my hand at cooking. I was not experienced and certainly didn’t always have common sense to question my reading of the recipes I followed. The first thing I ever baked on my own was banana bread. I used my mother’s hand-written recipe … [Read more…]
As a parent now, I have come to understand the definition of love, joy, and motherhood very differently than I used to, which means when I think of celebrating Mother’s Day, I understand it as honoring more than just the act of having given birth. Mother’s Day is about the love of mothers and that … [Read more…]
Join us on May 23rd for our traditional Pentecost worship service! We will lighting candles and here the stories of the Apostles as we celebrate the presence of the Holy Spirit in the world. When: Sunday May 23rd, 10AM Where: Church Sanctuary and on Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88440646436?pwd=REEzdGVlVVhFNTFwMkZSMHlpU29LZz09
Join us for our Zoom Fall Bible Study! We will be studying the 2nd letter from Paul to the Corinthians. Come and find the relevent life lessons from the earliest Christians and how to have faith in the midst of the chaos of the world. You can join us on Thursday nights at 7PM from … [Read more…]
When I was a child it didn’t take much to scare me. I was scared of the dark, the woods after dark, the family dog (the meanest dog you’d ever meet), Freddy Kruger (thanks to my older brothers), and vampires. I remember very clearly I had slept over my friend’s house one night and when … [Read more…]
Join us on September 17th for the start of our online Zoom study of Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians. Come and find community and learn about the history of the early Christian Church, find hope, learn about God, and humanity. Come for one class or all classes. All you need is a Bible and … [Read more…]
One day when I was a preschool teacher, I had a little boy in my class who was sitting at circle time and he interrupts attendance to make an announcement. “My grandpa died.” I said “Oh that’s very sad. I’m sorry to hear that.” I was trying to tread very carefully because his family were … [Read more…]
When I was around 10 years old, I would spend my afternoons after school at my Great Grandma Standish’s house. Her house was walking distance of my parent’s home and sometimes I would just walk there from the school bus stop. I remember one day vividly. I was sitting at her kitchen table that was … [Read more…]
If you had to define a Christian to someone, what words would you use? (Invite congregation to help) When Bill and I first started dating, my father-in-law had a very specific idea of what a Christian was based on his experiences as a Jewish man. And I must say his views were not flattering. Yet … [Read more…]
Our Acts reading gets to the point of what the early church and those earliest believers were to look like. It is almost a utopian society for those of the early church. They shared all possessions, all things, they did not act in mere human ways, but always with the Spirit. This was the hope … [Read more…]
