Christmas Services

Sunday, Dec. 11: 5:30-7:00 Youth Christmas Party Bring a white elephant gift! Sunday, Dec. 11: 11am:  Christmas Pageant   Sunday, Dec. 18: 11am: Lessons & Carols Wednesday, Dec. 21: 6:30-7:30 Quiet Christmas Saturday, Dec 24: Christmas …

Enjoy Your Life

Saint Paul’s! There’s a few songs that I know are total cheese and I yet I still love them. I’m a sucker for Neil Diamond. Katie hates him. She just …

Walking in the Wilderness

This is an excerpt from my wife’s sermon (Kate), this past Sunday. It was so thoughtful and well written, I’d like to share it. Enjoy. ________________________________________________________________________________ You may already know …

Curse Your Branches

Our Music Minister, Cliff Thompson, penned a very well written reflection of God, Church, and Music. I enjoyed it. I think you will too. Cliff is essentially taking time to describe why …

The Commonly Beautiful

  John Burroughs was a lover of nature and essayist, writing in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. In things that we drive by and are quickly bored with, he found …

Keep Talking!!!!!

By December 20, 1860 South Carolina had seceded. By early January, Virginia was about to do the same. Everyone knew that the most capable man to lead the Union Army …

Apples & Eden

There’s a family in the church that has been reading through Genesis and they asked some great questions about God. One of the best was, (and I’m paraphrasing a little), …

Advent 3

My daughter tells me that some kids on her bus (it’s always “some kids”) have enjoyed singing a bunch of swearing songs. From what I can tell, these songs are all original pieces, improvised on …

Advent 2

Shame is born in us before we know what shame is.  I have a very competitive child. Always running to win something. Always trying to beat someone. And the truth is, …