Thoughts
from Pastor Derek
Love + Pray + Gather + Serve
We’ve never done it that way before...
A member recently asked me if I was going to “remain neutral” when we discuss the pew/chair topic. They made it clear they expected me to. They also suggested the Leadership Team should remain silent. Such an idea blows my mind…
A different Lenten practice
Lent begins on February 14 this year…which also happens to be Valentine’s Day. So maybe you’ll join us for Ash Wednesday worship, and then take a loved one to dinner.
The meaning of “Epiphany”
As we relax following all our preparations for Christmas, and before we start to do it all over again for Easter, the church sets her sights on Epiphany…a much neglected season. And here’s a funny thing…
Theme for 2024: Show us Jesus
As we flip our calendars to December we also enter the season of Advent and a new Church Year cycle. There are two things I want to discuss as we do that
The Season of Reformation & Christ the King
I mentioned a couple months ago that we’d be using the Red Paraments more. We used them for a couple extra weeks in the spring as we focused on the work of the Holy Spirit among us.
Friends of Jesus
In John 15:15 Jesus says: “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.”