What are your Christmas traditions? Those foods, events, music, books that evoke a sense of the season for you? Some are shared by many: decorating the Christmas tree, singing carols, the giving and receiving of presents. Others are unique to families. One friend of...
Most Wednesday mornings at 9:30, you can find me on the chancel steps in our beautiful sanctuary leading chapel with some of our Weekday Preschool students. We follow a very predictable routine (because that’s what is best for the children). We say a repeat-after-me...
The Christmas story has an inn and a stable. One is located on the street; the other is out back. One is lit, decorated, and worthy of important visitors. The other sits dark, silent, and used for those things the inn keeper wants out of sight. Both are vivid...
In the Season of Advent, we look forward to Christmas and remember the story of Christ’s birth. We learn in the gospels about Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem for the census when it was time for Jesus to be born. With no room in the inn, they were desperate for...
I’ve noticed as of late that folks have been a little unfiltered, quick to press the send or post button. Is this just in my world or are you experiencing this, too? Some of these messages come from regular sources, others arrive out of left field with a subject line...
Each November, the season of thanksgiving calls us to reflect upon the gifts which we have been given that in turn we may give to others. This year, we are celebrating the 200th anniversary of First Presbyterian Church, and reflecting upon the gifts this community of...
I know, I know, it seems an odd theme for Advent. If we’d left off the question mark, all would be well. But I am not sure that kind of conclusive sentiment would have felt truthful this year. Aren’t we all a bit unmoored this year? Unsure of what might come at us...
As we prepare to make our financial commitment to the ministries of our church, I want to begin by saying thank you to the 473 individuals and families who made a pledge this year. Thanks to your generosity, with God’s help and the power of the Holy Spirit, our...
Our annual campaign theme is 200 Years of Blessings: Imagine What Comes Next. Sue Cole from the Stewardship Committee shares her story. In thinking about my favorite blessings from First Presbyterian Church, two very different but extremely important personal events...
Our annual campaign theme is 200 Years of Blessings: Imagine What Comes Next. Dan Kerns from the Stewardship Committee shares this story. 200 years is a long time. I have only been a part of this church 36 years and as I count my blessings … there are too many to...
