In a book entitled, After Baptism: Shaping the Christian Life, author John P. Burgess walks through our identity after baptism, being marked with the sign of God, name and claimed for all time. In the second chapter he wrestles with this question: “But isn’t love...
Each Wednesday morning at preschool chapel, Ms. Lisa leads the children in a call to worship. Using hand gestures and words the children say: “With eyes to see and ears to hear, with mouths to sing and hearts to love, let us worship God together.” As we participate...
Dear Families, We have officially reached the end of the church school year (except for two more Sunday schools) and this will be the last weekly E-News until Fall. I will send periodic information and reminders over the summer. HEADLINES: (more info below) May 12...
Saturday is Neil’s Meals! Join us as we partner with Out of the Garden Project to pack 2,000 boxes of food with cabbage, onions, potatoes, apples, rice, beans, and macaroni and cheese. These boxes will help provide approximately 40,000 meals to people in Guilford...
Many of us as children were never taught to identify or talk about our feelings or emotions, especially those perceived to be “unbecoming” or “unmanly.” Perhaps, you were taught to suppress your feelings or just “suck it up.” Maybe, you never had the opportunity to...
Everyone has a story. Some years back, perhaps the late 1990’s or early 2000’s, we had a church member offer their story from the pulpit. It was May, Mental Health Awareness month. This member shared their journey with depression. You could have heard a pin...
Talking with one of you a few weeks ago, we stood in the pews and looked up – up at the glorious rose window and the chancel and all that it holds. You, in your wisdom, said, “do you ever stop and look in awe.” You explained. There is awe, both in the beauty of the...
One of the things that fascinates me about Genesis 1 is that after each day of creation, God declares what has been made good. This act of creation is the overflowing of God’s creativity and love into a universe full of majesty and wonder. Creation, God declares, is...
As children gathered in the courtyard yesterday between worship services, they had baskets in hand. They were eagerly searching, high and low, for a plethora of colorful Easter eggs. It was beautiful. And it was joyous. I don’t know about you, but I remember many...
This past Thursday I had the honor and privilege to be crowned King Kleenex complete with crown and cape. Phae was crowned Queen Kleenex. We read a story to two of the preschool classes about what it means to live in a caring kingdom. The preschool has been collecting...
