The Last Eight Years

Dear Church Family, Eight years ago today I began to serve as your pastor.  I preached my trial sermon in late January 2015 and the congregation subsequently voted to call me as pastor. Isabella was in the second semester of fifth grade at the time, and she was...

The Important Moments

Dear Church Family, Here’s an inspirational story from the recent week’s sermon clipping floor.  Perhaps it will be helpful as we reflect on the big picture in life and in our church.  Russell Schweickart (far right in photo) was an astronaut who flew the...

Coffee for Our Valentines

On Valentine’s Day, our church sponsored a “Free Coffee Drive-Thru” as an outreach to the community. It was spearheaded by the Outreach Implementation Team as an opportunity to share God’s love with our neighbors. There are too many people to list, but I wanted to say...

Unified Church

Dear Church Family, A unified church pleases God! In Psalm 133, the psalmist reminds us of this truth. The following is from The Message paraphrase by Eugene Peterson: 1-3 How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along! It’s like costly anointing...

2023 Summary Report

Dear Church Family, At each quarterly congregational meeting, ministerial staff members bring brief reports to provide an overview of their ministry activity over the previous quarter. On Sunday January 29, 2023, I presented the following thematic report to offer...