January 16, 2024 – ANNUAL REPORT
This Sunday Connie and I will be back at Faith after an extended vacation to Australia and New Zealand. We appreciated the opportunity to visit in-laws in the land down under. This Sunday will be our congregation’s second Semi-annual meeting after our worship service, so I have included my Annual Report with this message. The […]
January 2, 2024 – Greetings from Down Under and Happy New Year
Connie and I arrived in Brisbane, Australia safely and are enjoying the Gold Coast with our daughter Brie, her husband Ying, and his parents. We have been pretty pampered by Brie, Ying, and the in-laws who were delighted to share their country with us, including not only the beach, but a Koala sanctuary, shared with […]
December 19, 2023 – Songs and Gifts
This Sunday we have two services. One at 10 am which will focus on the Biblical songs of Christmas and 7 pm focus on the Gifts of Christmas. Both have communion. At 7 pm we light candles as we sing “Silent Night”. We could have used the candles last Sunday morning. SCE decided to work […]
Dec. 12, 2023 – LIGHT OF FAITH
We are still in the year of the Gospel of Mark, but as I mentioned on Sunday it does not have a Christmas story. It starts with John the Baptist. Likewise the Gospel of John does not have a Christmas Story either. John 1 is the reading for this Sunday. Of all the Gospels John […]
December 5, 2023 – John the Baptist
Last week, I wished you a happy New Year. Because the church year starts with Advent which began December 3rd. The first lit candle of the Advent wreath was Hope. This week we light the second candle – Peace. Each year we invite John the Baptist to offer us Hope and Peace. The Peace John […]
November 28 – Happy New Year!
Too soon? We normally ring in the New Year with Dick Clark or Ryan Seacrest on December 31st. But the church year starts the Fourth Sunday before Christmas which is rather late this year, December 3rd. Connie and I have been a part of a major New Year’s Eve celebration in Rome, Las Vegas. We forgo them […]
November 21 – A Different Sort of King and the Seasons of Life
I want to put up two images of the Seasons of Life to contrast them. The first is of a tree that greens up in the spring, flourishes in the summer, is colorful in the fall, and is barren in the winter. The other image is of flowers and leaves that flourish in different seasons. […]
November 8, 2023 – Confirmation Sunday
November 12 is the second Confirmation here at Faith since I have been with you. Russell Koger and Elisha Mkanza will be affirming their faith. During our years in class we had good times. I look forward to their next phase in the life of our congregation as they carry on their faith here at Faith. […]
October 24, 2023 – Reformation Sunday
October 24, 2023 This Sunday is Reformation Sunday. Wear red! This is the Sunday each year that we remember the contribution of Martin Luther to Christianity. Such celebrations are ways of keeping us moored in a world in constant change. First, we want to remember that Luther was a Reformer of the Church, not […]
October 23, 2023 – How To…
Isaiah 45:1-7 Psalm 96:1-9 I Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22 I mentioned that my brother and his wife accompanied us on our cruise. He loves to watch news about politics, and it does not take much to get him going. Scratch his political itch and off he goes. Thankfully, he has his views, but unlike many […]
