In the midst of this Covid surge, one of our members, Mrs. Jenny Nelson, tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Jenny and her family were at church on Sunday. Jenny has already notified those folks she was in contact with. Most importantly, please be praying for the Nelson family, who currently have mild cold symptoms. Pray for a quick return to good health and that the ...

Well, it's a new year. 2020 has come and gone, but in its wake, it has left behind a legacy of uncertainty and confusion, doubt for many, and despair for some. A global pandemic, economic turmoil, racial tensions, political polarization, election drama (and don't forget, the movie "Pacific Rim" was set in 2020). We've never seen a year like 2020 before (unless you were ali...

I hope your holidays haven't been too crazy so far. I hope you've been able to slow down a little bit this Advent. I hope you've been able to take advantage of our Advent devotional (Tom Gardner did such a good job putting it together). And I hope you learned something new and different from our Advent series, "Unexpected Joy: A Christmas with Jonah." This Thursd...

We are almost to Christmas, and we were this close to having a White Christmas! Oh well. I hope this finds you warm, safe, and digging out from the snow. This week, we will be finishing our advent series in Jonah, tackling all of chapter 4. Hopefully, Jonah's reaction to Nineveh's salvation and God's teaching of him through a plant will teach us to live according to the Go...

Well, it's been a crazy week, but thankfully, once again we're able to meet in-person this Sunday. Therefore, we are going to have our congregational meeting during the Sunday School hour where we'll have our annual report, discuss the budget, and vote on my call for next year. We start at 9:30 am and we really need you there in order to have enough votes to make it offici...

A couple of reminders this Sunday we have a congregational meeting where we'll have our annual report, discuss the budget, and vote on my call for next year. We start at 9:30 am and we really need you there in order to have enough votes to make it official. Second, let me gently remind you that we are still required to wear our masks and keep our distance. As the coronav...

This week we're starting a new series for Advent. I've entitled it "Unexpected Joy: A Christmas with Jonah." This is not your typical Advent story. And that's because Jonah is a story of great fear (both good and bad), great humility (both real and fake), great sorrow (for good and bad reasons), and great repentance (both true and false). It's a story about a great fish an...

We are wrapping up our series on misunderstood stories of the Bible this week. Next week, we'll be jumping into our Advent series in Jonah. It's hard to believe that we're already at Advent. In some ways, this year has dragged on and on due to the pandemic. In other ways, it's flown by. As we enter the holiday season which is full of thankfulness and joy, I think it is fit...

PastoralLetterfor a Distributed Church November 20, 2020 Dear friends, It's been two months since my last letter and we're finishing up our sermon series on "Misused Stories of the Bible." We've looked at Cain, Rahab, Gideon, Samson, David, Naaman, Daniel, Judas, The Lord's Supper, the Adulterous Woman, The Rich Fool, and Rev. Wang will finish up with Zacchaeus.I hop...

This week we'll be going through another familiar story, commonly known as "The Parable of the Rich Fool." This is a story of a man who interrupted Jesus as He was teaching, demanding that He decide a dispute in this man's favor. Jesus gave what appears to be a blistering response, followed by this parable, which surely would have humiliated the man. So, what subject so r...