Dear Friends, Join us for Lent as we travel through desert wilderness. The desert provides an evocative image of human struggle and difficulty, the times when we feel dry and barren. The Bible, and especially the life of Jesus, is full of stories about literal and figurative desert journeys. Through these stories, we discover that …
Dear Friends,Lent begins late this year, with Ash Wednesday on March 2nd. This means that we have an extended season of Epiphany. We now have all February to be surprised by God’s presence in unexpected people and places, and to find new ways in which God makes love known. February may seem a strange time …
In January our Sunday school opened a time capsule that was found from a CPC Sunday school class in 1998! The kids had fun opening it up to see what was inside. We found letters that the students wrote back in 1998 about what they wanted to be when they grew up and what they …
Dear Friends,The new year is cause for celebration. We have parties and parades. We make resolutions and entertain hope that we can do or change something within ourselves that will make this year different. Looking toward the future can inspire hope and imagination. Looking forward can also inspire fear and anxiety as we imagine downward …
The Sunday school put a lovely Christmas pageant this year on December 19th. Thank you to everyone who participated and helped!
Dear Friends,Advent is a time of the church year that we do not always know well. We often think of it as simply the four weeks before Christmas. But Advent has important gifts for us, perhaps especially this year. I have heard many people speak of a sense of fatigue or languishing amidst this Covid, …
Our very own children’s librarian, Rebecca Barth, has prepared a description of recommended children’s Bibles. Bible Choices for Any Age Ages 4-8… Pre-K-3rd Grade Growing in God’s Love: A Story Bibleby Elizabeth Caldwell & Carol A. Wehrheim (editors)(Given to 2020 Kindergarteners) I like the story book feel. This version is particularly good for little people …
