Apr 29, 2024 | Announcements, Now. Here. This.
The Pastor Search Committee, after reviewing and discussing the comments we received last fall in listening sessions and then the notes from the Congregational Conversations in February and March, have prepared a profile of our church and a profile of the...
Mar 25, 2024 | Now. Here. This., Uncategorized
Written by Julie Long, Interim Director of Staff and Congregational Life In an article published in the Christian Century entitled “Donkey Fetchers,” Tom Long offers readers a new take on the Palm Sunday story. In Mark 11, just as Jesus was about to descend the Mount...
Mar 18, 2024 | Now. Here. This.
written by Rev. Kathy Manis Findley Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. Joel 2:12 (NRSVUE) . I have been thinking about my ordination, since its anniversary draws near, March 29. I am a...
Mar 11, 2024 | Now. Here. This.
Written by Julie Long, Interim Director of Staff and Congregational Life Then Jesus took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, ‘Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me...
Mar 4, 2024 | Now. Here. This.
Written by Julie Long, Interim Director of Staff and Congregational Life Last Saturday, about 35 members of our church participated in a church-wide cleanout day as we began the process of clearing out the Washington Avenue building. As you likely remember, we...
Feb 25, 2024 | Now. Here. This.
written by Harold Tessendorf, Chair, Facilities Master Plan Committee The Committee facilitated two well-attended, congregation-wide listening sessions on January 24th and January 28th, 2024, to receive feedback on a range of broad options related to the future use...
Feb 18, 2024 | Now. Here. This.
Written by Karen Ebey-Tessendorf, Missions Committee member Because presence matters. This is the tag line for the CBF Offering for Global Missions. I’ll admit that I didn’t know much about the Offering for Global Missions (OGM) before I volunteered to do a Missions...
Feb 5, 2024 | Now. Here. This.
Written by Julie Long, Interim Director of Staff and Congregational Life Back in 2015-16, our church embarked on a visioning process that engaged our entire congregation in conversations around who we were and what we sensed God was calling us to do next. We spent...
Jan 29, 2024 | Now. Here. This.
Written by Julie Long, Interim Director of Staff and Congregational Life Today (Sunday, January 28), marks a significant annual event in the life of our church – deacon ordination and installation. Each year in January, we set apart deacons for a new three-year term...
Jan 22, 2024 | Now. Here. This.
written by Harold Tessendorf, chair The Master Plan Committee recently consulted with Rickey Letson of the CBF Foundation. Rickey, along with Kelly Rhodes Jones, is the co-author of a two-volume study entitled Sacred Spaces Innovative Places: Reimaging Church...
