Summer Sermon Series A few months ago, I was talking with someone about their life and faith, and as part of the conversation, I began to wonder what makes this person tick, in the sense of their personal theology and system of beliefs. Was there some passage of...
Every summer for many years, people from Bedford Presbyterian Church have packed up their tools and laced up their work boots, hopping in cars and trucks and driving about three hours for a week at Mission at the Eastward in Farmington, Maine. This summer, we are...
I cannot remember a time in my life when church was not part of my life. Some of my earliest memories are of Vine Street Christian Church in Nashville, Tennessee - the church where my parents met while singing in the choir, the church where my grandparents served in...
Around four years ago, the Session of Bedford Presbyterian Church put together a job description for a new staff role: Director of Communications. At the time we were discussing this opportunity to expand our ministry of communications within the church and beyond the...
As of this coming Sunday, May 18, it will have been one year since we officially celebrated the 275th Anniversary of Bedford Presbyterian Church. Last May 19, with great rejoicing and thanksgiving, we offered praise to God for our milestone anniversary and the great...
On Monday, May 5, we received the official word that our Bright Hope for Tomorrow solar panel array was ready to be switched on. It was a cloudy and rainy day, but - at about 11 AM - the technicians from Revision Energy were on site with our own Pete Dalrymple, and...
I hope you have had a wonderful week! With the April school break and a brief trip to Moultonborough for a Presbytery retreat, my week has been full and a little different in terms of the weekly rhythm and routine. At the Presbytery retreat, I spent some time with...
I was recently talking with someone who said that he can’t really remember the last time he was in a brick-and-mortar church building “But," he said, “if ‘church' is 'wherever two or more are gathered in Jesus’ name,’ then I guess that I really go to church all the...