Yes, a plan is afoot for this coming Sunday. . . FALL Welcome Sunday! Big plans are underway for Sunday morning’s worship service - a Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, the return of our Senior Choir, and the start of our Fall Series, “Clothed in Love.” Big plans are...
Lord, Have Mercy. . .
This past Wednesday evening, the small Catholic elementary school in our neighborhood had a Welcome Back event for all of their students, parents, and teachers. Cars lined our street and families were seen, walking together to and from the school and the church on the...
Three Updates for This Week
Happy Friday! I wanted to let you know about three things this week. . . First, I went to visit our Music Director, Barbara Flocco, in the hospital after her shoulder replacement surgery. She was getting ready to be discharged after a successful surgery,...
Praying for Barb
The mark of a true professional is often how well they perform under difficult circumstances. For many months, our own Barbara Flocco has been the epitome of professionalism. Many of you have probably not noticed that Barbara has been playing the piano...
The Joys of Resurrection
The Nicene Creed is the most ecumenical of creeds, in that the Presbyterian Church (USA) joins with Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and other Christians who have all adopted this historic statement of faith. Our siblings in the Roman Catholic Church will often use...
Room for the Spirit
My son and I just returned from a wonderful road trip to Tennessee. We drove down and back, having some great adventures along the way - going to the top of the Empire State Building, walking the familiar (to me) sidewalks of Princeton Theological Seminary, going down...
A Hello and a Goodbye (for now!)
First, a “Hello!”. . . Summer is a time of a lot of comings and goings and this week, I want to highlight a new arrival to our church staff! Lynne Lorentsen has been hired to serve as our Interim Director of Communications, filling the big shoes left by Beth Evarts....
Dispatch from Western North Carolina
As I write this, I am sitting beside the spillway at Montreat Conference Center in North Carolina, just below the waters of Lake Susan - a small manmade lake, fed by a creek that flows down from the surrounding mountains. As I write this, I can hear the gentle flow of...








