28 Feb 2024 0 Comment

A Message from Pastor Gary – March

“ The Christian in the World” We are just four weeks away from Palm Sunday and five weeks away from Easter. Before the month of March is over, landscapers will be treating yards with pre-emergent...
31 Jan 2024 0 Comment

A Message from Pastor Gary – February

For Everything There is a Season Time is relentless. I can hardly believe that it is February already, even though the stores are displaying the pink, white and red for Valentine’s Day. February is also the...
30 Dec 2023 0 Comment

A Message from Pastor Gary – January

What Now? Christmas has come and gone. Whatever anxiety we may have had about it has been resolved. We gave and received gifts. We had our Christmas feast. Christmas for most of us has been an event. In fact,...
27 Nov 2023 0 Comment

A Message from Pastor Gary – December

Christmas Blessings We live in a society where most people are doing everything they can to be happy in life. The worldprovides us with many things to cheer us up or change our mood. There are many forms...
28 Oct 2023 0 Comment

A Message from Pastor Gary – November

Stewardship Basics How do we take care of what we have? How do we allocate our time, talent, and resources in a way that honors the gifts we have been given; and how do we do so in the most useful way? These are a...
3 Oct 2023 0 Comment

A Message from Pastor Gary – October

Advocacy Part of the process of maturing is learning how to speak up for ourselves. Some have more difficulty with this than others. Those with shy or apprehensive personalities will suffer until they adjust and learn to...
26 Aug 2023 0 Comment

A Message from Pastor Gary – September

For Everything There is a Season Time is relentless. I can hardly believe that September is upon us already. The stores are displaying school supplies, backpacks, and clothing for the Fall. Soon all of us will be busier, both...
29 Jun 2023 0 Comment

A Message from Pastor Gary – July

Miracles and Miracle Busters One way that we can witness or be part of God’s miraculous work is to be connected to that work, directly or indirectly participating in it. God’s work can almost always be categorized as creating,...
26 May 2023 0 Comment

A Message from Pastor Gary – June

Church Words The church has its own jargon that may not be recognizable to the general public. We use words like lectionary, liturgy, evangelism, and stewardship. It may be the case, that we are not always sure what we mean, when we’re...
4 Apr 2023 0 Comment

A Message from Pastor Gary – April

Parallel Seasons The season of Lent is a season of repentance and self-examination. It is a time of preparation and discipline. It comes every year just like the other liturgical seasons. However, the word lent is an Ole English word that...