Message from the Pastor
11 Sep
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A Message from Pastor Gary – September
Labor Day We have devolved as a society in at least one very insidious way. We tend to celebrate many holidays in exactly the same way. Memorial Day is considered the unofficial beginning of the summer, and Labor Day is considered the...
18 Aug
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A Message from Pastor Gary – August
Commentary Comments Related to John The gospel of John lends itself to various interpretations. I will highlight a few alternate interpretations from John 14 in this short newsletter article. “In my Father’s house there are many...
20 Jun
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A Message from Pastor Gary – July
Keep Going Recently I came across a story that really got my attention. It’s called “The Famous Fog Story.” Florence Chadwick, the legendary open water long distance swimmer (1918-1995), was attempting to swim from Catalina Island...
01 Jun
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A Message from Pastor Gary – June
Preparing for the Long Green Season We enter the Season After Pentecost, sometimes referred to as Ordinary Time, and sometimes referred to as The Long Green Season. Ordinary Time refers to the time in which the church studies the...
30 Jan
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A Message from Pastor Gary – February
Faith Healing The incarnated Jesus spent much of His time healing the sick. “The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached...
20 Jan
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A Message from Pastor Gary – January
The calendar is about to roll over again. “Time like an ever-rolling stream bears all our years away.” (Isaac Watts) Time is relentless and as the years go on, we realize that we are not. We wake up in the morning and ask the...
12 Dec
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A Message from Pastor Gary – December
How do you know when something is right? I remember learning basic math. We were taught to check our subtraction by adding and our division by multiplying. Spiritual things don’t have mathematical proofs. So, how do we know? Spiritual...
21 Nov
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A Message from Pastor Gary – November
Really? I saw a commercial on or around October 15th and the opening line was the holidays are here. There were Christmas trees and decorations along with gift boxes. I know I’m old-fashioned, but it still seems strange to me to hear...