Birdhouse Contest: A Letter from the Pastor
Dear Church Family and Friends, This past Sunday during the children’s sermon we announced that we are going to have a birdhouse contest! Kids, youth, and adults alike have from
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Hebrew Scripture Reading—Ezekiel 47: 1-12 Those of you who have been to Wisconsin might be familiar with the Wisconsin Dells, a popular tourist destination. If you have been there, you
Continue readingSome Unorthodox Advice: A Letter from the Pastor
Dear Church Family and Friends, This Spring season I would like to offer what might sound like unorthodox advice. I recommend that each of you develop “an incurable allergy.” I
Continue readingThe Crucifixion: Parental Guidance Suggested
New Testament Reading—John 18: 28-36 This past year while I was visiting a friend’s house I happened to find myself watching a reality TV show that bares the sexist title
Continue readingUCC CELEBRATES SAME-GENDER MARRIAGE
UCC leaders are commending the Vermont legislature for legalizing same-gender marriage, making it the fourth U.S. state to do so. Only last week, Iowa’s Supreme Court affirmed a lower
Continue readingCOLOMBIA DAYS OF PRAYER AND ACTION
Be a Voice for Peace in Colombia April 20, 2009—National Day of Action for Colombia With four million Colombians forcibly displaced from their homes by a debilitating war, Colombia has
Continue readingMovie Plots and Holy Week: A Letter from the Pastor
Dear Church Family and Friends, Movie plots often begin with someone “upsetting the apple cart.” It might be a kidnapping. It might be an assassination attempt. It might be an
Continue readingOverturning the Tables: A Play for Troubled Times
New Testament Scripture—Mark 11: 15-19 A widow approaches the moneychanger sitting at a table. Widow: I am just a poor widow. This is the last of my money. Please give
Continue readingRALLY FOR PEACE
We want CHANGE, not WAR! On April 4, 1967, one year to the day before his death, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a speech at Riverside Church in
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