Our Saints and the Light All around Us
This Sunday we will continue our worship series on modern saints. As part of this, we will be celebrating the members of our church who are in their 90s. We
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This Sunday we will begin a three Sunday worship series about modern day saints. The first sermon in the series will consider the saints who are all around us. We
Continue readingWorship Tomorrow: A Meal That Transforms Lives
This is what we have in store for worship this Sunday: For the sermon, we will be imagining a special meal with the power to transform lives. For this meal,
Continue readingBabies or Beasts?: Reflecting on the Gun Control Debate
Dear Church Family and Friends, Before Danalyn appeared on the scene, I wasn’t much of a baby person. Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t an anti-baby person. From a distance,
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New Testament Reading-Philippians 1: 12-22 When I was conducting research for my dissertation, I visited a wide variety of churches including a church that was part of the Word of
Continue readingFormer Associate Pastor Receives the Antoinette Brown Award
We make our world just what we want it to be. We can have a world where people are first, or we can have a world where we put people
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Maundy Thursday March 20th 5:30 pm – Footwashing 6:00 – Lamb Dinner 6:45 – Communion 7:00 – Tenebrae Service (childcare provided) Easter Sunday March 23rd 10 am – Service
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Philosopher Cornel West often tells a story about how he went by a church in Washington, D.C. on Maundy Thursday and saw a large sign outside that said, "The Grave
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Members of First Congregational UCC put their faith into action when they joined the March 15th peace march and rally in Portland. The event marked the 5th anniversary of the
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