God’s Stewards – Stewards of the Future

Our final week of the series on God’s Stewards points us to the future.  Where will our faith journey take us?  How will this congregation grow and flourish in the next 20 years? This Sunday, we celebrate of Pentecost – the 50th day after Easter that some also call the birthday of …

God’s Stewards – Stewards of our Present

Week Five of our Easter series brings us to being caretakers of the present – of our now lives. All that we have, we’ve discovered, is from God.  And what’s more – God has placed us where we are to care for these gifts – our faith, our calling, our …

God’s Stewards – Stewards of the Past

It is week four of our series on being God’s Stewards.  After discovering how being a steward of God involves our gifts, our faith and our calling, today we will look at how we are stewards of our past. The Spanish philosopher and poet George Santayana is credited with this …

God’s Stewards – Stewards of our Calling

We are entering the third week of our series on being God’s Stewards.  This week – we are called to be stewards of our calling.  We’ve been called out of darkness and into the light! No matter what it is that we do for a living – whether we are …

Worship Servers for May 11, 2014

Worship This Week Texts: Acts 2:42–47 Psalm 23 1 Peter 2:19–25 John 10:1–10   Altar Set-up: Sylvia Perara 8:00 AM Worship Servers: Welcome/Reader: Alice Williamson Deacon: Deacon/Acolyte: Usher: 10:30 AM Worship Servers: Media: Barbara Osborne CPIC: Curtis Terry 1st Deacon: Bruce Whipple 2nd Deacon: Pam Biss Usher Team: Curtis Terry, …

God’s Stewards – Stewards of Faith

The final unit in our year of Basics is called “God’s Stewards – Treasuring What We’ve Been Given.” And when we hear the word “stewardship,” most of us automatically think about money. BUT STEWARDSHIP IS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE! Stewardship is about managing well all that God has placed into our care. Throughout …

God’s Stewards: Stewardship of our Giftedness

Stewards – It’s what we are The final unit in our year of Basics is called “God’s Stewards – Treasuring What We’ve Been Given.” And when we hear the word “stewardship,” most of us automatically think about money. BUT STEWARDSHIP IS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE! Stewardship is about managing well all that …

Seeing is believing?

The week’s lessons are the same every year – after Jesus has risen, he goes and shows himself to the disciples, yet Thomas wasn’t present and didn’t believe his fellow disciples.  For this, he gained a nickname that we still use – Doubting Thomas. Is this fair?  Didn’t the other …

Holy Week Server Schedule

Maundy Thursday Texts: Exodus 12:1–4, 11–14 Psalm 116:1–2, 12–19 1 Corinthians 11:23–26 John 13:1–17, 31b–35 Worship Servers: CPIC: Emery Malasits 1st Deacon: Ashley Mahon 2nd Deacon: Kaitlyn Ferguson Ushers: Ken Biss, Joseph Biss Good Friday Texts, 7:30 PM Isaiah 52:13—53:12 Psalm 22 Hebrews 4:14–16; 5:7–9 John 18:1—19:42 Worship Servers: CPIC: …

The Three Days & the Resurrection

As Holy Week continues, we enter into a time known as the Triduum, or Three Days.  These days remember the mandate to serve others, the institution of communion, Jesus’ arrest & trial, and the Crucifixion.  The Three Days – which is literally one three day worship service – ends with Easter …