by Pastor Steve | Oct 17, 2019 | Reflections
This is the third of a six part series. Previous parts can be found on our website. In Baptism and at Affirmation of Baptism (Confirmation) we make the following promises: to live among God’s faithful people, to hear the word of God and share in the Lord’s supper, to...
by Pastor Tom | Sep 9, 2019 | Reflections, Summer
Thank you, Bethesda, for supporting another summer of camps and trips for all ages. This was my twentieth year taking kids on summer trips! At the ripe age of eighteen, I brought a few freshmen guys to a Young Life houseboat camp on Lake Shasta. The group included...
by Pastor Steve | Jul 19, 2019 | Reflections
In Baptism and at Affirmation of Baptism (Confirmation), we make the following promises: to live among God’s faithful people, to hear the word of God and share in the Lord’s supper and to proclaim the good news of God in Christ through word and deed. To serve all...
by Administrator | May 28, 2019 | Reflections
“The religious impulse is easier to rebrand than to extinguish.This runs counter to popular perception. Bombarded with poll results about declining levels of church attendance and belief in God, we assume that more and more people are abandoning the faith and making...
by Pastor Sarah | May 10, 2019 | Reflections
Do you remember that poster from the 80’s, with that adorable baby cat grasping onto the tree limb for dear life, the caption reading something like “Hang On!”? That’s what I’ve spent my life doing…hanging on, trying to stay safe, taking no risks, having...
by Pastor Steve | Mar 10, 2019 | Easter, Reflections
Friends in Christ, today with the whole church we enter the time of remembering Jesus’ passover from death to life, and our life in Christ is renewed. We begin this holy season by acknowledging our need for repentance and for God’s mercy. We are created to experience...
