Admin Corner by Amy
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind." I was 8 years old when I was invited to join a neighborhood family for a concert in the big town of Eugene, Oregon. They were going to see Keith Green at Mac...
Pastor Steve’s Reflection
People of God, will you receive Pastor Steve as a messenger of Jesus Christ sent to serve all people with the gospel of hope and salvation? Will you regard him as a servant of Christ and a steward of the mysteries of God? We will, and we ask God to help us. Will you...
Admin Corner – Fun facts about one of my favorite Advent Hymns
Fun facts about one of my favorite Advent Hymns, "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus": 1. Written by Charles Wesley and first published in 1745. 2. Adapted from Haggai 2:7, ...and I will sake all the nations, so that the treasure of all nations shall come, and I will fill...
The Season Of Advent
“Advent is the time to prepare the way, Christ was born on Christmas day! Sing and dance children of the Lord, celebrate the seasons of the Son (sun?).” —a random song in my memory that I could not find searching Google, so I have no attribution." Advent has...
Remember & Rejoice
Last week a dear friend of mine suddenly died. Claudia was her name. She went by Aunty Claudia. Technically in Hawaii, you don’t call someone Aunty unless they are 15 years older than you. She introduced herself to everyone as Aunty Claudia. She was one of my Ohana...
Listening To Different Voices
“No one person has all the knowledge or the complete skill set to manage the complexity and the relentlessness of a crisis.” - from The Prepared Leader p. 54 I try to read and listen to a variety of topics. I’m a big fan of Brené Brown and her podcasts on leadership...
Where Are The Kids?
The kids are here, if you want to know them. Our database has 88 children, youth and recent graduates. 25 people have tried the new family Sunday school. Youth group is rebuilding from COVID. We had 25-30 youth between Wednesday and Thursday nights pre-COVID. Over the...
Breath
(So) breathe oh breath of God. Now breathe oh breath of God. Breathe oh breath of God, now breathe. —from Come Alive (Dry Bones) It’s not unusual for a song to get stuck in my head. I’m in the final moments of preparation to take a group to Holden Village. So I’m...
Music To Our Ears
Dear Congregation, I am flattered to be able to take the position of choir director. So, I would like to say a few words of gratitude and commitment. First, I want to say how much I have felt welcomed by everyone here and how much I hope to be contributing to the...
Keeping Watch
The Lord will watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time forth forevermore. —Psalm 121:8 Psalm 121 is probably my favorite Psalm. But verse 8 has a special meaning these days. At the beginning of August, Isaac moved out of our house and into an...
Summer Outlook
A Beautiful Day You are my rising sun, Lord You are my rising sun Oh! What a beautiful day You are my sunny sky, Lord You are my sunny sky Oh! What a beautiful day You are my setting sun, Lord You are my setting sun Oh! What a beautiful day You are my moonlit night,...
Admin Corner
Recently I finished reading a gem of a book by Shauna Niequist titled I Guess I haven’t Learned That Yet. Being a fan of her work, I'm convinced that if I lived in her Manhattan apartment building we would be friends. Both of us are enneagram 7s (the Enneagram is a...
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