A church member recently gave me some Easter candy I had never seen before. Unlike your typical egg and bunny clad wrapping, this chocolate bar featured a picture of Jesus carrying a lamb. I began to wonder, what theological significance a chocolate Jesus bar could potentially have? Firstly I noticed that this is a solid…
Pastor John Writes: Holy Week Update Holy Week begins this month on Palm Sunday, March 28. Once again, we’ll have evening Holy Week readings at 7:00 pm, with a band prelude beginning around 6:30 pm. These services will be each night from Palm Sunday through Good Friday, April 2. Our Holy Week Schedule: Palm Sunday…
As I looked around my office at the church, I failed to find proper inspiration for the newsletter article this month. So, I decided to get a different perspective from a different location: the roof of the fellowship hall. I can’t think of any church activities that have ever taken place on the church roof…
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and…
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” – BY ROBERT FROST Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here. To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer, to stop without a farmhouse near Between the…
Jesus said, “I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.” – John 15:5 I read a story about a flood in Nebraska in 1988. As the flooding grew worse, a man realized that the water…
With All Saints Day approaching next month, I thought it might be a good time to explore Moravian theology as it relates to death and dying. Moravians over the years believe that God has blessed death as a natural part of life. Our Lord Jesus Christ was once in the grave himself, and as a…