2020.01.26 | Fishing Methods
2020.01.26 | Fishing Methods

There’s something compelling about this story and about what Jesus says:  I will make you fishers of people.  Over time, many Christians have taken up this invitation to Peter and Andrew and made it their own, taking it as the essence of their own call or mission in the world today.  They are fishers of people, spreading the Christian faith far and wide, in the hope of attracting others to their faith and to their church.  And some of these people who take this “fishers of people” approach most seriously are quite successful at collecting whole schools, if not teaming oceans, of fish-people to them.  

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EpiphanyGuest UserPastor Pepper
2020.01.19 | Called, Equipped, and Empowered
2020.01.19 | Called, Equipped, and Empowered

This holiday weekend as our nation observes the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we have occasion to reflect on life and contributions of a great man who courageously testified to his faith in the public square.  

In celebrating Dr. King’s birthday, it behooves us to remember that he wasn’t alone in his mission, and we ought not sit on our hands waiting for someone else to carry it on. We must each, in our unique ways, step up and do our part. 

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EpiphanyArlene NehringPastor Arlene
2020.01.12 | God's Favorites
2020.01.12 | God's Favorites

The story of Jesus’ baptism is central to the celebration of Epiphany. It is also the story on which the Christian sacrament of baptism is founded. In the United Church of Christ, our denominational tradition, and in Protestantism in general, we celebrate two sacraments: Baptism and Eucharist. 

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EpiphanyArlene NehringPastor Arlene