Sharing Our Gifts
Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one...
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Pastor Brian
- Dec 1, 2022
- 3 min
Slowing Down During Advent
“Comfort, O Comfort my people, says your God.” -Isaiah 40:1 Advent has always been the more difficult preparatory season of the church...
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Pastor Brian
- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min
Harvesting the Fruits of the Spirit
Over the past couple years it has become a tradition for a friend and I to go apple picking in the fall. After which we go to our...
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Pastor Brian
- Sep 30, 2022
- 2 min
World Communion Sunday
On the first Sunday of most every month we gather around the Lord’s Table in worship; to give thanks to God, to remember Christ’s passion...
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Pastor Brian
- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
Confirming Your Faith
My parents first met at church. Numerous of my family members have and still do sing in church choirs, serve on church committees, attend...
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Pastor Brian
- Aug 4, 2022
- 2 min
Actions Taken by the General Assembly
This summer the Presbyterian Church had its very first hybrid General Assembly, with committees meeting in person at the Presbyterian...
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Pastor Brian
- Jul 1, 2022
- 2 min
Bear witness to the love of Christ
In the midst of recent events I am reminded that the Church is called to be in society, but not of society. As such, the Church bears...
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Pastor Brian
- Jun 3, 2022
- 2 min
The Ascension of Jesus
As they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going and they were gazing up toward...
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Pastor Brian
- Apr 29, 2022
- 3 min
Grief in the Midst of Resurrection
“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 20 The chief priests...
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Pastor Brian
- Apr 8, 2022
- 2 min
Bringing Our Whole Selves Before God
You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my...
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Pastor Brian
- Mar 4, 2022
- 2 min
Breath Prayer
As we enter Lent we often focus on practices to take up or recommit to for the coming season, practices such as prayer and fasting. More...
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Pastor Brian
- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
The Bible
The Bible sits at the forefront of our faith. In these ancient texts we find words of wisdom, inspiration, and challenge. As the...
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Pastor Brian
- Jan 7, 2022
- 2 min
Serving Others
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was...
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Pastor Brian
- Dec 2, 2021
- 2 min
Go Tell it on the Mountain
“Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills, and ev'rywhere; go, tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born.” This well known...
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Pastor Brian
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
Ruth's Covenant
15 So she said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” 16 But Ruth said,...
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Pastor Brian
- Oct 8, 2021
- 2 min
Unity in Midst of Division
In the 1930’s Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, PA began the tradition that we know today as World Communion Sunday. On the...
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Pastor Brian
- Sep 2, 2021
- 3 min
Loving All People, Living Our Faith, and Following Jesus
The COVID pandemic presented both opportunity and challenge as the Session began to reflect on the church’s mission statement and whether...
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Pastor Brian
- Aug 3, 2021
- 2 min
Caring For Creation
Scripture is full of references to the created world; from Genesis 1 and the poetry of how God spoke the cosmos into being to Revelation...
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Pastor Brian
- Jul 2, 2021
- 3 min
Liminal Spaces
The past 16 months have been an experience of a lifetime (and hopefully the only one of its kind in our lifetime). COVID19 seemingly...
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Pastor Brian
- Jun 3, 2021
- 2 min
Ordinary Time
With Pentecost now past us we have entered the long stretch of time in the church calendar called ordinary time. Ordinary time is the...
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