In some parts of the Northeast, people readily recognize a season wedged between winter and spring as “mud season”. It is that special time when the melt has come but the dirt has not yet dried out. Sometimes the mud is deep enough to … read more.

Join us this Sunday to celebrate music in our church and our lives. Josh Dufford, our much loved music director, will share a special message with us. 

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Join us this Sunday to celebrate the many ways we come back to life.  In this season of growing hope, and vaccinations, we might ask who we will be once resurrected? What is our return for? And will we be recognizable once we emerge from … read more.

I recently read Jim Scott praising the “habitual sun and capricious rain” and thought of the many ways our lives are centered on the sun. From gentle waking in the morning to the hassle of “daylight savings time,” from the struggle when our work hours … read more.

For many months, it has seemed like every choice is a matter of life and death. As faithful people, we want to help, but there is so little that we can change by next Tuesday that the world can feel too heavy on our shoulders. … read more.

Every time we come together, we are in the presence of all our history. The stories that have held us up still call us forward. Stories of church call us in a particular way. Today we will consider some of the ways church invites us … read more.