A Resurrected Faith – an Easter Message It seems like to have a faith that endures the rigors, disappointments, betrayals and twists of life – faith has to go through a time of death, or a time of doubt and uncertainty. Simple childlike faith has to mature. The childlike faith comes to a seeming impossibility […]
Saturday of Holy Week – My Faith Still Holds
Saturday – does your faith still hold? The scriptures are largely silent about events on Saturday. It was the regular Sabbath and all activity was at a standstill. Except that the Chief Priests demanded that Pilate post an armed guard at the grave so that the disciples could not steal the body and claim that […]
Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday is the greatest Christian Holy Day. While it will be a different Easter from previous years – make it a great one worth remembering. At 10:30 the food pantry at the church will be available and the gate to the back cross garden will be open. For those who want to gather at […]
Good Friday Service at Home
While we will not be gathering for a good Friday service at the church – I encourage you to conduct a service with your family at home or contact others on line or by phone and share this day with them. Proclaim this day as good. Proclaim your “Friday of pain, loss, isolation” as good […]
Good Friday – a horrible no good rotten bad day?
Friday of Holy Week – A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day … and yet A children’s book written by Judith Viorst, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, tells of a day that started when Alexander, wakesg up to find bubble gum stuck in his hair. He trips on his skateboard and […]
Thursday of Holy Week – Passover
Holy Week – The traditional scriptural events of the last week of Jesus’ earthly life. Traditional is not necessarily the actual daily events that occurred during the last week but a way of commemorating the major significant events of that all-important week. Tradition provides a scriptural focus for each day of the week. Saturday – […]
Wednesday Night of Holy Week
This Wednesday night at 5:30 the gate to the cross garden in the back of the church will be open. Dallas K and John will be there to give a devotional and lead in a time of prayer. Unfortunately, Pastor Dan will not be able to attend. He just found out that his son has […]
: Wednesday: A Deal Gone Bad
Wednesday of Holy Week: A deal made all by himself, gone bad Wednesday is the day we read Matthew 26:14-16, Mark 14:10-11, Luke 22:1-6 and John 13:2 and focus on the actions of Judas. Judas has become a fall guy – his name is synonymous with treachery and betrayal. No one names their child […]
: Tuesday of Holy Week: Essential or Non
Holy Week – The traditional scriptural events of the last week of Jesus’ earthly life. Traditional is not necessarily the actual daily events that occurred during the last week but a way of commemorating the major significant events of that all-important week. Tradition provides a scriptural focus for each day of the week. Saturday – […]
Monday Coverups Cursed
Monday of Holy Week: Cover-ups cursed Jesus Curses a Fig Tree and Clears the Temple Courts Cursing of fig tree (Mark 11:12-14, Mt 21:18-22) and Cleansing Temple (Mt 21:1-11, Mk 11:15-25, Lk 19:45-48,) Additional Readings: Genesis 3:6-7 and Psalm 96:9 On Monday morning as Jesus and his disciples were heading back into Jerusalem, […]