President's Message - November 2024
Adding them up! In preparation for the text on this year’s pledge brochure, I was asked how many events happened at the church in 2024,...
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Pastor's Message - November 2024
By the time you read this, the World Series will probably be over. As of this writing, before I leave on vacation, we know who is going...
President's Message - October 2024
Summoned by Joy I love how we do church. Most of you know, I like to sit under the balcony steps at the back of the sanctuary where I can...
Pastor's Message - October 2024
“The Word of God stands alone and is inerrant!” This is the mantra of so many selective literalists, dishonest folks who claim to follow...
Pastor's Message - September 2024
Jesus was not a free-market Neo-liberal capitalist. Obvious, right? There were both small-hold and commodity economies in Galilee and...
President's Message - August 2024
There’s been a huge crane blocking egress in our parking lot for most of the summer. If you come down very early some morning you can...
Pastor's Message - August 2024
“Monty Python's Flying Circus” had flown long before I ever needed to shave, but their films were still coming out during my teenage and...
President's Message - July 2024
I had the opportunity to offer a Mission Moment on June 23 and repeat it here, hoping it will inspire you to action: The sign in the...
Pastor's Message - July 2024
We do not know how Jesus understood himself and his role in what we now call salvation. He left nothing in writing, and accounts of his...
President's Message - June 2024
Proud – You Bet, and Grateful! Happy Pride Month as we kick off numerous weekend activities this month with our second annual Elmira...
Pastor's Message - June 2024
Years ago, I was active in university and community theater, including a stint as the Artistic Director of the historic Arden Shakespeare...
President's Message - May 2024
Have you noticed the beautiful spring flowers all around the church? Memories of past Easter Sundays -- and like those perennials, here...
Pastor's Message - May 2024
We have not always had the best PR. There was that whole thing at Salem, a footnote in history until Arthur Miller mapped it onto the Red...
President's Message - April 2024
Spring is popping up all over! With an early Holy Week behind us, we roll quickly into spring with many exciting projects ahead. The name...
President's Message - March 2024
Thank you all for your attendance last week at our Chicken & Biscuits church lunch. We raised $350 to donate to our mission partner, the...
Pastor's Message - March 2024
I am sure none of us were surprised when Alexei Navalny died in a Russian gulag. After all, Vladimir Putin’s assassination squads had...
President's Message - February 2024
Thank you all for your attendance yesterday at our Annual Meeting! We had forty-six in attendance and passed the budget and our 2024...
Pastor's Message - February 2024
And the Oscar goes to... not “Barbie.” I saw “Barbie.” I liked it, thought it clever, and it certainly spoke powerful truths about...
President's Message - January 2024
I’m putting my thoughts together for our 2023 Annual Report and find that we are truly living into our Vision: The Park Church works for...
Pastor's Message - January 2024
A few days before Christmas, Linda at City Hall reached out to ask me what I wanted on my business cards. As a new City Council member,...
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