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Who couldn’t use more peace? Sunday 10:30 a.m.

We work day after day, week after week, month after month and year after year on our spiritual life. How do we know if we are making any real progress? Sometimes it feels like we aren’t getting anywhere. What are … Continue reading →

Have you been given the impression that it is hard to get to heaven? That you have to give up most of the enjoyment of this life to find your way there? Good news: it is not so difficult to … Continue reading →

We welcome you to celebrate Christmas with us at a candle light service on Christmas Eve beginning at 5:00 p.m. There will be lots of Christmas hymns to sing and other special songs to enjoy as well as scriptural readings … Continue reading →

This Sunday is our annual Christmas Tableaux service at 5:00 p.m. It is a visual enactment of the story of the Lord’s Advent with scripture readings to go along with the scenes and music to enjoy and hymns to sing. … Continue reading →

We all have times of darkness – when we feel sad, alone, lost, afraid, hopeless. In times of darkness look for the glimmer of light. There is always some light, even if it is through the cracks in our own … Continue reading →

It seems like common sense that we ought to pray for others when they are in need. Yet sometimes we find ourselves in circular arguments in our mind about why we should bother. If God is all knowing and all … Continue reading →

Everyone deals with stress. Some stress is healthy. Too much can tear us apart on many levels and remove any sense of well being. This week we will look at the causes of stress and begin to create a plan to deal … Continue reading →

Who’s doing the work, me or God? This is one of the inner struggles we face when trying to overcome a challenge. Do I pray and wait for God to do something to get me through this or do I … Continue reading →