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Pastors Pondering

During this season of Lent, I have been using the book Freeing Jesus, by Diana Butler Bass as a starting point with my Sunday messages. In the book, she lays out seven different ways of experiencing Jesus. We’ve looked at Jesus as a friend, teacher, savior, and...

Pastors Pondering

The Staff Parish Relations Committee wishes to announce that the church seeks someone to serve as Financial Secretary. The Financial Secretary is responsible for handling, recording, and reporting financial contributions and other sources of income received by the...

Pastors Pondering

Blessings in a Backpack (BIAB) Frederick County provides bags of nonperishable food to elementary school-aged children.  These bags help feed children who qualify for free and reduced meals (FARM) at school.  Without this program, many of these children would not have...

Pastors Pondering

This year, the Valentine’s Day holiday falls on the same day as Ash Wednesday. That means we will begin the season of Lent with calls to repentance of spiritual discipline on the same day we celebrate romance and love. Not much is known about the real history of the...