by cbaker | Oct 8, 2024 | Pastor's Pondering
Music and Song is a big part of every worship service. We are so fortunate to have a gifted director of music and many talented musicians that provide us with music each Sunday. Music has a way of stirring our hearts and lifting our imagination. When we hear voiced...
by cbaker | Oct 1, 2024 | Pastor's Pondering
We are used to hearing about storms that are destructive of coastal areas of Florida, Louisiana, Puerto Rico and Texas. We are not used to hearing of damage that took place hundred and even thousands of miles inland across such a vast region. The scope of the damage...
by cbaker | Sep 24, 2024 | Pastor's Pondering
Last week, I talked about what we do in each Sunday worship service. We start by making a transition from what we have been doing to give our attention to God and the things of God. We gather, we settle into the worship space, we pause, we join our voices in a...
by cbaker | Sep 17, 2024 | Pastor's Pondering
Not every church worships in the same way. Some congregations have guitars and praise music, while others have an organ or piano. Some churches worship in a space that resembles an auditorium, while others sit in a circle of folding chairs. Some churches emphasize...
by cbaker | Sep 10, 2024 | Pastor's Pondering
The “Grand Reopening” of the New Nursery will be on Sunday, September 22! Special thanks to Fred Schumacher for his diligent efforts and ongoing optimism in coordinating all of the contractors who worked on this project and in managing the many obstacles...
by cbaker | Aug 20, 2024 | Pastor's Pondering
I had coffee with an acquaintance last week. We were both interested in learning more about each other. It turns out we had overlapped a bit at the same high school years ago and had some friends in common. It was a good conversation. We didn’t talk about what...
