by cbaker | May 17, 2019 | Pastor's Pondering
Changes in Youth Ministry Martha Moked is the chairperson of the Staff Parish Relations Committee. On Sunday, she shared the following announcement at the morning services. I asked her if we might repeat this announcement here: The Staff Parish Relations Committee is...
by cbaker | May 8, 2019 | Pastor's Pondering
Every time we go through Holy Week, there is a difficulty that comes up. In addition to the sorrow and sacrifice of Jesus, there is also a part of the reading from the Gospel of John that is problematic. The author of the Gospel regularly refers to “the Jews” as the...
by cbaker | Apr 30, 2019 | Pastor's Pondering
Thank you, youth! The youth lead us in a great service of worship on Sunday. Through the music, the Bible readings and their own words, they held up a radical kind of faith for all of us to see. They spoke from their own experience at school, home, and in the church....
by cbaker | Apr 10, 2019 | Pastor's Pondering
Calvary Weekday School to Have a New Director Louis Walmsley will be retiring as the director of the Calvary Weekday School at the end of June. She has served as the director since 2015. I am pleased to announce that after an extensive search, a new director has been...
by cbaker | Apr 3, 2019 | Pastor's Pondering
An update on the UMC It’s been a few weeks since the Special General Conference met in St Louis where the majority of delegates made the decision to adopt the so-called “Traditional Plan.” Since the decision was made at the Special General Conference, we are in a...
by cbaker | Mar 27, 2019 | Pastor's Pondering
For many years now, each United Methodist Church in our conference has been expected to establish and maintain a set of policies and practices that would lessen the risk of sexual abuse to children and teenagers that take part in any of the ministries of the church....
