by cbaker | Jun 16, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional, Updates
INVITATION and READING Where charity and love prevail, there Christ is ever found; brought here together by Christ’s love, by love are we thus bound. (UMH #549, st.1) 1 John 4: 16, 19-21 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love....
by cbaker | Jun 15, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
Fruit of the Spirit: JOY The second “fruit of the Spirit” that Paul mentions in Galatians 5, is joy. Take a look around and you can see plenty of people who are grumps and gripers, negative about virtually everything that...
by cbaker | Jun 9, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
June 9, 2021 INVOCATION and READING Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to...
by cbaker | Jun 8, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
In his letter to the Galatians, the apostle Paul writes, “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness & self-control.” (5:22) Fruits are the natural product of healthy growth. When we are...
by cbaker | Jun 2, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
It’s been a while since I started the project of describing the scenes in the eight stained-glass windows along the sanctuary aisles. The last window to mention is the one closest to the lectern up front. It shows Jesus standing at the bedside of a child with one hand...
by cbaker | Jun 2, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
June 2, 2021 INVITATION and READING Come, find peace in God’s holy word. Come, find love in the grace of Jesus. Come, find purpose in the Holy Spirit within you. Romans 14: 13-19 13 Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never...
by cbaker | Jun 1, 2021 | Newsletters
June 2021
by cbaker | May 26, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVOCATION and READING Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee. Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and mighty! God in three persons, blessed Trinity! (“Holy, Holy, Holy” st.1) Revelation 4: 8-11 8 Each of the four living...
by cbaker | May 25, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
Back in a previous sermon a couple of years back, I shared the story about Kate Bowler, author of Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I’ve Loved. She landed her dream job and had a wonderful family when she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer and had to...
by cbaker | May 19, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVOCATION and READING Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me. Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, Fall afresh on me. -Daniel Iverson Acts 11: 15-17 15 “As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the...
