by cbaker | Dec 16, 2020 | Pastor's Pondering
We are currently planning to hold several worship options for Christmas eve. We will be offering two virtual worship services online that can be viewed at your convenience. One service will be more focused on the children’s Christmas pageant and the other a more...
by cbaker | Dec 15, 2020 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
December 16, 2020 Dreams of Joy INVOCATION and READINGS O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel! Psalm 126 (A Song of Ascents) 1When the...
by cbaker | Dec 8, 2020 | Pastor's Pondering
I was on a zoom call a couple of weeks ago. The district superintendent invited pastors to see one another on the little boxes that fill the computer screen. It’s become a way we see other people, sometimes the only way to see other people, whether it’s members of the...
by cbaker | Dec 2, 2020 | Pastor's Pondering
Special Announcement Brian Ganz, pianist, is recording in our Sanctuary this week his annual “All Chopin” performance. It will be aired on WETA, Channel 26, this Sunday, December 6 at 7 p.m., free of charge. There are two other streaming options, see...
by cbaker | Nov 30, 2020 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
MID-WEEK DEVOTIONAL and Hymn Reflection December 2, 2020 Advent 1 – Dreams of Hope INVITATION and READING Let us prepare our hearts as we await the coming of our Lord, Let us watch for the one who heard our cries and shouldered the suffering of our world, Let us...
by cbaker | Nov 30, 2020 | Newsletters
December 2020
by cbaker | Nov 24, 2020 | Pastor's Pondering
I hope that no matter how you spend the day and no matter who you spend it with this year, Thanksgiving Day will be a restful and restorative day for you and those you love. It’s a great thing that we in this country take at least this one day each year to stop and...
by cbaker | Nov 18, 2020 | Pastor's Pondering
Last Sunday in our worship services, I used a prayer by William Sloan Coffin, the chaplain of Yale University and pastor of Riverside Church in New York in the 1980’s. The prayer is entitled, “A Prayer for the Church in These Times.” Even though the prayer was written...
by cbaker | Nov 10, 2020 | Pastor's Pondering
Wednesday, Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. This holiday began as “Armistice Day” the day in which WWI was ended. Now we celebrate the peace that came after that that war, but all those who have served in the military to protect and defend this nation. A Prayer...
by cbaker | Nov 4, 2020 | Pastor's Pondering
It’s been a challenging time for all of us. We are weary with the pandemic and the restrictions imposed on us and there doesn’t seem to be any quick end in sight. On Sunday, we remembered the lives of those in our congregation and friends and family who have died this...
