by Anne O'Connor | Feb 28, 2013 | Pastor’s Corner
We’ve just begun the season of Lent which will carry us through March 30. In response to God’s generosity, we are looking at stepping up our commitment to Christ in several Spiritual disciplines—prayer, Bible study, worship, witness, financial giving, and service. As...
by Anne O'Connor | Jan 23, 2013 | Pastor’s Corner
February is the month we celebrate love. As Christians, we first celebrate God’s love. John writes, “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because...
by Anne O'Connor | Dec 1, 2012 | Pastor’s Corner
After some fun in church talking about Christians using the world “Christmas” as opposed to the word “holiday,” someone reminded me that the word holiday comes from the notion of “Holy Day,” a special religious day. Certainly Christmas is that. That got me to...
by Anne O'Connor | Nov 1, 2012 | Pastor’s Corner
The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16b I am inviting us to a time of prayer. We need to take prayer more seriously as individuals and as a church. Prayer changes things. It changes those who pray and when the righteous (those who...
by Anne O'Connor | Sep 26, 2012 | Pastor’s Corner
The church at its best is a church in motion. After his resurrection and just before he ascended to sit at the right hand of God the Father, Jesus gave one final command to his followers, “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,...