May the grace and peace of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, be with you! “Then Jesus was led into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil. After fasting for forty days and forty nights, Jesus was hungry… The devil then took Jesus up a very high mountain and displayed all the dominions of the world in their magnificence, promising, ‘All these I will give you if you fall down and worship me.’ At this Jesus said, ‘Away with you, Satan! Scripture says, ‘You will worsh

Greetings! “You are dust and to dust you shall return.” - Genesis 3:19 We mark the beginning of Lent with ashes. During Lent, we enter a period of self-reflection and repentance. We often call this dying to self, but it’s really dying to the parts of our lives that are not of God. We practice this through the six weeks of Lent, looking forward to Easter and the resurrection when we celebrate new life in Christ. By turning away from, letting go of, shedding parts of our li

“Immediately the father of the child cried out, ‘I believe; help my unbelief!’” - Mark 9:24 I recently listened to a podcast interview with Brian McLaren about his new book, Faith After Doubt (https://www.pulpitfiction.com/notes/tns8-6). One of the things that he said that really stuck with me is that doubt is a skill. I’ll say that again: doubt is a skill. We often think that doubt is a weakness that needs to be rooted out of our being with all haste. But, Brian McLaren

Greetings! “Worship YHWH with gladness! Enter into God’s presence with a joyful song!” - Psalm 100:2 I have some announcements about worship in February that I’d like to share with you. First of all, we will be making some changes to the music in our Sunday worship services. Starting this Sunday, Raphael will be playing the organ for both the offertory AND the closing hymn. He will also be adding at least one singer to both songs each week. In addition, we will have two