Join us at 7pm on December 24 for a candlelight Christmas Eve service.
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Christmas Eve Service
December 24, 2008 – 7:00 amA Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols
December 21, 2008 – 10:30 amPlease join us for readings, singing, and special music followed by a Christmas lunch (no charge) on Sunday, December 21, 10:30am.
A Postcard and a Psalm of Ascent
December 19, 2008 – 12:33 pmUpon arriving at church recently, I found a postcard in our mailbox from a counseling center. They want to help more and more people, and are sending notices to that effect.
On the front of the postcard is a couple obviously in love. Obviously? Well, yes—both, bronzed by the sun, are wearing all white as he [...]
Koinonia
December 11, 2008 – 8:47 pmI wish to summarize in a brief series of notes the New Testament’s presentation of Koinonia. This Christian partnership is 1) based on shared belief 2) has tangible advantages 3) comes with its own protocol and 4) is a discreet concentration in practicing the Christian religion.
But those four points can be illustrated by a family [...]
A Few Short Thoughts
December 1, 2008 – 7:00 am“I pray that your [koinonia], which arises from your faith, may lead you effectively into a deeper understanding and experience of every blessing which belongs to us as fellow-members in the body of Christ” – slightly modified O’Brien’s paraphrase
“Yet thus life rolls away with too many of us in a course of shapeless idleness. Its [...]