NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2024 This Sunday is the “First Sunday of Kingdomtide.” It is the newest of the liturgical seasons & the assigned color, green, indicates a time of growth for us and the church spiritually and emotionally. During Kingdomtide, the assigned scriptures tend...

          This Sunday is the “Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost.”   The assigned Epistle text is instructions for living out our faith.  Looking at how so many well-meaning folks have been seduced by the theology of Christian Nationalism, I cringe when I read the text from Ephesians.  That’s because the difference between what...

NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 2024           This Sunday will be the Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost and the first Sunday in August. It is also the second Sunday in which the assigned Gospel text coming from the lectionary features some aspect of Jesus’ “I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE,” sermon....