The opening line of Morgan Scott Peck’s book “The Road Less Traveled” is “Life is Difficult.” “Duh!” Who doesn’t know that? That fact hasn’t changed […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2016
October 7, 2016UncategorizedLast Sunday I shared with the congregation the situation of a young woman who is new to worshipping with us. I had prayed with her […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2016
October 1, 2016UncategorizedThis Sunday the assigned text from the Old Testament Prophet Habakkuk includes these words “Write the vision, make it plain …”. These are words written […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2016
September 24, 2016UncategorizedAs an African American Pastor of a predominantly white congregation, I have to admit this week has been a difficult one for me. How much […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2016
September 17, 2016JeremiahI was in a Faith in Action AL meeting this week where the topic was “Prophetic Declaring of the Scriptures.” It was led by the […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR JR FOR SUNDAY, “9/11” 2016
September 9, 2016UncategorizedThis Sunday is the 15th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. This date has become so ingrained in our […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2016
August 27, 2016LukeYears before the film series starring Tom Cruise of the same name, there was a very popular TV series airing for seven seasons called “Mission […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2016
August 20, 2016JeremiahThe 2016 Olympics comes to an end this weekend. Many of us have reveled in the special moments of individual and team victories for Team […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2016
August 13, 2016UncategorizedMany of us are very good at compartmentalizing our lives. The problem is that this often prevents us from seeing the importance integrating the various […]
NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FINNEY II FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 2016
August 5, 2016LukeAugust has arrived and the heat is on! Actually the heat has been on this whole summer and before. However, the temperature is not the […]