Our Youth are selling Christmas Wreaths to support their 2016 Summer Youth Trip. Wreath Sales begin on October 11th. Either Balsam or Frasier Wreaths are available for $20. The Balsam are dark green and very fragrant and the Frasier are known for their dark green top with flashy silver beneath, long lasting needles when kept … [Read more…]
In Adult Education we are using the course In Heaven’s Name, Why on Earth? It’s a course about discipleship and healthy relationships. One of the issues we’ll be discussing is money. We’ll talk about “whose money is it?” We’ll also need to say something about tithing. I have real issues with tithing when it comes … [Read more…]
Wednesday night classes have started for 7th and 8th graders; on October 25 we celebrate the Rite of Confirmation for three of our young people. So again this fall I find myself asking: Who is being confirmed? Who is doing the confirming? What is really being confirmed? Because when I was in confirmation class, the … [Read more…]
We had quite a conversation at the last Parish Planning Council meeting. While we all seemed to be of the same mind about the chapter in The Strategically Small Church that we are reading and discussing together, there were some differences of opinion about another matter we discussed. For this blog the particular issue is not … [Read more…]