3 Dec 2024 0 Comment

You Are a Blessing

Author: Bob von Trebra In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to...
26 Nov 2024 0 Comment

Alternative Gifts International Market

How to Shop Present your shopping order form at the table, showing the total amount of your purchases. The total will include special missions (Kenya and Lebanon), AGI causes, and fair-trade items. Pay either online or...
26 Nov 2024 0 Comment

Gratitude as a Tool for Living

Author: Stephanie Angell It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It’s gratefulness that makes us happy. David Steindl-Rast Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. Karl Barth Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all...
21 Nov 2024 0 Comment

Spiritual Support Group for those in Grief

Join those in our ongoing “Spiritual Support Group for those in Grief” in a special group experience that will honor the difficult journey we face at Christmas time. For many, Christmas accentuates the already difficult feelings...
20 Nov 2024 0 Comment

Advent 2024

Advent is a season of ending and beginning. It falls at the end of the calendar year, but in the way the church tells time, Advent marks the beginning of the new year, a time when we prepare for Christ to be born anew in our lives and in...
19 Nov 2024 0 Comment

Chance or Divine Guidance?

 Author: Bob Matthias This summer, fellow church member and friend Steve Hultgren and I rode the Mickelson Trail, a 109-mile gravel, rail-to-trail in the western part of the Black Hills in South Dakota on self-powered bikes. We split the...
12 Nov 2024 0 Comment

Judge Not . . .

Author: Carolyn Gard Judge not, that you be not judged." Matthew 7:1 The other day I went for a latte and when I got to the coffee shop I realized I had forgotten my phone. I almost panicked. I had a crossword puzzle to work, but I...
5 Nov 2024 0 Comment

In God we Trust

Author: Bob von Trebra A portion of Psalm 91, from Psalms for Praying: An Invitation to Wholeness, by Nan Merrill: My refuge and my strength; In You alone will I trust. For You deliver me from the webs of fear, from all that separates...
29 Oct 2024 0 Comment

Childsplay

Author: Scott Allman Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it. Mark 10:15: The plans of the diligent lead to success, as surely as haste leads to poverty. Proverbs...
22 Oct 2024 0 Comment

A Time For Everything

Author: Stephanie Angell        There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:      a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to      uproot,      a time to...