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Pieces of the mosaic

Pastoral Messages | July 2, 2025

I can be a sucker for a good parade. I remember community celebrations when I was growing up and I would get excited for the parade. Even as an adult, there is so much joy shown as people gather to celebrate.    I love that a community can have pride…

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A better way forward

Pastoral Messages | June 25, 2025

So, what do we do about all the violence in the Bible?   I’ve heard this question countless times. And rarely do I have a helpful answer.   Afterall, scripture is the inspired Word of God. It’s supposed to (among other things) guide us toward deeper…

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The More You Know…

Pastoral Messages | June 19, 2025

It had been 20 years since the home renovation project tweaked a shoulder. The man with the shoulder–let’s call him “Jim”–noticed the occasional twinge, but never really paid much attention to it. Normal activities were affected, to be sure, as flexi…

Sludge

Pastoral Messages | June 12, 2025

While on a walk the other day, I learned of a concept in economics that fascinated me. It also gives a name to something that has plagued almost all of us.   The concept is called “sludge.” The purpose of sludge is to put so many obstacles in front o…

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When we come to it

Pastoral Messages | June 4, 2025

My family and I used to take vacations to the Jersey Shore when my grandparents (on my mom’s side) were still alive. Our destination was located on a barrier island connected by the Ingram Thorofare Bridge, which we nicknamed ‘the Causeway.’ The Caus…

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Secondhand grace

Pastoral Messages | May 28, 2025

At the beginning of May, I traveled to New York City to attend a conference on grace. Not a professional development conference. Not a ministry conference. Not even a networking conference (though friends were made!). Just a group of Christians gathe…

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Sharing the bananas

Pastoral Messages | May 21, 2025

Just after the Second World War, when trade routes opened and food returned to war-torn England, the country received a shipment of bananas. The government allotted one for each child, so they could experience the taste of a banana. At the time, the…

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How is it with your soul?

Pastoral Messages | May 15, 2025

How is it with your soul? This sort of question usually makes me recoil. It smacks, to me anyway, of some sort of religious piety so far from my own that it sounds forced. How is it with your soul?… Do I have any control over that? Maybe I was in a…

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Follow the leader

Pastoral Messages | May 6, 2025

At just about any given time of day, there is a distinct echo in our house. It comes from our two-year-old daughter, who is bound and determined to say and do everything just like her older brother. So, if Micah wants to play the piano, Mia decides i…

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Disruptive routines

Pastoral Messages | May 1, 2025

The idea of making plans has been on my mind lately as I continue to ponder my summer plans. In May, the Tyler family begins to decide which destinations to travel to, which typically includes stops to play music with friends. In the old-time music w…

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Imperfect holiness

Pastoral Messages | April 24, 2025

I remember exactly where I was the day Jorge Bergoglio was elected Pope Francis. I was a sophomore in college and was finishing up lunch with my friends when the entire student union started to buzz. We faithful students and religion majors all cramm…

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Twin traditions

Pastoral Messages | April 17, 2025

The exact overlap of Passover and Holy Week that we are experiencing this year is not a frequent occurrence. Because of decisions made 1,700 years ago this year, the date of Easter always falls on a Sunday, while Passover can begin on any day of the…

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Worship Jun 21 & 22

Season after Pentecost

sat 5:00 pm Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 8:00 am Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 9:00 am Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 11:15 am Mark Niethammer preaching

Worship Jun 28 & 29

Season after Pentecost

sat 5:00 pm Mac Mullins preaching
sun 8:00 am Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 9:00 am Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 11:15 am Mac Mullins preaching

Worship Jul 5 & 6

Season after Pentecost

sat 5:00 pm Maddy Tyler preaching
sun 8:00 am Maddy Tyler preaching
sun 9:00 am Maddy Tyler preaching
sun 11:15 am Maddy Tyler preaching

Worship Jul 12 & 13

Season after Pentecost

sat 5:00 pm Mac Mullins preaching
sun 8:00 am Mac Mullins preaching
sun 9:00 am Mac Mullins preaching
sun 11:15 am Mac Mullins preaching

Worship Jul 19 & 20

Season after Pentecost

sat 5:00 pm Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 8:00 am Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 9:00 am Mark Niethammer preaching
sun 11:15 am Mark Niethammer preaching

Worship Jul 26 & 27

Season after Pentecost

sat 5:00 pm Katy Warren preaching
sun 8:00 am Katy Warren preaching
sun 9:00 am Katy Warren preaching
sun 11:15 am Katy Warren preaching
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