I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving.  I want to encourage everyone to remember that God’s blessings exists throughout the calendar year.  We are such forgetful beings that we need a holiday on the calendar to remind us to give thanks.  But may we not be such Christians.  May the faithfulness of God never bore us but instead be the firm foundation…

On this Thanksgiving Sunday, let us celebrate as we witness baptism and infant baptism today!  It is always a great joy to see that God is active within our congregation. Let us surround these baptizees with our welcome and love and rejoice that our God is mighty to save.  And just as weddings are often a time for married couples to revisit…

We thank our veterans today.  We thank them for serving our country, for protecting the values of the nation, and for fighting on our behalf.  Thank you for the years of your service and the effort and energy poured into the nation’s causes.  And I can’t help but point out that this act of thanking our veterans parallels our view of Christ’s…

It’s now been 2 years since our congregation has been having communion every 1st Sunday of the month.  And what a joy it has been to bring this holy sacrament to you every month.  It is the solemn reminder of our need for Christ, but also the joyous reminder of our hope in Christ!  Let’s be reminded regularly and never forget.  So…