Dear church,
We are looking forward to a wonderful morning of outdoor worship this Sunday! We will welcome missionary guests from the ELCA, receive a special offering for the food pantry [bring a ‘meal in a can!’], celebrate those with July birthdays and anniversaries, and enjoy ice cream treats together following worship. We are also glad to welcome Pastor Mike Busbey as our guest preacher. It should be a joyful celebration!
See you in worship,
Pastor Kyle
In a statement about recent Supreme Court decisions on immigration policies, Bishop Curry invites the church to prayer, lament and action.
Dear church,
As Independence Day approaches, Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry invites us to hold together gratitude and humility as our nation looks toward the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
That feels like faithful language for Christians. We can give thanks for the gifts of this country and the bold vision of freedom and equality named in its founding documents, while also telling the truth about the ways that vision has not yet been fully realized.
In many ways, this is the shape of Christian hope. We live in the “already and not yet,” trusting God’s promised future even as we are called to repentance, justice, mercy, and love here and now.
I encourage you to take a few minutes to read Bishop Curry’s statement linked below.
See you in worship,
Pastor Kyle