by The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton | Sep 3, 2023
This has been a difficult week. Last Saturday, a white man wearing a mask and firing an assault rifle emblazoned with a swastika gunned down three Black people in a racist hate crime in Jacksonville, Florida, again bringing questions around white supremacy and a lack...
by The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton | Aug 11, 2023
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. LINDSEY ALTVATER-CLIFTON: LEARNING THE LANDSCAPE Greetings, friends! This Sunday, we have our last Linger & Learn of the summer. Following worship, we’ll be welcoming Pamela Cho, Vice President of Early Learning Resource Centers for...
by The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton | Jul 21, 2023
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. LINDSEY ALTVATER CLIFTON: GROWTH AND COMMUNITY FPCB Friends, No matter what is going on in the world, hearing young people sing together always gives me a bit of hope that everything just might be OK. That was certainly the case this past...
by The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton | Jul 9, 2023
Today’s Gospel story is a weird one; not really in terms of content, but in terms of what’s missing. You see, we find ourselves only 17 verses (and one beheading) after Jesus’ hometown rejection and his sending the disciples out two-by-two. There has been A...
by The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton | Jul 7, 2023
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. LINDSEY ALTVATER CLIFTON:CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION Greetings FPCB Friends, It’s a bit hard to believe we’re into July already! 2023 is clipping along rather quickly… In the months since our Annual Congregational Meeting in January, the...
