Pastor’s Message

A MESSAGE FROM REV. LINDSEY ALTVATER CLIFTON: FINDING OUR WAY Greetings, friends! We continue our Easter celebrations all the way to Pentecost (May 24).  The Eastertide season, these 50 days from Easter through Pentecost, invites us to consider what it means to be...

Pastor’s Message: April 3, 2026

A MESSAGE FROM REV. KAREN KINNEY: FEARING THE JOY Grace and peace to you, Heads up Good Friday people! Easter Sunday is coming! Resurrection joy is on its way! But first… we would be remiss if we didn’t remember the actions of Good Friday and the days in between when...

Pastor’s Message: March 27, 2026

A MESSAGE FROM REV. KAREN KINNEY: MOVING WITH JESUS Grace and peace to you, This Sunday, we enter Holy Week waving our palms and joining the parade and the action as Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey. Palm Sunday has much to teach us at both services (9 a.m. and...

Pastor’s Message: March 20, 2026

A MESSAGE FROM REV. KAREN KINNEY: MERCY AS A PRACTICEGrace and peace to you, We continue our journey through Lent to Holy Week. On this fifth Sunday in Lent, we take up what it means to practice mercy.  Merriam Webster defines mercy as: compassion, leniency, or...

Pastor’s Message: March 13, 2026

A MESSAGE FROM REV. KAREN KINNEY: CARING FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE Grace and peace to you, I don’t know about you, but the world feels very chaotic to me right now. A war that no one wants. Cruelty abounding at the local, state and national levels towards the most...

Pastor’s Message: March 6, 2026

A MESSAGE FROM REV. KAREN KINNEY: GIFTED WITH SPIRITUAL ABUNDANCE Grace and peace to you, How do you define abundance? Merriam-Webster defines it as an ample quantity or wealth or affluence. Abundance gets interpreted as having a lot of something – usually money or...