Pastor’s Message: April 12, 2024

PREPARING FOR OUR NEXT ADVENTURE AS A CHURCH COMMUNITYBy Carol Burns, Communications Manager Kirkland Village is holding a Community Sale on Saturday, May 18, and we are taking advantage of the shoppers coming to their site by planning our own “Spring Cleaning Sale”...

Pastor’s Message: April 5, 2024

A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. SUZANNE TRUMP: LISTENING ANEW Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! What a beautiful Easter celebration this past weekend.  Many thanks to Lindsey for the confetti wands.  It was so awesome to see the confetti covering the floor and altar. Thank...

Pastor’s Message: March 29, 2024

A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: OBSERVING THE TRIDUUM As I mentioned last week, we are now in the midst of what the medieval church began calling the Triduum (“TRID-you-um”), which is simply Latin for “three days.” The Triduum begins on Thursday evening of Holy...

Pastor’s Message: March 22, 2024

A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: COMMEMORATING JESUS’ ACTIVITIES This Sunday is Palm Sunday, which begins Holy Week, the most important week of the year on the Christian calendar. In the next week, we will have a range of services that commemorate Jesus’...

Pastor’s Message: March 15, 2024

A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: A LONG (AND EXCITING) JOURNEY AHEAD Last week, I attended a gathering in Atlanta of about 30 PC(USA) senior pastors from across the country, facilitated by the Presbyterian Foundation. The point was to gather pastors who fit into...

Pastor’s Message: March 8, 2024

A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: CELEBRATING BAPTISM This Sunday, we are celebrating the Sacrament of Baptism during the 11 a.m. worship service, which is always a special occasion. Given that, I want to follow up on the discussion about Communion last week to...