by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Sep 22, 2023
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS As we hope you know, the Session and Trustees began an intensive season of mission discernment for our congregation with a joint retreat about ten months ago. That retreat focused on examining the kinds of...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Sep 15, 2023
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: GOOD ENOUGH Kate Bowler is a professor of the history of North American Christianity at Duke Divinity School, having studied at both Duke and Yale University first. She is a person, in other words, of considerable accomplishment,...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Sep 8, 2023
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: A NEW ADVENTURE Having dropped my son Liam off at college a few weeks ago, I find myself thinking back to my own experiences of my first few weeks of college. My setting was very different in many ways to his: Sewanee, where I...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Sep 1, 2023
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: RECAPPING OUR TOWN HALL As you hopefully know, we held an important Congregational Town Hall last Sunday at which the Joint Finance Committee of the Session and Trustees reported on the current finances of the congregation, as well...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Aug 18, 2023
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: EXPANDING OUR LEADERSHIP As most of you know, one of the great blessings we have had as a congregation is the service of Cindy Simmons and Steve Simmons as “Parish Associates.” In the Presbyterian Church (USA), ordained Ministers...
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...
