by Carol Burns | Mar 11, 2022
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN:CALLED TO SERVE This Sunday, we will be ordaining Elders and Deacons and installing them to office. Ordination and Installation Sunday is always a highlight of the year for me personally; it is the culmination of literally months of...
by Carol Burns | Mar 4, 2022
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: REDEDICATING OURSELVES The last couple of years, I’ve seen people making the same sardonic joke at the beginning of Lent: “this year for Lent, I’m giving up.” The reference, of course, is to the practice of giving something up for...
by Carol Burns | Feb 25, 2022
MESSAGE FROM THE REV. LINDSEY ALTVATER CLIFTON For the people of Ukraine,for refugees and the loved ones they leave behind,for transgender and non-binary kids in Texas,for LGBTQ+ youth in Florida. For an end to violence of all kinds,for peace and flourishing for all...
by Carol Burns | Feb 18, 2022
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: THE EDUCATION OF OUR LEADERSHIP “Great! Now what?” That’s what a newly-elected Elder said to me a couple of years ago after the Annual Congregational Meeting that year. It can be a bit of a mystery if you haven’t already gone...
by Carol Burns | Feb 11, 2022
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN:ANNOUNCING NEW PROTOCOLS Friends, I have some good news for you from the Session’s Building Reopening Task Force. As you know, this Task Force has been guiding us throughout the pandemic in terms of our responses to the risk levels...
by Carol Burns | Feb 4, 2022
A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. J.C. AUSTIN: EXPLORING SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE As I was reading our Scripture passage for Sunday to prepare the sermon, it suddenly occurred to me: “Wait, is Jesus falling prey to 1st century ‘cancel culture’?” The passage is Luke 4:14-30, which...
