Pastor’s Message: Sept. 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...

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Hi Neighbors Speakers Program

Hi Neighbors Speakers Program

Our popular speakers program, Hi Neighbors, will be back starting on Monday, September 18! Hi Neighbors brings an interesting assortment of local speakers who share their interest and passion for topics like music, history, travel, and wellness. Each session will...

Barry Brandt Fund applications available

Barry Brandt Fund applications available

Educational assistance for the 2023-2024 school year is available through the Barry Brandt Memorial Scholarship Fund. Successful applicants must have applied to an accredited degree-granting institution of higher learning with the intent to earn a degree as stated....

Easter Egg Hunt & Spring Festival

Easter Egg Hunt & Spring Festival

"April showers" will be starting in a big way on Saturday, April 1, so we are rescheduling our Easter Egg Hunt & Spring Festival to Saturday, April 8. All ages are welcome to attend from 10 a.m.-noon. We've planned an assortment of fun activities! For the Easter...

Archive of Pastor Messages

Pastor’s Message: Sept. 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...

Pastor’s Message: Sept. 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,...

Pastor’s Message: Sept. 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...

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Senior Pastor/Head of Staff: The Rev. J.C. Austin
Associate Pastor for Justice and Community Impact:
The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton
Pastoral Associate for Formation and Compassion:
The Rev. Suzanne Trump
Director of Music Ministries: David Macbeth
Weekday Preschool Director: Tracy Leszcynski
Rentals/Facility Usage: Carol Burns
Facilities Maintenance Manager: Kevin Konczyk

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