Dear Church, A couple weeks ago, I attended a memorial service for a 94 year old member of the church I grew up in. Shirley and her late husband Ross were often greeters or coffee hour hosts, and served in various committee roles at the First Congregational...
Dear Church, At Lakewood Congregational Church, we continue to be in a season of transition, discernment, and visioning, while remaining grounded and steadfast in our primary purpose– witnessed to in our mission statement– We strive to be a welcoming, worshiping...
Dear Church, It was so wonderful to celebrate our Social Hall and Kitchen renovation at the Annual Meeting on February 16th! This huge project has been such a great joy. Both the process and the outcome are strengthening our church and our community in wonderful...
Dear Church, Every few years, the First Sunday of Advent happens the Sunday after Thanksgiving. This is one of those years. If I’m honest, I much prefer the years with a nice little week in-between, but the Creator of Time didn’t consult me first. So here we...
Dear Church, As I write, I’m listening to many loud noises coming from our social hall— the beautiful sound of contractors working hard to make our dream into a reality. We’re a little over a month into the renovation of our Social Hall, Kitchen, and West...
