Category Archives: Church News

Dear Congregation, I hope all is well with you! This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday when we’ll reflect on the coming of the Holy Spirit with power almost two thousand years ago.  We celebrate Pentecost as the birthday of the Christian church. Usually there’s even birthday cake in the Fellowship time after worship! This will be […]

Dear Congregation, I hope each of you is doing well and adapting to our current reality of physical social distancing during this coronavirus pandemic time. One of the ways I’ve found myself adapting is by taking advantage of the video technology offered through Zoom Video Communications. I would imagine many of you are also using […]

Dear Congregation, In looking back at my calendar, I realize that we’ve not been together in the CCC Sanctuary for worship since March 8th, over two months ago! On that day, when we skipped the physical Passing of the Peace, had Communion using large pieces of bread, and refrained from shaking hands or hugging  in […]

Dear Congregation,      I hope and pray you are all doing well as we continue in this odd time of pandemic “safe at home”, even as some aspects of life are beginning to reopen. I know we all look forward to the day when we can resume the daily activities we’re used to taking for […]

Dear Congregation, This coming fourth Sunday of Easter has been designated as Good Shepherd Sunday.  The Gospel reading for the day, John 10:1-10, tells of Christ as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep. The psalm for Sunday is Psalm 23 which also uses shepherd imagery. Jesus as our Good Shepherd […]

Dear Congregation, Please know that I’m thinking about you and pray that you are doing well in this continuing time of pandemic separation. I want to thank Daniel Best for his faithful checking of the church property and Michelle Simon, our Administrative Assistant, who has taken on the task of producing this e-newsletter. I also […]

Dear Congregation, We are now in the season of Easter after celebrating, remotely again from my living room, a joyous Easter Sunday. After worship I love seeing your names showing you’ve signed in when the service was being live-streamed on Facebook and reading your comments. I continue to be grateful to Jay Harrigan and Graham […]

Dear Congregation, As I write this on Maundy Thursday, we are, of course, still living under the “Safe at Home” order during the coronavirus pandemic. I pray you are all doing well, as we weather this storm together, trusting that God is with us. One of the very down-to-earth ways this has affected my daily […]

Dear Congregation, As you know, we Floridians are now under the governor’s “Safe at Home” order, made in response to the coronavirus pandemic we’re experiencing. Being mindful of this current reality, worship this Palm Sunday, and into the foreseeable future, will be live-streamed on our Facebook page from my apartment in Bay Harbor Islands. As […]

Dear Church,   ……….It was good to be together in worship with you last Sunday as we shared our first live-streaming of an entire service on Facebook! Thanks so much to Daniel Best, Graham Bryan, and Jay Harragin pooling their gifts of technical expertise, music-making, and expressive reading, joining with me to help make it happen! I […]