Category Archives: Church News

Dear Congregation, What a difference a week makes! Last Thursday at this time the decision hadn’t yet been made as to whether or not we’d cancel worship on Sunday. Now here we are, planning our first on-line worship service to be streamed this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. on our Facebook page and on our website! […]

“WASH YOUR HANDS AND SAY YOUR PRAYERS BECAUSE JESUS AND GERMS ARE EVERYWHERE!” When I was shopping recently I was surprised to see a set of towels embroidered with this saying! My first response was to laugh, thinking, “Who on earth would buy these?” But now, a few weeks later, with the increasing concern about […]

Dear Congregation, Super Bowl Sunday approaches! Not being a football fan myself, nevertheless, I plan to watch at least part of the game for the ads. The promise in the pre-game hype is that many of them will be funny. I try to take advantage of any opportunity for laughter in these days in which […]

Dear Congregation, I’m happy to announce that our Transition Team has completed their work!  Their report was presented at our joint Council/Trustee’s meeting last Sunday. At our Annual Meeting immediately after the combined worship service at 10:30 a.m. on February 9, there will be a discussion on the recommendations made in the report. Those Recommendations will […]

Dear Congregation, I invite you to take the time to come worship at CCC on Sunday where our focus will be on Jesus’ question to the men who would be his disciples, “What are you looking for?” found in John 1:29-42. At the beginning of this three day week-end leading up to Monday’s celebration of […]

Dear Congregation, This coming Sunday is designated as The Baptism of Christ Sunday. In reflecting on the importance of Jesus’ baptism at the very beginning of his public ministry, we’ll consider the meaning of our own baptisms. There will be the opportunity for all who choose to do so to reaffirm their baptismal vows and […]

Dear Congregation, I was happy to receive a new 2020 Mary Englebreit calendar for a Christmas gift. It has become kind of a tradition that my daughter Darcy gets me one every year. I really enjoy the artist’s illustrations and the various quotations listed month by month. One January’s quote was from Mark Twain who […]

Dear Congregation, A New Year and a new decade begins next week on Wednesday. As we’re poised to leave 2019 behind, with all that it has contained of joys and sorrows, we pause to both look back and to look ahead.  I’d like to share with you a poem from a favorite book of prayers […]

Dear Congregation, Christmas is coming! This Sunday Lorrie and Isabella LeGrand & Jose Otlaora will light the fourth candle on the Advent Wreath, the purple LOVE candle, during the late worship service. I hope you’re able to take time to be present at one of the services either at 8:45 a.m. or at 10:30 a.m.  […]

Dear Congregation, Advent is going by quickly as it always seems to do. The purple candles of Hope and Peace have been lit on the Advent Wreath, and this Sunday the Smith family will light the third candle, the pink candle of Joy. One definition of joy is   “the emotion of great delight or happiness […]