Title: Please Pray With Me Texts: Job 42:1-9, Hebrews 7:23-28 Date: October 25, 2009 Author: Dave Nickel Jane’s Story: It’s a Friday afternoon in late August. Jane has just finished mowing the lawn at her two acres in “the county.”  Her mobile home shines in the bright North Carolina sunshine. As she surveys the surroundings, [...]

Title: A Baby’s Slave Text: Mk. 10:35-45 Date: Oct 18, 2009 Author: Isaac Villegas The sons of Zebedee, James and John, come up to Jesus and tell him what they want: they say, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory” (Mk. 10:38). It’s a bold [...]

Title: The Priesthood of All Believers Date: Oct 11, 2009 Text: Hebrews 4:12-16 Author: Chris Gooding Two weeks ago, Jews around the world celebrated Yom Kippur for the year 5770. Since I’ve been trying to learn more about Jewish liturgy in order to aid in interpretation of the Old Testament (and to further inter-religious dialogue [...]

Our congregation financially supports Mary Raber’s work in the Ukraine. She is there with Mennonite Mission Network. Below is her recent letter. Read it to learn about her work and find out how to support her with our prayers as well. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – [...]

Title: Broken visions Texts: Heb 1:1-4, 2:5-12; Ps 26; Job 1:1, 2:1-10 Date: Oct 4, 2009 Author: Isaac Villegas How to go on when our world gets turned upside down? How to make sense of our life when everything collapses? How to put one foot in front of the other when nothing makes sense anymore? [...]