Pastor’s Thoughts

This weekend the church celebrates the feast of the Ascension of Jesus. It’s celebrated 40 days after Easter to mark when our Lord returned to heaven and we are given the advocate of the Holy Spirit as Jesus promise to be with us until the end of time. It’s...

Pastor’s Thoughts

This Monday we celebrate ‘MEMORIAL DAY’ a day that was instituted by Major General John A. Logan in 1886. It was about three years since the civil war ended that the head of the Grand Army of the Republic, Gen John Logan established what was called then...

Pastor’s Thoughts

I’ve always found it amazing that Jesus never says to his disciples the straightforward and bumper stickery words “I love you” or “I will always love you” (a la Dolly Parton’s song). Why doesn’t Jesus say, “I love you”? Well, actually he does, but in particular ways....

Pastor’s Thoughts

This weekend we celebrate the 4th Sunday of Easter. It is also the weekend we celebrate our mothers both living and deceased. How did this beautiful day of remembering our mothers begin? Anna M. Jarvis, born in 1864 in Webster West Virginia, is credited as the force...