From the Adult Sunday School We’re turning to some Lenten studies from now until Easter. On April 8th we will return to our reading and discussion of The Future of Faith by Harvey Cox. (A spare copy is available from Ed Tomastik.) We’ll be on Chapter 5, The People of the Way, The Devolution from Faith to Belief, and also…
This year’s Easter Ingathering will be held on Saturday, March 24th at 9:30 am in the SCC Lounge. Volunteers are needed to help pack bags for local families for their Easter celebration on Saturday, March 24th and participate in the delivery of the bags as well. Deliveries can happen on Saturday and then also on…
“Betwixt and between.” This is what Dr. Stephen Ray, the new president at my theological alma mater, the Chicago Theological Seminary, titled his first sermon delivered in community chapel there. The sermon was preached in the midst of the odd confluence we just had on February 14th—the co-occurrence of Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday.[1] I’ll…
LENT to EASTER MARCH 4 Communion Sunday “O sacrum convivium” by Olivier Messiaen MARCH 11 “God So Loved the World” by Stainer MARCH 18 “Create in Me a Clean Heart” by Paul Christiansen “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” by Gil Martin PALM SUNDAY, March 25 “Ride On, King Jesus” arr. by Moses Hogan MAUNDY…
We are now picking up baked goods from Price Chopper on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Produce is picked up on Tuesday and Thursday and taken directly to the Covenant Soup Kitchen. On FoodShare Thursdays we send a team from the Bread Ministry to distribute the baked goods to the FoodShare recipients. Would you…
Our Food Pantry is being heavily used right now, we have local families that are simply not receiving enough assistance to put food on their tables and the Food Pantry has become a vital necessity for some. Here are some items that are always needed: Cereal (hot or cold) Peanut Butter Jelly & Jam Tuna…
The Governing Board had another full agenda for its January 9 meeting. A Resignation and an Appointment The Board accepted the Resignation of Zoe Strickler as Church Clerk with thanks and appreciation for her service over the past year and appointed Pamela Roberts as a Wider Church Delegate for a two-year term ending in 2020….
Hello, church! It is very good to be back among you after our time apart this fall! For all that the sabbatical experience was for me, I also see good signs that it was a good and enriching period of time for you all as a congregation as well. We’ll have more opportunities to share…
Governance Structure and New Bylaws Our church’s Annual Meeting on January 28, 2018 will include an important vote on whether to adopt new Bylaws, which would make our current trial governance structure permanent. Based on feedback from the Board, Lead Ministry Coordinators, Church Officers, and the Open Forum on Church Governance Structure held Sunday, November…
The Adult Sunday School continues to meet at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings in Room 201 in the Education Wing. Gather for conversations about our reading of The Future of Faith by Harvey Cox, an acclaimed author, whose book is about the essential change taking place in what it means to be “religious” today. We…
