Pastor's Notes

Have you ever seen the bitter end? The bitter end is not exactly what you think, even though it feels that way.

Independence Day is upon us. Each year on the 4th of July we celebrate perhaps the most quintessentially American holiday.

It is the season for graduation. It is time for high school grads to walk across the stage to receive their diplomas, college grads will receive their degrees, and all of them will be moving on. The graduation ceremony celebrates accomplishment. We speak of what or where we have graduated from, but what about what we graduate to?

Did you know that the Church uses a different calendar than the one on your wall, computer, or phone? We have seasons which reflect the religious significance of time as it passes.

When we confess our faith using the Apostle’s Creed we confess the identity and work of God. These confessions mean that we believe that God has not only made us his own, but that God has made us each other’s.

Every year for 5 weeks before Easter, Christians observe a season called Lent. Lent is a time to get ready.

In order to see things as they truly are it is necessary to turn one’s attention from time to time to things that are often hidden from our sight. You can’t really understand how Trinity works without recognizing the legions of faithful volunteers.

Rather than putting Christmas behind you I encourage you to keep it before you. Christmas is first and of God in Jesus Christ.