From the Pastor's Desk Mar22

It seems so very different to worship online this morning. Cathy and I watched two live streams, both very good and reminding us of the church as a global community, and at the same time missing our immediate family since we could not gather this day. Through this past week it has become obvious that the more distance we keep, the more we realize that we were created for community. At the dawn of creation this was recognized by God when he saw Adam alone and said, “It is not good for man to be alone” before creating Eve to be with him. And Jesus remembered that when he was about to ascend back to the Father, promising to send His Spirit and said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”  When we gather at church it is often said, where two or three are gathered, there he will be also, but today we are encouraged that even if we are in individual spaces practi ... continue reading