Apr 4, 2022 | Church News, Lent/Easter, Rustlings
Palm Sunday Worship Service (Sanctuary) April 10, 10:30am Children sing and wave palm branches as we celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. MidWeek Fellowship (Fellowship Hall) April 13, 6:15pm Jim Dant’s “When I Survey the Cross” series concludes...
Mar 28, 2022 | Church News, Rustlings
One morning last week, I found myself drinking a cup of coffee…watching the sun rise over the Atlantic…listening to the rhythmic splash of the rising tide. I was enjoying the spring break with my children, grandchildren and friends. Sitting in that quiet morning space...
Mar 7, 2022 | Church News, Rustlings
If I heard it once, I heard it a million times in the sermons of my adolescence: “The youth are the future of the church.” (Okay, that was an exaggeration. It was closer to thirty times…or maybe fifty…but certainly not a million. However, when you are 15 years old,...
Feb 28, 2022 | Church News, Rustlings
The Lenten Season is upon us. For some, this is also the time for spring cleaning. These weeks preceding the celebration of Easter offer us a sacred space for reflection, confession, discipline and change—a sort of spring cleaning for the individual soul and the...
Feb 7, 2022 | Church News, Rustlings
I am not a visual artist. I am not a sculptor, painter or photographer. I do, however, appreciate the work of those whose gifts make these works accessible to the world. One of my daughters is an artist. She has patiently taken the time to teach me about background,...
Jan 24, 2022 | Church News, Rustlings
Some people are ‘last minute’ people. Maybe it is embedded in the genetics that shape their personality. Maybe it is simply a habit that has developed over time. It often appears to be a simple matter of practicality. For whatever reason, some people wait until the...
