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It can be tempting for me to want to do everything all at once. I often have wish I had a magic nose like Samantha from Bewitched, so I could wiggle it and the large task ahead would be done.  It’s over whelming to think about losing weight or creating...

Seasonal Slump

Attendance is down.  Giving is down. We’ve had 3 people move into assisted living so they won’t be coming anymore. I am freaking out. This great momentum we’ve had with our 5th anniversary of dinner gatherings, 9 new members joining at Pentecost, and...

If Not Us, Who?

As a full disclosure, this is a long blog and it talks about both gun violence and white supremacy. It has been a heavy few weeks as more lives have been lost to gun violence. Our own denomination calls us to end gun violence. The United Methodist Church urges...

Chaos and Calm

We are on the final week of our summer ministry experiment, Steele Street School. It has been amazing.  We’ve served 25 different children thanks to 16 church volunteers and 45 youth from LAST (Learning and Serving Together, a service-learning program for youth...

Love Matters

This week one of our leaders shared her story of claiming her identity. I asked her if we could share it here because for me her words are so powerful and her experience of the church in the midst of the journey is exactly what I believe Jesus would want for every...