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Remembering
O God of hosts, our faith renew, and grant us, in your grace, To join the songs sung by the saints in every time and place. Come, Let us Join with faithful souls, New century hymnal 383, verse 4 I’m writing this devotion from an empty sanctuary, having just arranged the candles that will be lit in remembrance of loved ones this coming Sunday for All Saints Day. Each candle is a life. Each life was not perfect or without…
Gratitude
I am blessed.. I am so grateful for so many things. Today I want to say thank you to those who have taught me the faith, and those that continue to teach me the faith. I am thankful for my friends, my classmates, my family, my church, and those churches that have nurtured me I want to take this opportunity to thank some people in my life who have been my pastor… I really appreciate the love and care that…
Howard Claypool 1932-2014
As was announced in church yesterday morning, another of the saints of our congregation has gone to his eternal reward. Howard Claypool passed away Friday. You can find his full obituary here. His wonderful bass voice has been missed in the choir as he rehabbed and now lives on only in our memories. The funeral will be tomorrow (Tue, 30 Sep) at 10:30AM at the church. Please keep Phyllis and the rest of the Claypool family in your prayers. Who…
Bill George 1923-2014
Many of you probably already heard that one of the saints of our congregation passed away on Wednesday.  You can find his obituary here. The funeral will be this coming Wednesday. Please keep Maribel and the family in your prayers. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written,‘For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as…