by Megan Hopkins | Nov 9, 2023 | E-Newsletter, Home Page, Uncategorized
This Sunday, we start a new sermon series based on Jesus’ parables from Matthew’s Gospel. Each of the parables we will cover over the next few weeks are Kingdom parables; that is, they have something to say about the nature of God’s Kingdom and our invitation to...
by Megan Hopkins | Apr 6, 2023 | E-Newsletter, Home Page, Uncategorized
Easter is the most important day of the Christian year. It’s the day we celebrate that God has defeated sin and death through the power of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. It’s the day we gather together to experience new life and new hope in Jesus and I can’t...
by Megan Hopkins | Mar 2, 2023 | E-Newsletter, Uncategorized
Mrs. Elizabeth, one of our teachers at Pittman Park Education Center, died tragically in an automobile accident this past Saturday. After hearing the news, I was shocked and quickly began to scramble to figure out how to care for our Education Center staff and...
by Megan Hopkins | May 25, 2023 | E-Newsletter, Home Page, Uncategorized
This Sunday, during worship, we will celebrate Pentecost. Pentecost is the day we remember the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Jesus’ disciples in Jerusalem and the birth of the church. Peter and 120 others, filled with the Holy Spirit, spilled into the crowded...
by Megan Hopkins | Mar 9, 2023 | E-Newsletter, Home Page, Uncategorized
Each week I close my Pastor’s Corner with the following: God bless, Jonathan Smith For Jesus. For People. For Community. Friends, I want you to know that this closing, or a valediction, has been an intentional choice of mine. In a world that is filled with people who...
by Megan Hopkins | Mar 16, 2023 | E-Newsletter, Home Page, Uncategorized
I believe that having rituals to mark time is an essential practice in our lives. The season of Lent invites us to mark time by fasting and prayer. Advent invites us to mark time by lighting the candles on the Advent wreath. These rituals that help us mark time don’t...
