by Megan Hopkins | Nov 16, 2023 | E-Newsletter, Home Page, Uncategorized
This time next week, most of us will be recovering from a turkey, dressing, and cranberry sauce-induced nap and perhaps even preparing for the first of many servings of leftovers. Many of you will spend time traveling to gather around the table with family and...
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...
