Pastor’s Corner April 6

Pastor’s Corner April 6

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...
Pastor’s Corner April 6

Pastor’s Corner March 2

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...
Pastor’s Corner April 6

Pastor’s Corner May 25

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...
Pastor’s Corner April 6

Pastor’s Corner March 9

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...
Pastor’s Corner April 6

Pastor’s Corner March 16

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...