April 26, 2026 Fourth Sunday of Easter Announcements Invocation Scripture: Acts 2:42-47 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 Awe came upon everyone because many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 All who believed were together and had all things in common; 45 they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 Day by day

A Note from Pastor Ryan One of the readings for today is from Psalm 119:33- 40. In this Psalm, the writer cries out to God for instruction. He wants to know God's way, God's decrees, Gods law. In a round about way, it is asking for wisdom.  We live in an age where people seem to want to be right rather than taught. Learning is not always an easy thing, it changes and challenges us. But this Psalmist has the correct desire, we should long for God's precepts, but do we? Do you

April 19, 2026 Third Sunday of Easter   Announcements    Invocation   Scripture: Acts 2:14a, 36-41   14  But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Fellow Jews and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say.   36  “Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.” 37  Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and

A Note from Pastor Ryan One of the Psalms for today in the Book of Common Prayer is Psalm 12. It starts by saying "Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race."  As I read those words, I thought what a common complaint. Today we make this common lament as well, people aren't as faithful as they once were. This type of lament can lead to despair. We can wonder how God could accomplish anything with such faithless and disloy

April 12, 2026 Second Sunday of Easter   Announcements    Invocation   Scripture: Acts 2:14a, 22-32   14  But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Fellow Jews [ a ]  and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say.   22  “Fellow Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves

A Note from Pastor Ryan My friend Jason Byasse wrote "The Psalms are a rich feast" in the introduction to his commentary on Psalms 101-150. In my mind a rich feast includes a variety of foods so there is something for everyone- though not everyone will enjoy every dish.  Perhaps you've discovered that a meaningful psalm to someone else doesn't carry the same weight to you. This Eastertide we'll be going through the Psalms on Sunday mornings. But I would also encourage you, if

April 5, 2026 Easter Sunday   Announcements   Invocation   Scripture: Isaiah 25:6-9   6  On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. 7  And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the covering that is spread over all nations; 8  he will swallow up death forever. Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from

March 29, 2026 Palm Sunday   Announcements    Invocation   Scripture: Isaiah 50:4-9   4  The Lord God has given me a trained tongue, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens, wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. 5  The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn backward. 6  I gave my back to those who struck me and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult an

A Note from Pastor Ryan The last core desire that we spoke about was the desire for significance. Everyone wants their life to matter. The scriptures teach us that God loves us, God values us. God knows the hairs on our heads. Jesus died for us. Clearly we matter to God, but often that isn’t enough for us. We decide that we our true identity is found in what we do. In fact, many think “I am what I do, I am what I achieve.” When we think this way we may become riddled with anx

March 22, 2026 Fifth Sunday in Lent   Announcements    Invocation   Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14   37:1 The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.  2  He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry.  3  He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord God, you know.”  4  Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bon

A Note from Pastor Ryan Winter won't go away. I'm tired of it being cold. I'm tired of the snow. I'm tired of being indoors. I'm tired of other people staying indoors. I'm tired of the howling winds and the storms. I'm guessing many of you may feel the same. Perhaps they are the storms of kids getting sick, parents getting sick, family members being in pain. Maybe they are storms of tight finances or even a lack of satisfaction with life. Maybe they are storms of anger, depre

March 15, 2026 Fourth Sunday in Lent   Announcements    Invocation   Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1-13   The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”  2  Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears of it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come

A Note from Pastor Ryan This past Sunday I spoke about our desire to belong. We all want to be seen, known, loved, and esteemed. We find satisfaction in being known and loved. All too often, we seek fulfilmment in relationships only to find that they don't satisfy. We should find our identity, our sense of belonging in God. In our baptisms we get claimed as God's children. That is who we are! This is part of what Jesus meant in drinking water which comes from him. Jesus satis

March 8, 2026 Third Sunday in Lent   Announcements    Invocation   Scripture: Exodus 17:1-7   17 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.  2  The people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”  3  But the people thirsted there for water, and t

A Note from Pastor Ryan On Sunday, Pastor John talked about how Abraham was called to be a blessing to the world. We too can be a blessing to others, BUT actually being a blessing means that we don’t keep a score, we don’t begrudge being a blessing. When we are actually a blessing towards others, it blesses us as well. In order for us to move towards that, we must be aware of our desire for security. This is a good desire, but like all good desires, it can be used against us.

March 1, 2026 Second Sunday in Lent   Announcements    Invocation   Scripture: Psalm 121   I lift up my eyes to the hills—    from where will my help come? 2  My help comes from the Lord,    who made heaven and earth. 3  He will not let your foot be moved;    he who keeps you will not slumber. 4  He who keeps Israel    will neither slumber nor sleep. 5  The Lord is your keeper;    the Lord is your shade at your right hand. 6  The sun shall not strike you by day    nor the moo

February 22, 2026 First Sunday in Lent   Announcements    Invocation   Scripture: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7   15  The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.  16  And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;  17  but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.’   3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that t

TONIGHT: Don't forget there will NOT be a community Dinner tonight. But, there is an Ash Wednesday Service starting at 6:30 p.m.! UPCOMING EVENTS: Feb. 18  6:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday Service             NO COMMUNITY DINNER     Feb. 22       Alabaster Offering   Feb. 28       1:00-4:00 p.m. Women’s Craft Day

February 15, 2026 Transfiguration Sunday   Announcements    Invocation   Scripture: Exodus 24:12-18   12  The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there; I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”  13  So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up onto the mountain of God.  14  To the elders he had said, “Wait here for us, until we come back to you. Look, Aaron and

A Note from Pastor Ryan If you're doing the reading the Bible in a year plan, then you've likely read about the restitution expected from certain sins or mistakes in Exodus 22. It made me think of that wee little man Zaccheus who paid restitution upon meeting Jesus. Jesus told him that salvation had come to his house.    Restitution is not something with which contemporary Christians are often comfortable. People tend to think, "Jesus died for my sins, why should I do anythin