Pastor’s Manna
Pastor’s Manna – God’s Word for You in 2019
God’s Word for You in 2019 On the first Sunday of 2019, I passed out different Star Words to those who had gathered for worship. This was a piece of paper, cut into the shape of a star with a word written upon it. The word was one of 150 words from a list of […]
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Pastor’s Manna – New Year, New Start
New Year, New Start What does the New Year mean to you? I always love how with a new year, everything resets. New Calendars, new files, new goals… new chances! I remember growing up, it meant a struggle to figure out what New Year’s resolution I would be trying to keep. What was worthy of […]
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Pastor’s Manna – ‘Tis The (Busy) Season
‘Tis the (Busy) Season I have always loved Christmas. I especially enjoyed the midnight candlelight service, lighting the candles of all the people who had come to worship. We would always start at 11:00pm and when worship was finished, it was Christmas. Like most children, Christmas was always a magical time of gifts, family, parties, […]
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Pastor’s Manna – What does it take to Grow?
What does it take to Grow? This fall in worship, we have been talking about trees, their parts and their growth, We have found that in many ways the image of a tree is a pretty good example of our spiritual journey. Starting from a tree’s root system, to the trunk, to the branches, to […]
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Pastor’s Manna – Sabbatical Time
Sabbatical Time As most of you know, for the later part of the summer I took a sabbatical. This Sabbatical had a specific focus of trying to renew various relational aspects of my life that I have not been able to focus on while I was serving as a pastor over the last 10 years […]
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Pastor’s Manna – Deeper
“Deeper” It seems that only yesterday summer and in the blink of an eye it is already over. School is back in session and our Fall programs here at First are about to begin. Time goes so fast! When I was a little girl summer lasted forever! I can remember spending long summer days at […]
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Pastor’s Manna – Sanctuary July 1st – Together!
Sanctuary July 1st – Together! Three months ago, just before Holy Week began, the beam cover fell in the sanctuary creating a need for us to vacate our regular worship space for just over 14 weeks. We certainly wouldn’t have planned to be out of the sanctuary during significant worship occurrences (like Palm Sunday, Easter, […]
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Pastor’s Manna – There Ain’t No Cure for the Summertime Blues
There Ain’t No Cure for the Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran certainly didn’t have churches in mind when he sang his song “Summertime Blues”, but churches frequently experience the Summertime Blues. Somehow, we have gotten it in our mind that summer is a time when we can lessen all of our responsibilities. We take vacations, (and […]
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Pastor’s Manna – Pentecost People
I wrote last month about the need for us to be Easter people. Easter people are living in the knowledge and confidence that God loves them so much that He came up with a plan to bring about salvation for them. Easter people know that this was not earned or deserved, but a freely given […]
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Pastor’s Manna
Easter People Did you know that Easter is more than just one day, but rather an entire season in the church? Eastertide, or the Easter season, is the 50-day period of time starting on Easter Sunday and ending on Pentecost Sunday. Eastertide reminds us of the disciples’ lives as they waited for the sign to […]
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