Happy New Year and Hello 2024!! Bonnie Kluttz did a great job reminding all of us of the upcoming 50th Anniversary Dinner, planned for Saturday, February 3, 2024 from 4:00-8:00 pm at New Hope Ministries! Tickets are $25 pp and you can either send a check to the church office or go to Click Here […]
Dear Congregants, Friends, and Guests: Christmas Eve welcomed the Christ Child into our midst with joy and celebration. God continues to believe in the world created Millenia ago by becoming human. God has not stopped nor will ever retreat from saving each and every one of us. We come to worship giving our best and […]
Dear Congregants, Friends, and Guests: Sunday’s worship with the choral cantata, “A New & Glorious Morn,” filled the sanctuary with joy and awe! The choir was amazing and a huge thanks to Bob and Glenn for their gifted leadership as Directors of Music! On Christmas Eve they will lead the choir in some incredibly moving […]
Dear Congregants, Friends, and Guests: The characters of Christmas focused on last Sunday included Mary and Joseph. The Angel Gabriel visited Lely Pres a second time to bring unbelievable news to a young couple. God does that. God breaks into our lives with messengers who dazzle and disturb us when least expected! This is a […]
Dear Congregants, Friends, and Guests: Zechariah led off the sermon series entitled, “The Characters of Christmas!” As a priest, holy moments and rites were so familiar to him, he believe he owned those moments! As scripture tells us, the holy grasps us….not the other way around in our spiritual journey! The Angel Gabriel also visited […]
Dear Congregants, Friends, and Guests: An incredible group of people gathered the afternoon of Sunday, November 26 to decorate the sanctuary for Advent in preparation for Christmas! Decorating had some challenges and was made easy by well labeled bags and teamwork!! Thank you!!! The season is one of anticipation. I started reading the Heaven and […]
Dear Congregants, Friends, and Guests: A huge thanks to Cindy Kelley, Nancy Copeland, Jaye DeLaPaz, and Glenn Kinckner for putting the Cornucopia on the Communion Table together! The bounty of fruit and vegetables reminds us of God’s blessings and that all good things come from God Almighty. To quote the hymn, “We plow the fields […]
Dear Congregants, Friends, and Guests: Being Satisfied when Bummed Out, was the theme for last week’s sermon. We have all experienced being bummed out for a variety of reasons. While the Preacher in Ecclesiastes says that all is vanity, i.e., meaningless, Jesus gives us a hope that sustains us and carries us through the bummed […]
Dear Congregants, Friends, and Guests: Sunday started a sermon series entitled, “Being Satisfied in a World of Consumption.” The series is anchored in passages from Ecclesiastes. Please take time to read the twelve brief chapters tucked between Proverbs and the Song of Solomon. The sermon focused on life. While the writer of Ecclesiastes says all […]
Dear Congregants, Friends, and Guests: October 31 marks the 506th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, generally recognized to have begun when Martin Luther posted 95 theses on a church door in Wittenberg. Many churches may pay particular attention ahead of October 31 to the “five solas of the Reformation,” including sola scriptura (Scripture alone), solus […]