reflections on life through the ponderings of Scripture
Last Edited: March 30, 2020Original Date: March 25, 2018 A Brief Overview of Holy Week There are usually five - in some cases, six - days during Holy Week that are specifically commemorated, beginning with Palm Sunday, which commemorates Jesus's paradoxical Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. (John 12:12-19). Although not as common, some set-apart the following Wednesday as 'Silent Wednesday;' traditionally viewed as a day …
During a conversation over coffee yesterday with a friend, he asked why things like missional living, neighboring, being a student of the community where we live, collaborative partnerships, racial reconciliation, foster care and adoption, serving the poor, hospitality and expanding our relational capacity to include people across ethnic, socio-economic and generational lines into gospel-centered community were all so important to me personally. I thought …
August 3, 2018 After having several people recommend it to me in recent weeks, I finally went to see the movie, Won’t You Be My Neighbor - a documentary on the life and work of Fred Rogers; a man who is perhaps better known by many as Mr. Rogers. Besides the awkwardness of inviting someone (besides my …
A couple of years ago, one of our covenant members asked me to be a reference for a program she was applying for called Leadership Rowan. After looking more into the program, I decided not only to serve as a reference, but to also apply myself. Several of you may be familiar with or have …
Almost two years go, we appointed a team of people among our church family to spearhead our missional reach as a church, both locally and internationally. Our Missions Team has since been working to help deepen relationship with our ministry partners, while mobilizing both covenant members, attenders and guests to be living expressions of the love of Christ by serving …
