The Reverend Christine V. Hides When and where is Sunday school? Check in at 9:45 a.m. near the Schmidt Chapel. Sunday school will meet outdoors, weather permitting. Masks are required indoors. What should kids wear to church? Anything comfortable for outdoor play and occasional messy projects I need help with registration or have [...]
Tyler Yost, Christine Hides, Greta Connor The Reverend Christine V. Hides What is “commissioning the confirmands”? Who will be my teachers for Third Grade Bible? Get answers to questions around these milestone years and more on Sunday, Sept.12! Watch as the 9th grade confirmands are commissioned at the 10 a.m. Worship in [...]
The Reverend Christine V. Hides The new school year arrives with both excitement and uncertainty. Prayers for this milestone ground us in God’s hope and grace, reminding us of God’s loving presence in each and every moment of our lives. Below is a prayer inspired by the familiar structure of Psalm 23, the [...]
The Reverend Christine V. Hides God of green pastures, Creator of abundant life, On this Sabbath day we are grateful for your gift of rest, a respite from our daily journeys, for sacred music to lift our hearts, and for poetry and scripture to nourish our souls. We remember silently the people [...]
Prayer Praise and Painting, June 20, 2021 The Reverend Christine V. HidesMother Teresa was featured in Prayer, Praise and Painting yesterday. This is how we artfully interpreted her approach to helping people, one by one:Perhaps Mother Teresa’s “one by one” approach resulted from her focus on relationships. As we reemerge from the pandemic, how [...]
The Reverend Christine V. Hides Holy God, Gracious Parent of us all,Your presence is with us all of our daysAnd your love surrounds us in every tender moment. We ask your blessing this day for all fathers, grantthem joy and togetherness, grace and wholeness. And in those parent-childrelationships where there is hurt and disappointment, we [...]
Greta Connor writes: "I used to think that the verse from Psalm 23, 'surely goodness and mercy shall follow you all the days of your life...' was 'Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy shall follow you...' when I was a kid. Words we hear in church don't always resonate until later in life. Prior to the [...]
Katie Nahrwold writes: "What’s normal? It is hard to remember what we 'used to' think of as normal as we reestablish our routines and schedules today. During the pandemic, our college-age son came home and we were back to our family of six every day, every hour, every moment. To make the best of [...]
Wednesdays, 9:15–10 a.m. Online and in-person in the Centennial Room June 2–July 28 The Bible Read Along group welcomes new participants who wish to explore the poetry of the Psalms. No prior reading or experience is necessary. This is a hybrid class; you may drop-in online or in person as you are able to [...]
While the pandemic has clearly been a terrible ill for society, like many we are trying to find those silver linings as we emerge from this dark period.