Posts with the tag “pastor-brian”

In a recent meeting, our good friend David Messick did some quick research and discovered something interesting about our community. As many of you know, our church, like most churches, is made up mostly of older adults, although we have a good number of children and youth – not enough, but many more children and youth than we have of people between the ages of 20-65. It turns out that Hampton als...  Read More

Now that Easter is through, we are sliding through a few special days – Mother’s Day, Pentecost, Father’s Day, and then we’ll be staring at summer again! But long before any of those days arrive, I have a plan to help us be ready for whatever comes – learning about how the Holy Spirit works and how we can work with the Holy Spirit from the master teacher – the apostle John.One of the things Pastor...  Read More

Last month, I ended with this quote: “He who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 1:6) I want to pick that thread up this month. Will God complete the work begun in us? How is that possible? If the goal is to become perfect in love so that everything we do is informed by our love for Jesus and neighbor, can it even happen? After all, Jes...  Read More

Well, we sure did start the year off on the “left foot” (See last month’s article). We started well, and we’re continuing well, but it is a challenge, isn’t it? We began the year with communion and the wonderful fellowship of our small groups, but it wasn’t long before we had to say goodbye to Peggy Miller, Mary Plum Hogge, Karen McNeil, and shortly after that, I had to say goodbye to my own mothe...  Read More