Category: Pastors’ Letters

Lately I have been reflecting on how much of my journey of faith has been shaped by the invitation of another. In high school, my best friend Susan invited me …

I was signing off a Zoom call a few weeks ago and a pastor friend of mine said, in John 20:19–23, when Jesus appeared to the disciples behind locked doors, …

On January 1, 2022, Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman released a poem on social media “to celebrate the new year and to honor the hurt and the humanity of the …

This Lenten season, we are following a Devotional titled Meeting Jesus at the Table. As you have seen, we are carrying this theme into worship each week; we will gather …

I am writing this on a cold and snowy January afternoon, hunkered down in my home office, feeling the icy chill of winter in my fingers as I type. Winter …

I am writing this on December 18, 7 days before Christmas and 14 days before we turn the page on the year 2023. I suspect that, like me, many of …

Disruptive. Confusing. Scary. Exciting. Disorienting. Have you ever experienced a situation or a season in your life that could be marked by any or all of these words? As I …

As I sit on my front porch and type this letter, I sense fall all around me: afternoon sunlight hitting my face and hands through the now sparse leaves of …

Happy Mission Month! In October, we celebrate that the Mission Ministries of ELPC are central to our life of faith, and lift up some of the many ways in which …

Where did summer go? It seems that with a blink of an eye, June, July, and August whisked by, and planning for the new fall, church season began. It is …