Pastoral Message | December 2022
If you didn’t already know, you may have suspected that I spent the first, almost 50 years of my life worshipping, being shaped by, and formed in Baptist theology and …
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Category: Pastors’ Letters
Pastoral Message | November 2022
In November 2007, I preached my “Candidating Sermon” on Christ the King Sunday, and waited anxiously with my family in the Library while the congregation voted to call me as …
Pastoral Message | October 2022
I hope that each of you had an opportunity to participate in Rally Day last month. It was an exciting day in the life of our congregation—Journey Worship resumed with …
Pastoral Message | September 2022
A friend suggested I set up a TikTok account. She assured me that there were inspirational people I could follow and no shortage of videos that would make me laugh. …
Pastoral Message | August 2022
I was recently asked to reflect and write a short piece for another newsletter reflecting on two questions: What disruption did your church experience during the last two years? How …
Pastoral Message | July 2022
Seasons of transition stir up a lot of feelings: sentiments of the past; thoughts about “the way things have always been;” concerns and hopes for a future that seems so …
Pastoral Message from the Rev. Heather Schoenewolf | June 2022
Where have I seen the Holy Spirit at Work? I don’t usually experience the Holy Spirit with the same fierce, shocking power as the disciples did on Pentecost. For me, …
Pastoral Message from the Rev. Patrice Fowler-Searcy | June 2022
Where Have I Seen the Holy Spirit at Work? Like the followers of Jesus, who were hiding on the day of Pentecost, I have seen the Holy Spirit at work …
Pastoral Message | May 2022
This year, May is an in-between month on the liturgical calendar. It falls between the two church holidays of Easter (April 17) and Pentecost (June 5). It is still a …
Notes From Pastor Randy
Over the past weeks, I have shared the difficult news about my upcoming transition away from ELPC into a new chapter of ministry service. In the years approaching eventual retirement, …