Preparing for Worship - Abbey Adcox.   I have the privilege of writing this reflection from Denver as our Youth Choir participates in its first mission tour since 2019. I have known most of these youth since they were born. I have rocked them, played with them,...

Preparing for Worship - Jeff Hampton.   So, how are you feeling today — about your life, about your family, about the world? If you’re like me, you probably have a lot on your mind. If you’re like the characters in last week’s Faith in 3D production of To Whom it...

Preparing for Worship - Scott Spreier.  I don’t know about you, but after the events of the recent past, I find preparing for worship requires some heavy lifting. Paul, in today’s Epistle reading, tells the Ephesians to walk in the manner of their calling, with “all...

Preparing For Worship - Doug Haney, associate pastor. One summer I flew to Texas Tech University in Lubbock for a conducting seminar. Looking down from the airplane I was fascinated to see scores of wind turbines, the long blades rotating, converting the kinetic...

Preparing for Worship - Jenna Sullivan.   Today is the first of several Sundays this summer that we gather as one church family to worship together. These pews will hold our families, hopes, fears and dreams as we lean in to the tie that binds. We will hopefully...

Preparing for Worship - R.G. Huff.   “Safe and secure from all alarms.” For most of us, the only alarms that go off in our neighborhoods are to alert us of approaching bad weather, especially tornadoes. For the people in Kyiv, Mariupol, Odessa and other Ukrainian...

Preparing for Worship - Brianna Childs, pastoral resident.  Throughout my community-practice specialization of my social work education, I loved learning about community development theories and community organizing processes. (Am I a pretty big nerd? The answer is...

Preparing for Worship - Heather Mustain, associate pastor.   What a special Sunday we lived together one week ago. Maybe, like me, today you come to this place feeling many things — eager yet reserved, excited yet aching, expectant yet hesitant. The memories and...

Preparing for Worship - Ralph Manuel, handbell coordinator.  Last Sunday we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus. His triumph over death and the world’s sin was made all the more meaningful to us because of our observance of Lent those 40 days previous. It was a...

Preparing for Worship - George Mason, senior pastor.  Easter Sunday culminates a Holy Week of contrasts. On Maundy Thursday, the lights were dimmed, the last candle of Lent having been extinguished and only the Christ candle flickering as it exited the darkened...