Join us in the joyful celebration of the past choir year as the Chancel Choir presents their favorite anthems of 2018-19. Also included in this service is the PNC Candidate presentation. Rev. Emily Campbell has been nominated as our next Sr. Minister, pending congregational approval on Sunday, May 26th (following the 9:30am service) and Presbytery of Detroit’s approval in […]
During today’s service, we not only honored mothers on Mother’s Day, we also welcomed our 2018-19 Confirmation Class to membership in the church. As part of this service, Rev. Campbell also shared some specific lessons we can all learn from the book of Proverbs – one of the 3 wisdom books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job). […]
Our new May sermon series of ‘Life Lessons from…’ focuses first on the book of Ecclesiastes. It’s not the most uplifting of books, since it goes on and on about how everything is meaningless. But if you dig in a little deeper, you discover that there is a very profound reason for this book. Ecclesiastes is […]
As we wrap up the sermon series on Grace, we summarize the topic by looking at The Grace-Filled Life. Understanding Grace is not an easy subject to understand and accept, even with such a simple definitions. Sometimes the best way to look at it is to first start with the idea of what it is NOT. Grace is not […]
Holy Week is the place where we find amazing restorations and brokenness repaired. Jesus was lost, but two days later, he returned, meeting his disciples where they were – hiding in a room away from the crowds. In this place, he offered them the gift of his presence and peace. Cascading grace is the offer […]
The service of Tenebrae (the name means ‘darkness’ or ‘shadows’) is a Holy week devotion which traces its root back to the seventh century. It is characterized by the gradual darkening of the Sanctuary as candles are extinguished throughout the service. Every world spoken in the service is found in the Scriptures. The service is […]
How do we go about dealing with the darkness of this world? We looked at this question today in our Palm Sunday installment of the Reflections on Grace series entitled “Saved by Grace.” It isn’t, sadly, though more fully improving our humanity that we can expect to change the world. In today’s dark social environment, we […]
When we think about a marathon, we think about the difficulty, the endurance, the sheer will it takes to make it to the end of the race. A marathon can also be a metaphor for our lives. In our lives, we face trouble and adversity, but with perseverance and with our trust in God, we can push through […]
This Sunday, Rev. Rick Peters asked us the burning question, “Is life fair?” Of course, as we all know, the answer to that question is a resounding NO! Time, experience, and life teaches us all that life may be many things, but ‘fair’ isn’t one of them. The parable of the workers in the vineyard is the […]
Common grace is a little-discussed concept that most of us are unfamiliar with. Common grace is the foundational idea that grace is granted to EVERY person, regardless of race, religion, nationality or circumstances of life. Grace is a gift bestowed upon every single person – we are ALL created in the image of God, and as such, each […]