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Family Night

September 10th, 2017 by Chad Gurley

Family Night Join us for a family spaghetti supper, along with workshops and activities for all ages. Come meet or reconnect with other Christ Church families as we kick off a… Read More

Labor of Love

April 5th, 2017 by Kathryn Carroll

March came in with its blizzard more like a polar bear than a lion, but it left like the lamb of the Palm/Passion/Easter story. Spring and Easter always coincide and… Read More

Gather with the Saints

November 2nd, 2016 by Kathryn Carroll

Yesterday was All Saint’s Day and a week from Election Day. It’s hard to believe that by this time next week, we will (presumably) have elected the person who will… Read More

Incomparable Faith

October 19th, 2016 by Kathryn Carroll

I don’t know if there is a parent on earth who doesn’t sometimes imagine their child’s future self. When they’re little, I think our hopes for them are fairly general,… Read More

Persistent Patience

October 13th, 2016 by Kathryn Carroll

A couple of years ago, I read some articles about the consequences of the lack of failure and grit in students’ character. The authors suggest that students who face adversity and persevere through it tend to be more… Read More

Subversive Gratitude

October 5th, 2016 by Kathryn Carroll

Not much would have to be changed in this week’s lectionary themes to make them entirely relevant to our world and culture today. Imagine that. Jeremiah lived 700± years before… Read More

… in remembrance of me

September 29th, 2016 by Kathryn Carroll

This Sunday is World Communion Sunday. In our 9:00 a.m. Family Worship and at 11:00 a.m., our story of the Good Shepherd demonstrates World Communion. The Good Shepherd leads his flock to their “table”… Read More

Remembering Tomorrow

September 21st, 2016 by Kathryn Carroll

“Oh God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come…” If you were reared in a mainline Protestant church, you are probably familiar with this hymn. The… Read More

Runaway Home.

August 31st, 2016 by Kathryn Carroll

80+ years after first being published, the children’s books of Margaret Wise Brown continue to top a lot of nursery shelves and libraries. Already, four or more generations of parents and children share… Read More

Unexpected

August 17th, 2016 by Kathryn Carroll

Now that we have passed the mid-point in August, I wonder if those of you with school children are beginning to feel the dynamic pull toward something new. I remember… Read More