Not Again…What Do We Do Now?

by Kay Klinkenborg Disappointed, angry, frustrated, discouraged, maybe even despair.  Here we are again with COVID cases rising.  We set our hopes and dreams on a different outcome and projected what our future for 2021 would hold.   But maybe, just maybe that is what creates our pain, of not accepting ‘reality’ as it is.   We… Continue reading Not Again…What Do We Do Now?

Tips and Resources for Alzheimer’s Caregivers

This week in our “Let’s Talk About Caregiving” series, we offer some information regarding Alzheimer’s Disease. Did you know that there are nearly 15 million family members, friends, and neighbors who care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease? Take comfort in knowing that you are not alone. Whether you or a family member has… Continue reading Tips and Resources for Alzheimer’s Caregivers

Three steps forward and two steps back!

Three steps forward and two steps back! That’s a phrase I have used throughout my life when describing situations that don’t seem to be going in the direction in which I want. It is as if we literally have taken three steps and then have to go backwards. Going backwards seems so hard after these… Continue reading Three steps forward and two steps back!

Criminal Justice Reform Update from Social Justice Action Team

Did you know that 14 million students in the U.S. are in schools with police but no counselor, nurse, psychologist, or social worker? From the poll taken following our Mass Incarceration presentation in May, many people were interested in more information about the school-to-prison pipeline. Research from various professional and governmental sources shows that schools… Continue reading Criminal Justice Reform Update from Social Justice Action Team

Let’s talk about caregiving!

By Pastor Jim Alexander, Associate Pastor Let’s talk about Caregiving! Beginning with this article and then each of the WISE pages in our Orders of Worship throughout August, you will find information and support regarding caregiving. Did you know that more than 65 million people, 29% of the U.S. population provide care for a chronically… Continue reading Let’s talk about caregiving!

One word for those who prayed for rain: “Moderation”

♫♪ “The rain, rain, rain came down, down, downIn rushing, rising riv’lets‘Til the river crept out of its bedAnd crept right into Piglet’s” (church – The Palms!) ♪♫ Wow! What a Sunday July 25th turned out to be! Instead of flames as of doves descending upon the parishioners, it was drops, fat and wet, plopping… Continue reading One word for those who prayed for rain: “Moderation”

Update from the MOD(erator) Squad

Greetings from the Moderator Team. We are rounding the corner of the calendar year and sending you an August Palm Leaf. We don’t normally send a Palm Leaf in August, but we are in unprecedented times and facing unprecedented issues, challenges, and opportunities to show who we are as followers of Jesus and members of… Continue reading Update from the MOD(erator) Squad

Let’s sing!

Wouldn’t it be fun to hear some choral music?Wouldn’t it be more fun to sing some choral music? Well, starting on Sunday, August 1, at 9:00 a.m. (in the music room), you are invited to join the “Ah” gust“Ah” nsembleatThe P “ah” lms We’ll prepare some fun tunes that we will sing in the services… Continue reading Let’s sing!