Category From The Pastor

From the Pastor’s Desk – April

I just preached what might have been the worst sermon since I’ve come toPCOWS! Last night we had a bad storm that led to us cancelling the Lenten SoupSupper and going entirely virtual for the prayer service. There were someunexpected…

From the Pastor’s Desk – March

It’s that time of year where I start freaking out my Confirmationclass by talking about the Statements of Faith that they will bewriting at the end of their two years. It’s an intimidatingdocument to write, primarily because they have never…

From the Pastor’s Desk – February

From the Pastor’s Desk…. Some of you may have noticed that the worship service has been changed up recently. Nothing big, all the parts that were always there are still there, but rearranged a bit. When we first made the…

From the Pastor’s Desk – January

*Checks Calendar* Wait, it’s 2025 already? We are a QUARTER of the way through the 21st Century ALREADY? This can’t possibly be right. We celebrated the change of the millennium like three years ago, tops. 2025 feels big, important. Like…

From the Pastor’s Desk – December

It’s hard to believe that I am already writing the final Lamplighter of 2024. Awhole lot has happened this year, sometimes it feels like it went dizzingly fast, other times achingly slow. As I look back on this year in…

From the Pastor’s Desk – November

As we enter into the season of the Holidays, we find a system with a lot of joy, but as we get older, we also start to feel grief. So much of the Holiday season is designed to recall the…

From the Pastor’s Desk – October

There’s something powerful about working with our younger churchmembers. The youth group, our kids ranging from junior high to high school, present a very interesting opportunity in leadership, because they are getting to the point where they start asking questions.…