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    • Pastor Jim's Blog Posts
    Losing the disarray
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Jan 1
    • 2 min

    Losing the disarray

    So.....It’s a new year....and I look around at my life and discover the clutter, the disarray, concerns from last year that are seeping...
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    My Favorite Season
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Dec 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    My Favorite Season

    It’s Advent! I know I say this about each season but, “This is one of my favorite seasons!” In these weeks leading up to Christmas, we...
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    Yielding a Harvest
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    Yielding a Harvest

    The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. – Psalm 85:12 Sometimes the growing season seems very long....
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    "Wood"n't You Know
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Oct 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    "Wood"n't You Know

    A Loveseat Adirondack Bench. A Table and chair set for some small children. Refurbishing a friend’s ancient picnic table and benches made...
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    What a Blow!
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Sep 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    What a Blow!

    What a blow we had a month ago! The trees down all-around town, damage to our own church building, siding peeled off and other damage to...
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    The old is past away. The new is come.
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Aug 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    The old is past away. The new is come.

    How welcome was the rain the other day!? It’s been a dry Summer. It wasn’t much but it was some and more is in the forecast. Jodel and I...
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    In the Moment
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Jul 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    In the Moment

    Wow, Let’s see...Almost 90 degrees yesterday. Frost warning on Monday night! 2 days at 88 degrees or above before that. Pretty wild ride...
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    What New Things
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • May 30, 2021
    • 3 min

    What New Things

    It's amazing how quickly nature responds to the change in the Seasons. Just two weeks ago it barely looked like Spring had begun. Now,...
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    The Great Fifty Days
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Apr 20, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Great Fifty Days

    “That you may have Life and have it abundantly!” The promise of resurrection is the truth that most excites me about the Christian...
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    Carpenter or Wood Butcher
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Jan 28, 2021
    • 2 min

    Carpenter or Wood Butcher

    So, I’m in the middle of making a special table for Jodel to place her Dicken’s Village Collectables on during the Christmas season. It...
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    The darkness did not overcome it.
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Jan 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    The darkness did not overcome it.

    The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” John 1:5 As this is being written, 2020 has only days left of it...
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    Walking Through the Worst Valleys
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Dec 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    Walking Through the Worst Valleys

    As I sit to share all the “good tidings” and “Yuletide warmth” of the coming season, our world finds itself coming into an...
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    Give What Is Good
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Nov 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    Give What Is Good

    The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. – Psalm 85:12 While the weather outside these days might...
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    An Intentional Walk
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Oct 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    An Intentional Walk

    The road back into my sisters’ resort in Canada from the Highway is about 5 miles long. I’ve driven on it going in or going out countless...
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    Not Where We Expected To Be
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Sep 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Not Where We Expected To Be

    We find ourselves - we seem to be a foreign land. Back in February, none of us would have ever thought we – ourselves, our country, the...
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    Welcome Back to Outside Worship
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Jun 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    Welcome Back to Outside Worship

    This Sunday we'll be celebrating Pentecost! The gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church as recorded in the second chapter of the book...
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    God's Love Can't Be Masked
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • May 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    God's Love Can't Be Masked

    The wonderful promise in verse 6 is that God will bring a sense of order, purpose, and meaning to our lives as we Give more and more of our
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    Journeys
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Mar 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    Journeys

    These six weeks of Lent are so precious! This journey, from the mount of transfiguration into Jerusalem, to the cross, beyond the cross to a
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    A Day of New Beginnings
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Feb 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    A Day of New Beginnings

    God’s goodness is personal. The lyrics of an old chorus say “God is so good; He’s so good to me.” We can all sing this song ...
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    Lots of “Thank You’s”!
    Pastor Jim Crecelius
    • Jan 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    Lots of “Thank You’s”!

    As we celebrate through Christmas and into Epiphany, may we renew our covenant with God and each other in being a family of faith ...
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