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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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