Archive for October 2013

It is November. It is time to wish family members, friends and neighbors near and far a Blessed Thanksgiving, Holiday Cheer and a Joyous Christmas. And we will do all of this here at PVCC! My mind today is looking around the corner to 2014. I hope you will read this, and give me some…

I received a card from a member of St. Mark UMC who attended PVCC when Mark McCormick spoke on August 25.  The visitor’s comments speak to our welcoming spirit and to the quality of our worship.  Excerpts:  Thank you so much for the card! I want you to know that I really felt welcome when…

Recent events caused me to pick up my copy of Rabbi Michael Lerner’s The Politics of Meaning: Restoring Hope in an Age of Cynicism (Addison-Wesley, 1996). Lerner offers the following definition of spirituality: “an awareness of the fundamental unity of all being, and of our connectedness to one another and to the universe” (page 56).…

Hope everyone noticed that we have new body microphones.  We need to give a special shout out to Mike Kilgore for paying for these from his mother’s estate. WAM

The Team met on Sunday, October 13 to discuss the eight (8) profiles submitted to us by the Regional Office.  After nearly 3 hours of discussion, we made the decision to begin interviewing references for 4 of the candidates.  Each candidate has supplied 4 references, and each reference is called by 2 Team members.  After…