Archive for January 2014

Last Sunday, my sermon focused on 8th day people. The eighth day is understood as the 1st day of God’s new creation. The lectionary reading told of Jesus’ baptism.  In some traditions the baptismal fount has eight sides. The symbolism of eight sides is meant to convey the idea that when we come up out…

The Team met last Wednesday (January 8) to continue discussions of the candidates being considered for the position of Senior Minister.  We voted unanimously on a top candidate with whom to continue conversations.   In contacting her, we learned she and her family will be in the Wichita area this week (January 14-20), and the Search…

Thanks to Carmen Bell we have a list of current issues before the state and federal legislatures. If you enter www.legislature.org, or type Kansas legislature into your search engine you will find information that will help you learn about issues of interest to you and ways to contact your legislator. Two of the issues we…

Thanks to all who came to Sunday’s conversation on Nonviolence.  I feel we had a great conversation and I thoroughly enjoy the opportunity for the intergenerational discussions that are able to be held within the safety of our church family.  (Especially when we don’t see eye to eye.)  Please remember to think of the two hands…