I am looking forward to the program on Tuesday evening, November 19th, when we will host Peterson Tocscano. Tthanks to Natalie Byington who is making Peterson’s visit possible. Monday evening he will be at College Hill United Methodist Church. Tuesday he will be at Pine Valley sharing a program called “Doin’ Time.” You can check… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR ~ THOUGHTS ON NONVIOLENCE
The colors this November are magnificent. Moses never saw a bush that burned brighter than the one that burns outside the door of Pine Valley Christian Church. The intense colors lift the latch of our mind and open the gate of our heart. Now let me try to link this observation to our lectionary text… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR
Pine Valley Christian Church, November 3, 2013, All Saints Sunday Psalm 139, Rev. David Hansen Escape From God A sermon by Paul Tillich on Psalm 139 “Where could I go from Thy spirit and where could I flee from Thy face?” These are the central words of the great 139th Psalm. They state in the… Read more God’s Commonwealth
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… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR
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… Read more VISITOR’S COMMENTS
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).… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR
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… Read more MINISTERIAL SEARCH TEAM – UPDATE
“Changing Pictures of God and Me” is the title of a workshop that will be led by my good friend the Reverend Dr. Art Foster, who was a co-founder of a counseling center in Wichita and was on the faculty of Chicago Theological Seminary and a former Dean of the American Baptist Seminary of the… Read more SPIRITUAL WORKSHOP
This October, I have been turning again to a book of prayers written by Arnold Kenseth, Sabbaths, Sacraments and Seasons. For October, he offers this prayer: “O thou great God who, with thanksgiving, broke bread for our hunger and gave us drink for our thirst, continue in thy mercy to feed us always on thyself.… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR