The Branch—March 28, 2022
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Self-Care and Other-Care
What a relief it has been to see faces again and share one another’s company! Life and health flow from togetherness! While we celebrate, we also take stock of the pandemic’s lingering effects. Funerals were postponed or limited in attendance, preventing us from sharing our grief and receiving comfort. Almost eighty of our members are […]
The Branch—March 14, 2022
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The Branch—March 7, 2022
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Rustlings (March 7, 2022)
If I heard it once, I heard it a million times in the sermons of my adolescence: “The youth are the future of the church.” (Okay, that was an exaggeration. It was closer to thirty times…or maybe fifty…but certainly not a million. However, when you are 15 years old, all adult verbiage feels excessive.) Sitting […]
Rustlings (February 28, 2022)
The Lenten Season is upon us. For some, this is also the time for spring cleaning. These weeks preceding the celebration of Easter offer us a sacred space for reflection, confession, discipline and change—a sort of spring cleaning for the individual soul and the church at large. These need not be hard days. There is […]
The Branch—February 28, 2022
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The Branch—February 22, 2022
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Youth Family Tailgate Party
Sunday, February 13, 6:00pm until End of Halftime AYMC Terrace Level The Youth Family will gather together to watch the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals face off. Youth are encouraged to bring friends for fellowship and to enjoy the football game and commercials, eat yummy tailgate snacks and win prizes. —Mary Carol and […]
Rustlings (February 7, 2022)
I am not a visual artist. I am not a sculptor, painter or photographer. I do, however, appreciate the work of those whose gifts make these works accessible to the world. One of my daughters is an artist. She has patiently taken the time to teach me about background, focal point, light and other factors […]