The Branch—August 12, 2024
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From the Senior Minister (August 5, 2024)
Blessing Sunday In pop culture and social media, the hashtag blessed (#blessed) is used in many ways. Some people use #blessed to express gratitude for positive events or circumstances, whether personal achievements, relationships or daily joys. It’s also frequently used to showcase success or good fortune, such as buying a new house or going on […]
The Branch—July 22, 2024
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Brave—Worship Arts Camp 2024
Enjoy this sampling of pictures from Worship Arts Camp. We spent the week studying the brave stories of Rahab and the spies, Gideon, Esther, and Daniel in the lion’s den. Our focus for the week was looking to see what each story tells us about who God is and what God does. —Bridget Kokolis, Minister […]
The Branch—July 8, 2024
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From the Senior Minister (July 8, 2024)
A couple of weeks ago, I preached about the personification of wisdom in Proverbs, where wisdom is depicted as a woman calling out to us. She seeks to guard us against making poor or harmful choices—choices that lead to death—not physical death, but a state of being that is opposed to the full and abundant […]
The Branch—June 24, 2024
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From the Senior Minister (June 17, 2024)
In commemoration of Juneteenth, the church offices will be closed this year on Wednesday, June 19. As a reminder, Juneteenth, short for “June Nineteenth,” marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take command of the state and ensure that all enslaved people were set free. Before television and the […]
The Branch—June 10, 2024
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The Branch—June 3, 2024
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