"Mother's Day: Every Day Counts" (Guest Speaker Sara Diemer)
/The Youth Group took over the worship service this Sunday morning, which means that it’s that time of year that I should again express a hearty Happy Mother’s Day!
Read MoreThe Youth Group took over the worship service this Sunday morning, which means that it’s that time of year that I should again express a hearty Happy Mother’s Day!
Read MoreWe had a great morning this week here at First Covenant Church! First, we had such a lively discussion in our Adult Sunday School class on Philippians that I only got halfway through my intended lesson (again), meaning that the lesson entitled, “Two Models,” only presented one model...
Read MoreI spent the weekend attending our Central Conference Annual Meeting (aka “Celebration!”) at Glen Ellyn Covenant Church up in Chicago, and everyone up there says to say “Hi!” to all of you. Well, actually, Pete Sjoblom’s first words to me when I walked in the door were, “Man, you look old!” but they were all much nicer about all of you...
Read MoreLast Sunday, it snowed. This Sunday, I was walking around in my shirtsleeves. As I write this, I’m a little warm in my polo shirt. It’s not so much that I think Winter hung on too long. It’s more like I just kinda missed having a Spring between Winter and Summer...
Read MoreI won’t talk about the snow... I won’t talk about the snow... I won’t talk about the snow... I won’t talk about the snow...
Read MoreOkay, I’d like to formally apologize to everyone for the snow. I really like snow, and I’ve secretly been praying for more of it, so we keep having snow that comes in on a Sunday, stays for a day, and is gone by Monday evening. That’s on me, and I’ll stop it now...
Read MoreI’d love to talk about the bizarre hiccup of snow that we got again this weekend, but since that’s what I started with last week, then I’ll just wish you a very Happy Resurrection Sunday!
Read MoreI love snow. My family loves snow. My dog loves snow (as those of you connected with me on Facebook have seen). So this weekend has been a bizarre and wonderful hiccup of snow that we’ve been enjoying greatly. For those of you who aren’t as happy about Saturday’s snowfall, then you can all look forward to the rain expected on Tuesday and the balmy weather expected on Wednesday to make it all go away. Nothing good or bad in life lasts forever -- only God does -- so I kinda figure that it’s worth not getting lost in those exultations and frustrations as much as we usually do...
Read MoreOkay, first things first -- thank you to everyone who came and helped us to clean out “Carol’s Closet” on Sunday after the service. Longtime FCCer and patron saint of our Vacation Bible School Carol Johnson left not only a legacy of ministry and love for reaching out to children with the Gospel of Christ, but also a whole lot of really colorful stuff in her closet (and by “closet” here, we mean “her whole house”). So on Sunday, the church building was overflowing with tables and racks neatly filled with dog costumes, designer dresses, stuffed animals, really really nice shoes, fascinating hats, cookbooks, and other spectacular items. Personally, I donated $5.00 just to get a bee costume so that one of our Youth would wear it at their Wednesday night meeting this week...
Read MoreMan, schedules are filling up fast in March around here...
Read MoreAaaaannnnndddd we’re back to snow. I’m fine with that, but I know that it’s throwing a lot of other people around here. Personally, I just think that God likes to throw the world a curve ball every once in a while...
Read MoreI hope this Sunday Morning Update finds you healthy and whole. For the second week in a row, it seems like half of our church family was out this week with colds, flus, injuries, or the like (though I know that a couple of families were off traveling as well). Apparently, February is a dangerous time of the year. But by the time you’re reading this, it may very well be March, so let’s not dwell on that...
Read MoreThis has been one of those weeks where it seems like everyone’s either getting sick, injured, or sick and injured. One family actually had two members independently drop dumbbells on themselves on two unrelated occasions over the past week -- so read into that what you will...
Read MoreThis week is always a little special, so let me wish all of you a very Happy Valentine’s Day! Yes, I know that not everyone enjoys Valentine’s Day, since it reminds some people that they have no “significant other” or that their relationships aren’t what they’d like them to be -- but that may be missing the original point of the day...
Read MoreWelcome to February! Suddenly, it’s snowing again, so for those of us who like that, it’s great to be back in wintertime again... though for those of us who don’t like that, it’s hard to be back in wintertime again...
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