Pastor’s Message

Our pastor’s message page is the place where we house the typically bimonthly reflections of a member of our ministerial staff on the life of our congregation. It is a place where successes are celebrated, challenges are raised, and goals are set. We hope that you will continue to check out this section of the website, so that you might be well-informed as to current happenings within the life of the congregation. There is also a comment section included in each post, should you feel the need to respond.

A New Goal

Posted on February 10, 2012 by stephen

We did it! On Sunday, January 29, 2012, we completed our goal for the year of having a different person during worship each week share how he or she is responding to God’s call to feed more sheep. What is more remarkable than a church… Continue reading →

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A word about time…

Posted on October 24, 2011 by stephen

Is this ordinary time? Each year, following Pentecost, the church calendar enters into a period affectionately referred to as “Ordinary time.” It is that season of church life for which there are no major liturgical holidays and it lasts until… Continue reading →

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A word about fall

Posted on August 26, 2011 by stephen

Fall is nearly upon us! No matter how many prayers we say to ward it off or how long we plan on defiantly wearing our shorts and flip-flops, we can’t avoid it. Soon students and teachers will return to their classrooms, the sun will begin its evening retreat earlier and earlier… Continue reading →

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A word about the path ahead…

Posted on April 27, 2011 by stephen

What an Easter! There was something really wonderful about our worship together on Easter morning. Perhaps it was the fact that more of us were gathered together than at any other time in recent memory, perhaps it was the celebration and reaffirmation of baptism, or perhaps it was the recognition that the good news of the empty tomb still has power 2000 years later… Continue reading →

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Listening Together…

Posted on February 22, 2011 by stephen

We’re off to a great start! We are just a few weeks into our goal for the year of having 52 different people share during worship how they are “feeding more sheep” and already the effect has been remarkable… Continue reading →

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A New Goal…

Posted on January 19, 2011 by stephen

GOOOAAAALLLL!!!! Although shouting “goal,” at the top of our lungs is usually reserved for soccer stadiums and hockey rinks, it is hard to not want to shout with excitement as we realize that we have once again met our goal for the year!… Continue reading →

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Backwards and Forwards…

Posted on December 2, 2010 by stephen

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s a time for cookies, caroling, parties, gift-giving, family gatherings, (did I mention cookies?), but it is also a time in which we look with hope to the future. Sure, sometimes that hope is simply that we might get through this “most wonderful time of year,” but at our best it is more than that… Continue reading →

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A New Beginning

Posted on September 25, 2010 by stephen

On Sunday, September 26, 2010 we as a church made a new commitment to one another. After months of working together, listening to one another, and praying about both how God is working in our lives currently and who God is calling us to be, we rolled out our new mission statement as a congregation… Continue reading →

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Things are heating up!

Posted on July 31, 2010 by stephen

Scientists have estimated that it was the hottest June ever recorded on the planet. While we have had our fair share of that heat here in central New Jersey, as a church things have been heating up as well… Continue reading →

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