From Dale

It’s good to remember always that we exist as a local church in covenant with the wider United Church of Christ. I was pleasantly reminded of that by a letter from our Conference Minister, Kent Siladi. He said their Hartford

I just wrote my annual report for this Sunday’s annual meeting on the program side of ministry. We are now in the strongest position, consolidating the most gains—inwardly and outwardly—since I became your pastor. It feels good to say that,

Our FCC Search Committee for an Associate Pastor has gathered and met. Last Sunday an 11th Hour informed the criteria for our search. Clearly, our new pastor will be involved with familiar heartbeat ministries like pastoral care and leadership of

Gaping fissures of a broken world recently ran through Nepal’s tectonic plates and the festering racial divides of Baltimore. We didn’t mean to neglect that last week by focusing so intently on sharing an abiding faith with our confirmands.

It might not occur to you to attend the reading of faith statements by Confirmands other than your own children. But last Thursday everyone was deeply touched as they shared their tender, growing faith. It was the strongest, deepest offering

Gen. George Patton first said, “Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” Years later Lee Iacocca cribbed that line to peddle Chryslers. But it’s also really good advice. We clergy get used to always being front and