Posts from 2017

DECEMBER 2017 NEWSLETTER

FROM PASTOR MEYER’S DESK: So did you hear it?  Did your ears happen to catch the sound of it when it happened on Sunday, November 5, around 11:00 am?  Of course, if you were in church at that time you couldn’t possibly have heard it…but then again, maybe you could have because it was pretty…

NOVEMBER 2017 NEWSLETTER

Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ, I have a confession to make.  I typically don’t do well with big changes.  My wife can attest to this.  As we were getting closer to my final Sunday in Nebraska, as we were packing up our stuff . . . I started to isolate myself and tried to…

OCTOBER 2017 NEWSLETTER

FROM PASTOR MEYER’S DESK: For the first time in my ministry I was at a complete loss for words.  We had just finished the worship service for Marilyn’s and my 25th anniversary of service here on September 10 – a service, I might add, that was full of surprises from beginning to end – and…

SEPTEMBER 2017 NEWSLETTER

FROM PASTOR MEYER’S DESK: On Sunday, July 20, I had the privilege of announcing some pretty exciting news at the beginning of our worship services.  And that was the news that Pastor Michael Feldmann had accepted the call we extended to him to serve as our Associate Pastor specializing in youth and family ministry.  I…

AUGUST 2017 NEWSLETTER

FROM PASTOR MEYER’S DESK: As a pastor, I find myself getting asked lots of questions.  Some of those questions are deeply theological, like: “Where did God come from?”  Or, “Could you please explain the Trinity to me, how God can be three yet one?” Or, “Why did Jesus have to be both God and man…

JUNE AND JULY 2017 NEWSLETTER

FROM PASTOR MEYER’S DESK: This coming May 29 is an important day on the calendar.  For starters, it is Memorial Day, that day in which we remember those who gave their lives in service to our country.  It’s also the day that Marilyn and I will be leaving for a much-anticipated vacation that will take…

MAY 2017 NEWSLETTER

FROM PASTOR MEYER’S DESK: Shortly before I sat down to write this article, I was eating my lunch in my office and checking out some sports scores on the Internet.  It was then that I saw it.  The headline proclaimed: “Not An April Fool’s Joke: The UConn Women’s Historic 111-Game Win Streak is Over.” Though…

APRIL 2017 NEWSLETTER

FROM PASTOR MEYER’S DESK: I am writing this article on March 1, knowing that any day now Ange will sneak into my office when I’m not there and put the April calendar on my desk, meaning that it’s time for me to write another opening article for the newsletter.  So I’m just trying to stay…