After All
I chose this passage from Acts for our consideration today for many reasons. It is known by Bible scholars as, “Paul’s Farewell Discourse to the Ephesian Elders,” and has been used over the years as a sort of a swan …
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Healthy Living
I read quite a bit of Toni Morrison last week, as I imagine many of you may have as well, and the quote that I chose for the top of this morning’s bulletin is one of hers; “I dream a …
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If We Couldn’t Laugh We Would All Go Insane
I am Larry Reimer, one of the emeritus pastors of this church. I thank Shelly Wilson, who is attending a meeting in Orlando this Evening, for inviting me to lead this worship service tonight. I, like all of you, am …
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Each morning last week, I arrived here around 7:30 to make sure that we were ready to start the camp day. At about 7:56, the trickle of friends began, 25 children arriving in various states of sleepy, excited, cross-armed, and …
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Last weekend I attended a continuing education event called the Wild Goose festival, so-called because in Celtic spirituality the goose is a symbol for the Spirit. Wikipedia describes it as “an art, music, and story-driven transformational experience grounded in faith-inspired …
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Windows to Our Souls
In great stories of fantasy, there is often a moment of tension where everything is about to change – for the protagonist, the world will never look the same way again- when they face a portal that will change the …
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In most places where there is a celebration, Pride month events happen in June…except in Gainesville. I like that ours happen in October when the students with their joy and energy are in town in full force and when the …
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Liminal Time
READINGS “Moments Between” by Susan McLauaghlin Notice the moments between one thing and another, the soft delicate shift between two things: the space between awake and asleep, between a bud and a bloom, when the sunrise becomes the day and …
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Reflections from Puerto Rico
Speakers from UCG Worktour; Cody Coates, Jerry Steinberg, Tesslyn Dahl, Eden Ivines, India Blanchard, and Talia Raymond …
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On Not Missing the Meeting
It is so lovely to have this fabulous worship theme, “at the portal” and I thank our many artists for creating doors, windows, edges, thresholds, faces, so many ways inside and outside, and the liminal space between. The word itself …
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Turning the Page
This Sunday, we have a Daniel Webster preaching his sermon “Turning the Page.” Join us as he leads us through a worship portal filled with readings and special music by Art Crummer, Catherine Cake, and Ned Stewart! Click Here for …
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Graduate Sunday 2019
Join us as we celebrate our graduating High School Seniors! This service is led by our seven graduates and members of Youth United, and includes a special encore performance by our Retreat Jazz Band, playing “Won’t You Be My …
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