Caldwell Family: Greetings to all in the middle of this Holy Week. So many of you have been busy in the last few days – with the special joint choir performance Sunday night, Sue Aivaz’s memorial service on Tuesday and the last of our Lenten Service and Lunch series today. Thanks to all who have …
Caldwell Family: On Sunday, we begin Holy Week, the final steps of our Lenten journey, a time of many mixed emotions, ending finally in the great good news of the open, empty tomb as witness to the resurrection. This year, we will all witness to the resurrection in an additional way as we celebrate the …
Caldwell Family: On this first day of Spring, it’s impossible not to think about rebirth. As Christians, this is the defining narrative of our lives – “the old has passed away; see, everything is new.” (2 Corinthians 5). So it is in so many ways at our resurrected church, brimming with new life in all …
Dear Caldwell Family: As Garrison Keillor says about Lake Woebegone, it’s been a busy week in the life of Caldwell church. Our team of volunteers continues to do a silky-smooth job of hosting the Lenten Series and Lunches. It’s been great to have that midweek service here in our midst and to see so many …
This Sunday: Jimmy Buffett fans may remember one of his earliest ballads, “A Pirate Looks at 40.” (Whether we were ever pirates or not, some of us have 40 in our rear view mirrors.) This Sunday, we as a church will take a look at why the number 40 appears in scripture 117 times and …
Dear Caldwell Family: What a gorgeous day, a sure sign that this unusual winter won’t be with us forever. Tonight, as the Everitt’s reminded us, is our Coffee House and Talent Extravaganza at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall I attended my first last year and loved seeing the range of acts and interests we …
Caldwell family: Item # 1: If you dropped by the church campus about now, you might well get a whiff of something odd and sulfury-smelling. We just burned the Palm fronds from last year’s Palm Sunday service to create the ashes for tomorrow’s Ash Wednesday service. Fred Powers, who happened to be here, stood around …
Caldwell Family: Two weeks ago, I had to eat some crow and retract my vow to go on with church, neither rain, nor sleet, etc. Today, however, the sun has made quick work of the snow, so worship is on for tomorrow. Please do be careful in the morning and don’t take any risks. Tomorrow …
Caldwell Family: I am about to hit the road to a short retreat for new pastors, sponsored by the denomination. I will be back on Saturday and in church on Sunday, where I am looking forward to hearing our intern Veronica Rogers preach. Before I left, I wanted to highlight a new tool on our …
Welcome to the newly created Pastor’s Blog, set up by our communications pro Tovi Martin. (Thanks, Tovi!) Going forward, this is where I will post my thoughts and communications, but I’ll always let you know via the Yahoo group. You can also get to it directly on our website, Caldwellpresby.org. As for my thoughts: With …
