by Carley Friesen | Oct 6, 2019 | News
Part 1 of “Seven Marks of Vial Congregations” series In 2020 the Presbyterian Church USA will launch an initiative to help churches bring new energy and vitality to their congregations: the Vital Congregations Initiative. Honestly, the first response, even...
by Carley Friesen | Sep 29, 2019 | News
Jeremiah 32:1-15 The news is so depressing! I was talking with a friend the other day who commented that our society is mean. Everyone is attacking, blaming, insulting, writing off those who are different, or who disagree with them. It is in the air, it seems. What is...
by Carley Friesen | Sep 24, 2019 | News
Our church has called 2019 our year of peace. One thing we did was to teach our children to sing for peace: a Children’s Peace Choir. We sing, tell stories and do small actions for peace together—all designed to be doable for children. And in a time when our schools...
by Carley Friesen | Sep 22, 2019 | News
Luke 16:1-13 When I read this story on Monday, I felt like my head was spinning. How are we supposed to preach this? Be dishonest and you will be rewarded? What does it mean? Is it actually commending dishonesty? Really? I began to imagine what it was like to be the...
by Carley Friesen | Sep 15, 2019 | News
Exodus 32:1-14; Luke 15:11-32 “I will NEVER forgive him!” I can’t tell you how many times I have heard that. Then it continues: “And I don’t think I SHOULD forgive him. Some things should never be forgiven.” So goes the common wisdom of our day. I hear it most often...
