by Carley Friesen | Mar 18, 2018 | News
Good Friday, March 30, 7 pm Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, March 31 – pancake breakfast at 9:45 am Easter Sunday, April 1, 10 am – refreshments following the service
by Carley Friesen | Mar 18, 2018 | News
Numbers 13-14 I remember the year my father harvested the first crop from his new vineyard of Red Globes. It was a new variety no one had seen before. I was teaching at Fresno Pacific at the time, and I remember jokingly carrying a bunch of them on a branch with...
by Carley Friesen | Mar 11, 2018 | News
Deuteronomy 9:7-19 When I was teaching at Fresno Pacific College, the college began a search for a new mascot. They had competed under the “Viking” mascot since early days, but one is hard-pressed to find any connection between the Vikings and the Anabaptist story....
by Carley Friesen | Feb 25, 2018 | News
Genesis 7:1-5 Forty Days of Rain Genesis 7:1-5 “Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport…, the thrill of victory (music – duh duh duh duh) and the agony of defeat. The human drama of athletic competition. This is ABC’s Wide World of...
by Carley Friesen | Feb 19, 2018 | News
Luke 4:1-13 An aging Hindu master grew tired of his apprentice complaining, and so, one morning, sent him for some salt. When the apprentice returned, the master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it....
by Carley Friesen | Feb 11, 2018 | News
Mark 9:2-9 First year’s get their copy of A Beginner’s Guide to Transfiguration, by Emeric Switch, at Flourish and Blotts, before they ever enter Hogwarts to study magic. Hermione Granger is overheard in her enthusiasm, “I do hope they start right away,...
