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From the Pastor
What’s the Plan? “How does our church impact the community? Who would miss us if we closed?” I am a great believer in strategic planning. Thanks to the Ford Foundation, I received advancedtraining in planning when I headed Stage One in Louisville back in the mid-90s, working withfaculty from Yale and Stanford business schools. I’ve put that…
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Pastor’s Note
“Grandparent’s Day!” So, who’s up for a celebration of Grandparent’s Day (Sunday, September 8th)? Marsha Greenstreet, Dana Robinson, and I have been plotting (and we need some co-conspirators – see more on that below). It’s rare these days for there to be children in worship at St. Andrew’s and we’d like to change that! We…
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Pastor’s Note
“Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. And God has appointed in thechurch first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then deeds of power, then gifts of healing,forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues.” – I Corinthians 12:27-28 If you are reading this by email and before June…
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Random Thoughts from the Pastor
Thank you all so much for participating in various ways in our preacher/choir swap with The Antioch Baptist Church. There were 11 of us at the historic church in The Ville neighborhood on Sunday, April 21. We had a warm welcome, an enthusiastic reception of our offerings of music and preaching, and were treated to…
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Doing Our Part
“We must face the sad fact that at eleven o’clock on Sunday morning when we stand to sing ‘In Christ there is no East or West,’ we stand in the most segregated hour of America.” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. When I was a boy, the lingering effects of segregation confused and then…
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Racial Justice
Continuing what God started in me As I’ve confessed from the pulpit, Paul’s Letter to the Philippians has a special place in my heart. So, it’s not surprising that, as I began to write this article, two quotations from that epistle popped into my mind. First, from chapter 1, verse 6: “I am confident of…
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From the Pastor
Doing Our Part “We must face the sad fact that at eleven o’clock on Sunday morning when we stand to sing ‘In Christ there is no East or West,’ we stand in the most segregated hour of America.” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. When I was a boy, the lingering effects of segregation…
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Regarding Church Music and Prayer
“Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come into God’s presence with singing.” — Psalm 100:1-2 “Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!” — Psalm 150:3-4 “And when the musician played,…
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What’s he up to now?
I certainly don’t have to tell you, my dear Methodist friends, that any time a new pastor shows up, he or she shows up with ways of doing things that are different from the pastor before. Sometimes, the new pastor’s ways of doing things may be different from any pastor you’ve known before. As a…
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A Season of Preparation
A quick glance at the calendar tells me that by the time I write this article next month, the kids will be back in school! My first thought: good grief! It’s going to be hot those first few days/weeks of school. Pray for those kids—and their teachers! My subsequent thoughts turned to different ways those…