Dear Two-Legged, Opposable-thumbed friends, My name is Lily. I’m a fluffy white standard poodle. Many of you met my Aunt-in-Spirit, Jeannie the Service Dog for Ministry. I never met her, but I feel her spirit every time I am in the church. I sense her energy in the dogwood tree planted in her […]
Associate Pastor
Our 2017 annual report is available, and you will find our latest activities below.
THANK YOU, Edwards Church!
I am so grateful for the time I have spent at Edwards Church these last few months as the Consulting Associate Pastor. I don’t think I have run around a sanctuary this much in many years. And I know it was the first time I have ever made bread in the sanctuary! It has been […]
Faith Formation Updates
Greetings from Faith Formation! As we move through this transition time in our youth programming, we are grateful to everyone who attended our information/brainstorming sessions in the first week of November. Family members, caretakers, and Faith Formation team members had two engaging conversations with absolutely amazing attendance. We shared some of the joys of […]
Transitions and Anticipation
Dear friends, It’s hard to believe that I have already been at Edwards Church for over a month as Consulting Associate Pastor. It has been a blessing to worship with you on Sundays and to be with the children/youth. Sometimes things don’t go as planned and I have definitely forgotten a couple of things as […]
Feel All the Feelings
Dear friends, I am so excited to spend these next few months with all of you at Edwards Church. I have been connected with Edwards for several years through my internship with Open Spirit, as a fill-in Church Admin last summer, and as an active member of Open Spirit. My calling into ministry was fed […]
How Lucky I Am…
“And now I know that none of you, among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom, will ever see my face again.” Acts of the Apostles 20:25 Beloved, I’ve been so touched by your kind words and gestures since I announced my retirement several months ago. I’m profoundly grateful to each and every […]
Superheroes
But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. – 2 Corinthians 4:7 Dear friends, This summer our Christian Explorers are going to spend some time with two superheroes from the Bible – Miriam and Lydia. […]
How lucky I am…
Dear friends, This ancient priestly blessing from the Hebrew Bible is so familiar, so often used as a benediction to our worship services and a way of going forth after a meaningful time of praise and prayer together on a Sunday morning. It captures our greatest hopes for one another as we come to a […]
Celebrating Pentecost
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. […]
Born Again
“Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply from the heart. You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.” 1 Peter 1:22-23 Dear friends, I heard […]