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Lent 2025
Lent is here! Or, it will be soon. The forty days of Lent begin on Ash Wednesday and end with the breaking of the Easter vigil. Christians began to keep Lent in the early days of the church. By the third century of our Lord, the church began to prepare for celebration of the resurrection.…
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A New Calendar Year
Pastor Patrick’s Perspective: January 2025 “From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised!” Psalm 113:3. Happy New Year again; this time we turn the page in secular calendars rather than our liturgical calendars. As we begin this new year, we should take time to thank…
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Pastor Patrick’s Perspective: July 2024
“Let your mercy come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.” (Psalm 119:77 ESV) Mercy is God’s loving-kindness and compassion toward us. It is not something we earn or deserve; it is freely given by our gracious God. In our sin and weakness, we recognize our need for God’s mercy.…
