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Pastor Sally Devotional 5/20

Dear friends, I really am quite excited about gathering for worship with you on Sunday. I feel like I’m planning for a party. The staff and I have been…

Pastor Sally’s Devotional 5/18

Dear friends, (I never got my devotion posted yesterday. Here it is!) My granddaughter released butterflies last weekend. I was talking with her on Sunday night at our Sunday…

Pastor Sally’s Devotional 5/12

Dear friends, I am rejoicing today. The CDC has just issued new guidance for vaccinated people – no need for masks or social distancing outside or inside. Wow! Happy Dance…

Pastor Sally’s Devoional 5/11

Dear friends, It was a delight to visit my youngest son, Terry, in Minneapolis for a week of vacation last week. Terry was also on vacation and had just…

Pastor Sally Devotional April 22

Dear friends, Today is Earth Day, which marks a day when we are particularly thankful for the place we call home – planet Earth. This is actually the 51st Earth…

Pastor Sally Devotional April 20

Dear friends, I’ve been reading through the book of Isaiah lately in my personal devotional time. I consider Isaiah one of the most difficult books of the Bible to…

Pastor Sally Devotional Thursday April 15

Dear friends, At our recent staff meeting Anna Parkinson had the devotions for the day. Anna mentioned that she had been thinking about Leviticus lately. Several of us…

Pastor Sally Devotional April 13

Dear friends, Last summer the session created a team to address issues of racial inequity in our community of Elkhart and to consider how our church might love all…

Pastor Sally Devotional April 8

Dear friends, I was in the church this afternoon preparing for this Sunday’s worship service when it started to rain. It really rained! The water poured out of the…

Pastor Sally’s Devotional April 6

Dear friends, Before I begin my devotional for today, I want to let you know that I am going to be reducing my Daily Devotional writing moving forward. When…