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One of my pet peeves is when people say that a parent is “babysitting” their child. Even if one is not the primary care-giving parent, one never “babysits” one’s own child. It’s just called being a parent. In a similar way, there’s really no such thing as “volunteering” at church. Because we are all a part of this community of faith, we don’t volunteer, we serve. That…

September ushers in the season for returning. We return to school and routines and, often, if we’ve spent our summer Sundays elsewhere, we return to worship in our communities of faith. I look forward to seeing YOU in worship! In addition to Sunday morning worship, at the end of the month we will end our Sabbath keeping from meeting and extra activities and engage again…

PJ’s Page: It’s the middle of summer already and the world around us is inviting us to think about it’s ending.  Back To School! End of Season Clearance!  In the Church Office, we’ve begun planning in earnest for the upcoming program year, even as we trust our time away from committee meetings is proving to be a spiritual Sabbath from busy-ness. When we…