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Midweek Update – July 27, 2022 – Families

Message, NewsJuly 27, 2022

While I was out of town this past week, my older brother, his wife and their youngest child…

Midweek Update – July 20, 2022 – Retreat

Message, NewsJuly 20, 2022

I am writing this from the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, Arizona, also known as “La Casa de Paz y…

Midweek Update – July 13, 2022 – The 225 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA

Message, NewsJuly 13, 2022

Back in May, I was contacted by our Presbytery’s nominating committee asking if I would serve as the…

Midweek Update – July 6, 2022 – Communication Channels

Message, NewsJuly 6, 2022

I have a confession to make: It has taken me a year and a half to access my…

Midweek Update – Sept 28, 2022 – Introducing Our New General Presbyter
At our last Presbytery meeting on September 17th we approved the call to Rev. Jason Micheli to serve as our Designated General Presbyter. Jason is coming from the Los Ranchos Presbytery. He has a Doctor of Philosophy in the Hebrew Bible, is well versed in finances and fundraising, and is a board member of PC(USA)’s A Corporation. He…
September 29, 2022
Midweek Update – Sept 21, 2022 – Welcoming Your Neighbor
Have you or someone you know experienced increased anxiety over the past few years? Do you find yourself feeling restless, easily fatigued, irritable? Do you experience difficulty concentrating, excessive feelings of worry or problems falling or staying asleep? If so, you are not alone. Anxiety has increased significantly over the past few years, for what seems…
September 22, 2022
Midweek Update – Sept 14, 2022 – Materiality as Resistance
“Walter Brueggemann defines materiality as the use of the material aspects of the Christian faith, as opposed to materialism, which places possessions and physical comfort over spiritual values.” This is how the term materiality is defined in the synopsis on the back cover of the book Materiality as Resistance: Five Elements for Moral Action in the Real World. I would expand this…
September 21, 2022
Midweek Update – Sept 7, 2022 – Adult Education
Adult education has been an integral part of the St. Andrew’s experience for many years. Our congregation places a high value on the learned study of the Bible and teachings of many theologians such as Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Joan Chittister, Richard Rohr, Walter Brueggemann and others. Adult Theological Reeducation (as Borg called it) is critical to…
September 14, 2022