by Crystal Harris | Jun 30, 2020 | blog
Peace and good for all Text: “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: ‘May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls, and security within your towers.’ For the sake of my relatives and friends I will say, ‘Peace be within you.’ For the sake of the house of the...
by Crystal Harris | Jun 27, 2020 | blog
Encouragement Through Anxiety Text: “Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs them down, but an encouraging word brings them joy.” Proverbs 12:25 This morning I had an email conversation with my instructor of guided meditation this month. He revealed that just this week,...
by Crystal Harris | Jun 26, 2020 | blog
Artist: Alice Bohn Right before our church building closed in March, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FCC member Alice Bohn had graciously offered her artwork for display in the Mayflower Gallery. Those of us who did get to see it were lifted in spirit by the beauty of...
by Communications FCC | Jun 25, 2020 | blog
Mercy Text: Jonah 4:1-4 International Children’s Bible (ICB) Scripture Reading: God’s Mercy Makes Jonah Angry 4 But Jonah was very unhappy that God did not destroy the city. He was angry. 2 He complained to the Lord and said, “I knew this would happen. I knew it when...
by Crystal Harris | Jun 23, 2020 | blog
Do justice. Love Kindness. Walk humbly. “He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8 This sign is what I marched with in several Black Lives Matter...
by Crystal Harris | Jun 18, 2020 | blog
Overwhelming Challenges Text: Jeremiah 1:6-8 International Children’s Bible (ICB) Scripture Reading: 6 Then I said, “But Lord God, I don’t know how to speak. I am only a boy.” 7 But the Lord said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am only a boy.’ You must go everywhere that I...
by Crystal Harris | Jun 11, 2020 | blog
Text: Esther 7:1-7 International Children’s Bible (ICB) Scripture Reading: 7 So the king and Haman went in to eat with Queen Esther. 2 They were drinking wine. And the king said to Esther on this second day also, “What are you asking for? I will give it to you. What...
by Crystal Harris | Jun 9, 2020 | blog
“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood. So faith, hope, and love abide, these three, and the greatest of these is love.” – 1 Corinthians...
by Crystal Harris | Jun 5, 2020 | blog
Open Letter to the Congregation June 5, 2020 RKL “He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” –Micah 6:8 NRSV Dear Friends: As you know, on Memorial Day, as...
by Crystal Harris | May 30, 2020 | blog
“But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” – Amos 5:24 I need to speak truth to the state of our spirits and nation in light of this week, and it cannot wait until Sunday. Justice isn’t rolling like waters. Images are one...
