Our 66 Easter visitors arrived safely and are in their growing containers. Join us on Easter Sunday when these small caterpillars will be beautiful painted lady butterflies. We will release them on Easter Sunday as a reminder of the new creation we are in Jesus Christ.

Each month we gather with other churches to worship. Meet at the Silk Hope Ruritan Pavilion at 3p. Pastor Jason will be preaching and Jordan PIckett will provide music. It is going to be a spirit filled time.

Some people just know how to pass the peace authentically and with love. Helen is such a person. She makes sure she gets to as many people as possible to welcome them to church and share a “Peace to you!” message. Last week she really got into the groove with passing the peace. So much…

What a wonderful day to be in church. The music rang out as the congregation sang, special music by some of our youth and our wonderful choir shared their cantata. First, the Seitz family lit the Advent wreath candle. reserving the white Christ candle for a later time. They lit the candles of Hope, Joy,…

Thank you Vickrey family for reminding us that this is the Season of Love as you lit the 3rd candle of Advent. We were treated to special music by Carolee on accordion and Randy on guitar. What a special treat! It was pouring rain outside and, yet, the worship time was bright and warm. Thank…

Today we relit the Candle of Hope and then the second candle. Today the preparation for advent encouraged us to think about peace and the Prince of Peace. We closed with the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi. Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:where there is hatred, let me sow love;where there is…

This time of the year in our church we celebrate Advent, a time to prepare for the birth of Jesus, God’s extravagant gift to us. Our church has reminders of this time with a beautiful tree, wreaths on the windows and doors and the Advent candles. During Worship, Karen and Michael shared a meditation about…

Fall is in the air and worship outside is as fresh as the breeze. Silk Hope ACTS coordinate the building of a pavilion at the Silk Hope Ruritan area and tonight was the first time of worship. ACTS stands for All Christians, Together Serving Silk Hope ACTS provided free hot dogs, chips, dessert and drinks…

God rested after working to create the universe and everything in it. We are lucky that Pastor Jason loves us so much that he wants to be at his best when caring for us. So, when he needs to rest, we are blessed to have strong lay leadership with Ernie. Ernie read to us from…

Today we remember what happened many years ago after Jesus had ascended after His resurrection. He told his disciples to wait for the gift of the Spirit that would soon come. And come it did, as a roaring wind and flames of fire. The disciples were baptized in the Spirit and began to share the…