by Jim Welch | Apr 4, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
Six weeks or so ago we had this mean windstorm on the hill. Remember? It really blew and I heard a crash but ignored it. The next day I looked outside the back door of my office and discovered that the vanity wall which had been built to hide the storage container had...
by Jim Welch | Mar 28, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
This morning is a time of transition for us as a church family. It is Colleen Ishimaru’s last Sunday as our director of children’s ministry. She has been among us just shy of five years. Two of those years were hijacked by a pandemic. But even though life itself has...
by Jim Welch | Mar 21, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
Sometimes my heart aches for resurrection. It ached this week. On Wednesday I talked with a former member and Elder, Don Personius. His daughter said he was at the end of life, so I wanted to touch base. We had a lovely conversation. He is mobile and surrounded by...
by Jim Welch | Mar 14, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
It has been two years. It was Friday, March 13, 2020. It is a day I will never forget. We all signed on to “two weeks to lower the curve.” That went well. After two years the restrictions are easing. But what this has done to the church has been painful, but with some...
by Jim Welch | Mar 7, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
I spent eight hours on Thursday fighting crime on The Hill. Well, I don’t do any actual fighting as a chaplain, and there wasn’t much crime (I got lucky). But I did experience plenty of heartache, that’s for sure. I guess Thursdays can be “weird call” day. And we got...
by Jim Welch | Feb 28, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
War has broken out again on the planet. Don’t let your mind wander to whether or not this is a sign of the last days. A correct reading of the Olivet Discourse in Matthew lets us know that this world system will always do what this world system does. As we wait for...
