by Jim Welch | Nov 27, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
How was your Thanksgiving? I am most grateful this year because of what God is doing among us. Last Sunday (all day) was precious. In thinking about the last 40 days, there are a couple of things I want to say. First, I was reminded that this “true religion” stuff, it...
by Jim Welch | Nov 20, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
This week finds us giving thanks to God for His amazing blessings. It’s a week to look up. That we have a day set aside on the federal calendar of holidays to acknowledge God is really rather special, considering how far we have come from that posture as a nation. We...
by Jim Welch | Nov 13, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
I have left her birthday on my calendar, even though she died years ago. Her birthday is on Veteran’s Day, so that gives me an excuse remember her legacy. I wrote a piece on the Back Page when she left SoCal to settle down where she had grown up – South Dakota. Here...
by Jim Welch | Nov 6, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
On Monday we returned to a “regular” Harvest Festival. It was a bit of a hybrid between carnival games and trunks. But it was amazing. We were able to provide families a wholesome evening…with free hot dogs, cotton candy, popcorn, chips and a soda. What’s not to...
by Jim Welch | Oct 30, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
Some weeks feel like a Back Page drought. Such was this week, until I ran across a fresh Tweet in my feed. I just started following Chad Bird (@birdchadlouis), scholar in residence at @1517, a group dedicated to defending the Good News that we are forgiven and free on...
by Jim Welch | Oct 23, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
When I returned to Uganda in August, I felt many of the same emotions that clouded the early trips. It didn’t hit me quite so soon, because when you drive from Entebbe in the south to Bombo in north, there is a new by-pass road around downtown Kampala. It wide and...
