Mary Alison Cates' thoughts on Advent and pregnancy

In Sunday's sermon (Dec. 21) I quote from Mary Alison Cates' blog. Here is a link. From there you may click on her title and see all her blog entries. Enjoy her thoughtful reflections and good theology.

Prayer Group

The Uplifters Prayer Group meets every Tuesday at 9:30 in the church library to pray for the congregation.

Word cloud of last Sunday's sermon

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Click on the box above to enlarge the word-cloud. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. This was the sermon preached at 8:30.

Christmas At Dogwood

Here are a few pictures of Christmas at Dogwood Acres -- our presbytery's camp in Vernon, FL. It continues tonight from 5:30 to 9. It is far more than any living nativity scene.

Mid High service project

Northminster's mid-high kids helped "Fill the Mayflower" to gather canned goods and food for Manna Food Bank.

progress at Gautier

Hurricane Katrina did terriable things to the Gautier Presbyterian Church in Mississippi. They are on the mend and have a new sanctuary under construction.

Click here to see pictures -- better ones than the one at the top of this page.

Remember to vote

Early voting is available in Florida until Sunday and election day is Tuesday the 4th.

Saying Goodbye to Carroll Clark

With the family's permission I post these two pictures from Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola.

Word clouds

Psalm 103


Amos 5


Sunday's sermon before a final edit

Presbyterian Habitat House dedication

Here is the whole group: members of various churches and the family receiving the home. (I should have uploaded a bigger photo -- maybe soon.) Below are pictures of the dedication and the landscaping.