Fun in Faith

The Mountain of God has been made, the costumes are complete, volunteers are working at church each day, all we need are participants to make our Fun in Faith weekend complete. This intergenerational VBS weekend won't be complete without you and your family.

Go to Northminster's main web site to register.

Good New Book on Evangelism

I'm impressed with the book Unbinding the Gospel by Martha Grace Reese. Watch this space for more information.

Libby Shannon

Our summer intern in 2006, Libby Shannon, has been graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary and is seeking a call to gospel ministry. She and a bicycle she found in Decatur are on their way to here sister's home in Denver. (She says the bike is for her sister.)

I enjoyed breakfast with her yesterday as she set out on the second leg of her trip west. She spent the weekend with friends in Fairhope, AL.

She'll spend the summer there, preaching on occasion in several Presbyterian Churches, while she seeks a call. Let's all pray for Libby.

The new Fun in Faith commercial

Check out our plans for VBS 2008

June 13, 14, and 15, 2008



6 - 8 pm on Friday the 13th
6 - 8 pm on Saturday the 14th
9:30 - noon on Sunday morning
6 - 7:30 Sunday evening

Relay for Life Picture

Many thanks to these members and friends (and others who are not photographed) for coming out and supporting our efforts to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

You may click on the picture (or maybe a double click) for a much bigger version.

The Templeton Foundation -- Asking the big questions and other links for May 18

The John Templeton Foundation has a wonderful series on the web. The latest question asks: Does Science Make Belief in God Obsolete? Click Here.

Here is another interesting site by scientists who are Christians and Jews. It is called Counterbalance Forum.

This is the link to Ben Stein's movie, Expelled.

Praying Until General Assembly

The Presbyterian Church (USA)'s General Assembly will be June 21 - 28 in San Jose, California. Please start praying now for the assembly commissioner and our denomination.

Information about the assembly, and prayer for it, can be found if you click here. The bottom article on that page is the most helpful.

References for this week's sermon

On May 11 (Pentecost) I will quote Dr. Lamin Sammenh of Yale Divinity School. Here is a link to that article in Theology Today (1988).

And here is Dr. Sammeh's biography.

I may also quote from Jurgen Moltmann's book The Church in the Power of the Spirit.

Pentecost

This Sunday is Pentecost and Mother's Day. For the former please wear red to church on May 11. We'll fill the church with a sea of red to remind us of the tongues of fire that lapped on the disciples on Pentecost (see Acts 2).

A link to thoughts about Memorial Day on this blog can be found by clicking here.

Easter Egg Hunt

Easter was almost fifty days ago, but here are Easter Egg Hunt pictures taken by Laura Mackey.

Thanks Laura!



That's the pastor in green reading a pop-up book of the Biblical Easter story to the children while the youth bunnies do their work hiding eggs.






A great picnic followed the event. See ya here next year on Palm Sunday!