Just a short note to tell you that Josanne and I are at the beach with her family this week. We are operating on beach time and looking forward to a week of relaxation. I trust all went well yesterday. I was able to go the worship service where one of my fellow students serves as the youth and adult minister. It was nice to be able to participate in the service, but we did miss being with you all. Last Saturday, I gave a paper at the Canadian-American Theological Conference

During our worship service yesterday, we began a new series I’ve titles, “Prophets of Building.” We’ll be looking at both Haggai and Zechariah. Both of these prophets were given a message for God’s people after they had returned from Babylonian exile. They were both sent to encourage God’s people to finish what they had begun—rebuilding the Temple. What we will see is that this was important for two reasons. First, it was the place where they could worship God. They needed to

Wow! It would be impossible to describe in words the many blessings of this past weekend. What a remarkable time! Yesterday’s worship service was packed—both the pews and our worship time. If you missed any of this weekend’s services, I’d encourage you to go and watch them. Elizabeth Miller’s Sunday School class on Global Anabaptism was superb. All of the parts of yesterday’s worship service—Rich Bucher (Joseph Stuckey) and John Stuckey; Jamie Mailhot’s solo; our instrumental

We’ve got some really great events coming up. Next week is Labor Day, and the week after that is our 175th Anniversary Celebration. I’m grateful for the many volunteers who have worked together to make this weekend special! Make sure to attend and also to invite others who you think would want to participate. Your RSVPs for the Friday night, September 11th, banquet at 6:30pm need to be in by next Sunday, September 6th. In the service which follows the meal, Elizabeth Miller

You couldn’t have asked for a nicer morning yesterday for our community worship service at Danvers Days! The music was great and it was good to see so many out. There was an enjoyable brunch put on afterwards. I heard nothing but great things about the food. Thank you to all who participated and volunteered! Also a big thank you to all who have been working to freshen up the church building. Thanks to the cleaning crew and others who have shown up to get ready for the 175th

It was another busy weekend. We are so thankful for everyone who volunteered to help with the funeral on Saturday and yesterday’s worship service and meal at Funk’s Grove. There was a lot of work to be done. It was so good to see everyone step up and work together to make it all happen. It’s times like this that we are so appreciative for North Danvers's value of helping one another out. Thank you to everyone who pitched in to help! The Funk’s Grove service was very well-at

Yesterday, the final point of the sermon was that it is God’s Spirit that enables his people to love. It is not simply a natural act for us to love others in the way God loves. It is only possible through the power of God’s Spirit living within us. 1 John 4:11-12 says, “Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us,” (NIV). This divine love is so

This whole series we’ve been in during our worship services have focused on what it means to live our lives together as followers of Jesus. This past week was a lived-out example of the way we work together and depend upon one another. A big thank you to all of those who helped as we prepared for the ice cream social at the Danvers’ Band Concert. Thanks to those who baked pies and other goodies. Thanks to those who volunteered to serve in other ways as well. This past wee

Yesterday’s worship service was focused on “working together.” Ephesians 2:10, “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do,” (NIV). Paul tells us that God has hand-crafted us and has brought us together to do the things he has prepared for us. It is a privilege for us to be able to partner with God in redeeming and restoring his creation! And it’s a task we share in together. Speaking of work, I want to a

It was so nice to have the First Presbyterian Church of Danvers join us for our morning worship service! We continued our series through Ephesians. The series title is “Life Together.” Too many times, we think of our faith as a personal, individual part of our life. Instead, the Scriptures make clear our faith is something we hold together. Yesterday we saw that God’s grace is extended to his people, as a community. Next week, we’ll see the way that God works through us as we