by Michael McMahon | Feb 27, 2018 | Friday Music at Midday, News
Please join us this Friday, March 2, at 12:15 p.m., when organist Wayne L. Wold will perform at our free weekly Music at Midday concert. Dr. Wold is Chair of the Music Department at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland; Director of Music and Organist at First Lutheran...
by Steven Baines | Feb 27, 2018 | News
Tuesday, February 27 Scripture: John 2:13-22 Our scripture this week is one that stands out among the other stories we hear about Jesus’ life. We often see Jesus as a mild-mannered teacher, speaking in parables, or performing miracles. Rarely do we see Jesus lose his...
by Steven Baines | Feb 26, 2018 | News
Third Week in Lent Turning the Tables Scripture: John 2:13-22 Monday, February 26 Today’s passage may be uncomfortable for some; it should be. In it we find what some might call an upset or angry Jesus; I just see him as being real. You see, when Jesus enters the...
by Steven Baines | Feb 25, 2018 | News
Sunday, February 25 PEACE! BE STILL! Page 221 (African American Heritage Hymnal) Master, the tempest is raging! The billows are tossing high! The sky is over shadowed with blackness, No shelter or help is nigh; Carest Thou not that we perish? How canst Thou lie...
by Steven Baines | Feb 24, 2018 | News
Saturday, February 24 Scripture: Mark 8:31-38 Verse 36 has been a part of my life seemingly forever, but this version is not the way it is in my consciousness. For that version, I had to search my home for a King James Bible with the familiar verse “For what shall it...
by Steven Baines | Feb 21, 2018 | News
Wednesday, February 21 Scripture: Mark 8:31-38 Too many times in the gospels, the disciples are only looking at the most obvious effects of Jesus’ ministry. They don’t want to upset the existing religious order and yet they seem to think that Jesus will...
