Oct 1, 2013 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the monthly Explorer, October 2013 edition. In January of 2012, Dr. Clingenpeel asked if I would return to the staff and church as Interim Minister to Students. Believing the call to ministry, especially youth ministry, was life-long, I said...
Sep 26, 2013 | Pastor's Blog
As may be obvious by now, all of the ministers and several staff members take turns blogging for the church website under the heading, “Pastor’s Blog.” There is no set rotation; we simply volunteer at staff meetings, sometimes because we have a...
Sep 19, 2013 | Pastor's Blog
This year, our youth ministry is focusing on the idea of welcome – how do we welcome each other, visitors, strangers, those who are outcastes. I want our teenagers to know that RRCB will always be a place of safety –physical, spiritual, and emotional safety. It’s...
Sep 12, 2013 | Pastor's Blog |
There are a couple things I enjoy in life: cupcakes, music (I went to five concerts this summer!), art, and Disney. One of my favorite blogs is called Oh My Disney (OMD). It is an official Disney blog that uses pictures, gifs, and quotes from Disney movies, shows, and...
Sep 5, 2013 | Pastor's Blog
The FIXERS is a group of church members that meet twice a month for breakfast and then works on small projects around the church. The FIXERS name itself is an acronym for Frequently Ingenious, eXremely Energetic, Righteous Servants, but even if your personality does...
Sep 1, 2013 | Pastor's Blog
Originally published in the monthly Explorer, September 2013 edition. Brian Doyle is an editor at the University of Portland who writes a weekly online column titled Epiphanies. Often it’s worth a read. In a recent column he writes about a memory from his college...
