True Confessions of an Interim
By The Rev. Dr. Carl Grosse Outside the Bible, I prefer to read non-religious books. David McCullough and Doris Kearns Goodwin are two dependable authors. I enjoy business biographies as well, and one of my personal favorites is Chocolate Wars by Deborah Cadbury (yes,...
Threads of Hope Update
By Joe and Linda Schnorr We have tried to stay busy the past couple weeks. With each of the sewing groups meeting twice each week along with some home school projects and general repairs, we have been able to occupy most of our time. Some of the ladies are not able...
True Confessions of an Interim
By The Rev. Dr. Carl Grosse This facility is like a maze. After my first day in the church building, it took me a couple of weeks before I felt confident that I’d find my way back to the office from anywhere else on the premises. Silly me. My arrogance crashed a few...
True Confessions of an Interim
By The Rev. Dr. Carl Grosse I enjoy keeping up with former colleagues from my product analyst days at a data company in Minnesota. Some will text me now and then with updates, others I see posting on LinkedIn. One delightful colleague is now a CEO at an energy...
Threads of Hope Update
By Joe and Linda Schnorr Over the past couple weeks there have been a lot of tasks that have kept us busy and hopefully continuing to answer why God has put us here. The small medical assistance program that the Good News Class helped us establish a couple years ago...
True Confessions of an Interim
By The Rev. Dr. Carl Grosse “How are you doing? Would you like to talk about it?” These two questions can work wonders. They can require some time and attention to listen to the response with care. The recent deaths of Miller Sullivan and Phyllis Brandon triggered...
True Confessions of an Interim
By The Rev. Dr. Carl Grosse It wasn’t as bad as last year, but the snow event of January 2025 still wreaked havoc. Hopefully we learned from history and made some improvements in our response procedures. Gresham Road conditions remain our most persistent challenge....
Threads of Hope Update
By Joe and Linda Schnorr With the kids out of school for the holidays and the moms getting things in order for the holidays, organized classes have been difficult so most of the time has been spent visiting those ladies who do not attend the group classes but make...
True Confessions of an Interim
By The Rev. Dr. Carl Grosse New Elders will be ordained and installed during worship January 12. They will hit the ground running as our first Session meeting of 2025 takes place on the 15th. Also be on the lookout for Annual Meeting updates. Your new bylaws recommend...
True Confessions of an Interim
By The Rev. Dr. Carl Grosse You all continue to amaze me. Your pastor going AWOL didn’t stop the Sunday worship service from going ahead thanks to capable and dedicated folks stepping up. You worked together to comfort and help people needing pastoral care. In all...