Dear Grace Redeemer Church, The Session is excited to announce that Karl Stephens has accepted our offer to become GRC’s Director of Worship Ministries. He and his family will be moving to New Jersey over the course of this summer and will officially begin as those details are settled. This process has been a matter of great prayer for the …
Fear, this is a short but powerful word. As children, we imagine something or someone patiently waiting for us to let down our guard, clutch us by the foot, and then drag us to our death. Now, those child-like terrors are a thing of the past. In the present, our fears are more sophisticated, subtle, more pervasive, and real. As …
And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow has …
Starting this Friday, I will be going on my first sabbatical as a pastor. The sabbatical is for six weeks, but I will also be taking some vacation and study leave, so you will not be seeing me in a pastoral role again until August. The Desch family will be around GRC on some Sundays, and on a few other …
I’ve got better things to do on a summer weekend It’s too far It’s too expensive Retreats are boring I don’t know many people I have little kids I hate “roughing it” Well, that’s pretty convincing. Stay home or go down the Shore. Which would involve sitting in miles of traffic across 5 lanes of the Parkway, for 2.5-3 hours, …