Pastor’s Pen

And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more…

=             I was recently reading in Luke’s gospel of the story of Jesus casting out the demon possessed man who lived in the country of the Gerasenes.  This story is found in Luke 8:26-39 (it’s also found in Matthew…

            I am amazed at how many businesses now crave our responses to surveys.  Grocery stores, restaurants, hotels, you name it- all want to know how we liked our stay or what services we found beneficial.  They offer incentives to…

            This past Sunday after our AWOL gathering I reviewed our purpose and desires as a church.  We’ve come to call that “getting re-blued” – borrowing from an Air Force expression that describes recommitting yourself to an Air Force way…

Hope You’ll Be Here!             This Sunday we are having our monthly AWOL lunch (After Worship Opportunity for Lunch).  We have switched them to the second Sunday of the month as it seems many holiday weekends fall on the third…

            Each year the officers of HLPC, the Elders and Deacons, meet for a leadership retreat.  This usually involves a Friday night and Saturday morning together.  We are having just such a gathering this weekend, March 1st and 2nd.            …

            What we are seeing in culture at large is confirmed through statistical analysis:  more couples are living together prior to or instead of marriage altogether.  According to Census Bureau reports the percentage of cohabitating adults ages 25-34 increased from…

            This past weekend we were out of town to attend my nephew’s wedding in south Florida.  It is always good to be with family and we were encouraged by our time.  I’m very happy for my nephew, Roddie, and…

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth…

Looking to Jesus             It’s that time of year again.  It’s time for me to pull out one of my all-time favorite C.H. Spurgeon quotes. Spurgeon, as most of you know, was the longtime pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in…

            Last night the Elders and Deacons of HLPC met for their first monthly meeting of 2019.  Our standard practice is to meet on the 3rd Monday of the month.  Due to MLK, Jr. day we met on a Tuesday. …

            For those who were here this past Sunday for School of Discipleship and/or worship, you heard of a missions trip opportunity for the entire HLPC family that was presented by Andy Pifer.  Andy is the Executive Director and founder…