On Sunday, December 28 we will again this year gather for worship with our sisters and brothers at First and Central Presbyterian Church. This will be the fifth year we have worshiped together on the first Sunday after Christmas since we first did so in the wake of our failed boiler in 2010. We will gather at…
One of the greatest American artists, Henry Ossawa Tanner was born in 1859 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. When she was a young girl, his mother Sarah escaped slavery via the Underground Railroad. His father Benjamin became a renowned African Methodist Episcopal minister, bishop, theologian, and author. His middle name is short for Osawatomie – the town…
This Sunday the Advent express to Bethlehem will make its third whistle stop at Joy Station. In worship we will light the special pink candle on our Advent wreath to signal a reprieve from the focused, introspective, purple journey of watching and waiting. In anticipation of our destination we are freed to rejoice openly in…