Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to community and creation!
BLACK MOUNTAIN TRAIL CLEANUP10am – 4pm • Black Mountain Sat, Sept 28 Volunteers can help re-mount missing trail signs, build a skier/rider diversion near Tower 9 of the Double to steer our customers away from the snowmaking pipes and valves, clean up the glades to the right of the famous Mr. Rew trail. RSVP to […]
Balm in Gilead — Grace Schulman “Is there no balm in Gilead?” So cries dour Jeremiah in granite tones. “There is a balm in Gilead,” replies a Negro spiritual. The baritone who chants it, leaning forward on the platform, looks up, not knowing his voice is a rainstorm that rinses air to reveal earth’s […]
Church & Community Event: JEN’S FRIENDS HILL CLIMB 8-9:30am – Register / 10am – Hike Mt Cranmore /10:45-Noon – Entertainment at top of mtn / Noon – 1:30pm – Lunch, entertainment at base of mtn. Walk-in or Register Online. Pam & Fred Tompkins will be climbing for JCC; join the ad-hoc church team to climb […]
When we set that table, we would do well to remember that we are not the hosts, but the God who loves us all, and invites each and every one of us to the feast. — Kathryn Matthews Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter & become a friend […]
For some reason, there was something painful for me about the idea of being loved completely apart from what I do or do not do. It’s perhaps all we really want in life, and yet the prospect of it, stung. I’m not even sure why. Maybe because it only highlighted how much being loved apart […]
