Posts from 2020

New Years Eve- DJ bingo

Prizes Available!!! Join us New Year’s Eve for some Zoom fun for the WHOLE family with DJ Bingo. It’s a lot like traditional Bingo but instead of calling numbers we will play snippets of songs and your game board will have song titles. To play you will need a phone or tablet that is NOT…

CARES Act Tax Information

As we approach Christmas and thoughts of year-end giving, I wanted to make sure we are all aware of an important provision in the 2020 CARES Act.  The CARES Act allows individuals to deduct cash gifts to qualified charitable organizations up to 100% of their adjusted gross income. This is only in effect through December…

St. Augustine, City of God – Tim Keller (early 5th century)

Augustine writes in response to those who claimed that the catastrophe of the sack of Rome in AD 410 by the Visigoths came because Rome’s traditional gods were angry that Christians were worshipping Jesus instead. He offers a devastating 5th-century critique of Rome’s polytheistic culture which seems equally apropos regarding a culture, 1600 years later,…

Covenant Generosity May 1, 2020

Dear Friends:       Today I received this note from our church treasurer, Jock Ochiltree.       Pastor Jay:       It’s time for some recognition for our congregation’s response to the financial needs of our church. Our cash reserve in the general fund had been slowly reducing over a number of years. As we entered the 3rd quarter…