Author Archives: Shelley Shelton



Shelley Shelton

Palms
in Pastor's Weekly Message

Palms

Palms Can you think of one word to describe our current times? Perhaps frightening or angering or lonely or opportunity or creativity? Our pastors and staff are mustering all their creativity to stay connected to...

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April 03, 2020
Small Joys
in Pastor's Weekly Message

Small Joys

Daily life certainly has changed recently, hasn’t it? This Sunday, March 29, is the fifth Sunday of Lent. It’s also a “Fifth Sunday” which usually means that there’s no Sunday School and all worship together...

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March 27, 2020
Strange Time
in Pastor's Weekly Message

Strange Time

It’s a strange time, isn’t it? I’ve been trying to think if there have been other times like this during my lifetime and can’t really think of anything quite like these times of staying away...

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March 20, 2020
A Prayer for Health
in Pastor's Weekly Message

A Prayer for Health

Colds…flu….sinus infections….headaches….more colds…this winter has been a challenging one for some in our family and in our church family. Just when it seemed like we were well, someone got a runny nose, sore throat and...

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March 06, 2020
Leaping in Lent?
in Pastor's Weekly Message

Leaping in Lent?

Have you ever wished there were things in your life that happened only every four years or not at all? I don’t have feelings like that about tomorrow’s “leap day” but it does give me...

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February 28, 2020
In Love With God?
in Pastor's Weekly Message

In Love With God?

The smells of the first moments of spring in the desert are whiffs of musky animal scents and moist earth with greening grasses and shoots not quite ready to bloom. Late afternoon yesterday (Thursday) I...

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February 21, 2020
Do Good
in Pastor's Weekly Message

Do Good

Every table was filled at Soul Station this past Wednesday night. Young and school-age children ate alongside their parents, grandparents and many church family members. We had food prepared by our faithful second-Wednesday cooks that...

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February 14, 2020
Do No Harm
in Pastor's Weekly Message

Do No Harm

Do No Harm Galatians 5:13-15 “You were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only don’t let this freedom be an opportunity to indulge your selfish impulses, but serve each other through love. All the Law...

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February 07, 2020
Warm and Cold
in Pastor's Weekly Message

Warm and Cold

Today’s weather report says that a warm, sunny weekend may be followed on Monday by the coldest weather this year, including rain and potentially freezing temperatures.  When I stopped at a nursery on River and...

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January 31, 2020