In less than two weeks, Jill’s dad will celebrate his 75th birthday. As in many families, one of the traditions in Jill’s family is that on a family member’s birthday, everyone sings Happy Birthday. This often happens over the phone because we’re at a distance from one another on a birthday. Given the vocal abilities…
Galatians 5:22-25, “By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by…
Good morning, my name is David Pranga. I am Executive Pastor here at Brewster Baptist Church. We are in the middle of a very important series, “Going Deeper in Faith”. Each week, we are exploring a foundational belief we share as followers of Jesus Christ. In doing this, we want to help you to know,…
So far in our series on Going Deeper in Faith we’ve talked about how God is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast and that grace, love and mercy were shown in God giving the world Jesus, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish but may have eternal life….
Jesus came to give us abundant, joyful, and eternal life. I want to focus today especially on the fact that Jesus wants to give us his joy. It may be hard to believe but our team is well into planning for Vacation Bible School this summer. One song I remember learning at VBS went like…
We are in a new series – “Going Deeper in Faith”. Throughout this series we will explore the foundational beliefs we share together as followers of Jesus Christ. The series will focus on 13 core values we believe as a church. Last week, Pastor Doug kicked-off the series with our focus on God. I realize…
“The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The LORD is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.” Psalm 145:8-9 One of the things I’ve learned through the years I’ve been a pastor is that a person’s understanding of God has a huge…
For 1500 years, Easter Sunday for western Christians has been the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox – a sometimes confusing formula which means the date can vary by more than a month from year to year. For example, this year Easter Sunday falls on March 27. In 2015 it…
We were blessed this year to hear the message from Rev. Vincent Fasano. Tonight we participate in the church’s oldest observance during Holy Week. Maundy Thursday is a day and night associated with the agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, the betrayal of Jesus by Judas, and the arrest of Jesus. But the central commemoration…