Our Virtual Church
I am amazed each week at the number of people who watch the Sunday morning worship service. Many of these viewers watch at another time during the week. Sometime during each week somewhere between seventy and ninety people tune in to worship with us and check in to see what Spring Creek United Church of Christ is doing. I am not familiar with all the names of the people who watch and there are many who leave no name at all. How can we connect with, invite these viewers to bec
Where Will We Be as a Worshiping Congregation This Autumn?
How's it going? Summer by the calendar is drawing toward a close. Fall is calling. Schools will soon be back in session. And the question remains, where will we be as a worshiping congregation this autumn? Fortunately, we have a wise subcommittee of the Council working on what we need to do before we open the Sanctuary and what must be done during and after each service. I have had many members and friends ask when in-person worship will be possible. Many members add that the
Dog Days
We know a "three dog night" means it would take three dogs in bed with you to keep you warm. But what are the "dog days of summer?" I have learned that the dog days of summer actually occur between July third and August eleventh. These are the days when the sun and the Sirius star, part of the constellation Canis Major, are in the same region of the sky. I think of August as being the dog days; days when the weather is hot and sultry, there can be sudden thunderstorms, and I
What to Expect When Our Church Reopens
See the USA in your Chevrolet. America is asking you to call. Drive your Chevrolet in the USA. America's the greatest land of all. (Big Kiss) Those of a certain age will remember this song and the kiss performed by Dinah Shore at the end of her variety show broadcast in glorious black and while. At the time these words rang true. In the fifty or so years that have passed we are seeing things differently. There have been changes: Before COVID-19 Americans were more eager to tr
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