Posts with the category “first-cup”

Good for Our Health
by Pastor William Mitchell on October 9th, 2026
Prayer, worship, and church community are good for your brain — and the science agrees. Pastor Mitchell reports back from a counseling conference.  Read More
At Such a Time as This
by Pastor William Mitchell on August 20th, 2026
God doesn’t only move in easy moments—our Lord and Savior shows up in difficult ones too.  Read More
God Didn't Make Us to Hate Us
by Pastor William Mitchell on July 16th, 2026
Pastor Mitchell on fear-based faith, broken soil, and a God who didn't make you to hate you.  Read More
Love Covers a Multitude of Sins
by Pastor William Mitchell on May 21st, 2026
Every church is imperfect people. Pastor Mitchell on the one instruction Peter put "above all."  Read More
Mother's Day: God Sees Every Heart
by Pastor William Mitchell on April 24th, 2026
Mother's Day holds joy for some and an ache for others. Pastor Mitchell writes to both.  Read More
Finding the Blessings of Summer
by Pastor William Mitchell on April 24th, 2026
Rest well, worship wherever you are, and come home to each other. Pastor Mitchell on summer.  Read More
More Than a Building
by Pastor William Mitchell on March 19th, 2026
Easter, a celebration, and a reminder: the church is more than a building. Pastor Mitchell.  Read More
From Ashes to Alleluias
by Pastor William Mitchell on February 19th, 2026
Lent in one walk: ashes, the road, the Cross, the empty tomb. Pastor Mitchell's guide for the forty days.  Read More
Christianity Is Not a “Lone Ranger” Religion
by Pastor William Mitchell on January 22nd, 2026
“So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that h...  Read More