Remember to “fall back” for Daylight Savings time! November 2nd, we observe ALL-SAINTS Sunday.  This worship will be a time for us to remember and celebrate those who have trod a path for us and moved on from struggle to reward. We will experience an invocation by Carla Crompton and Diane Wogaman will join me in the Communion Liturgy as… Read More »

This Sunday, October 26th is the second in this Stewardship Season! Our worship services will include “A Moment for Stewardship” featuring individual sharing about why members appreciate Greenbelt Community Church and choose to generously pledge and financially sustain this compassionate community. Yolanda Burnett will offer “A Moment for Stewardship”, on this coming Sunday. We welcome… Read More »

This Sunday, October 19th begins our Stewardship Season! Our worship services will include “A Moment for Stewardship” featuring individual sharing about why members appreciate this community and choose to generously pledge. I hope you will consider whether this is the time to make your voice heard about all things, great and small, that compel you to financially sustain this… Read More »

I am sending out last week’s edition which I simply could not complete, with the ever-changing dynamics of any vibrant community of faith. Have a retrospective look at last week’s Pastor’s Pulse and do not hesitate to offer comments, if you wish to share anything. We regret that the “virtual sanctuary” was unable to see… Read More »

We are coming into the third message in the “God, Self and Neighbor” sermon series. October 5th is World Communion Sunday. On World Communion Sunday, we receive the offering that supports ministries of justice and compassion, with one-third of the offering given to the Council for American Indian Ministries. The remaining two-thirds supports UCC justice ministries.  During… Read More »

On Sunday, following our worship service, I was able to join the Coffee Hour for a couple of brief conversations before scurrying off to an afternoon commitment to deliver a homily at the Potomac Association of African American Women in Ministry’s end-of-summer convening. There was food, fellowship, prayer, music and laughter.  We enjoyed an anointed… Read More »

I am taking a moment, during my move-in to my new office, to express my heartfelt gratitude for being called as your next Pastor with such overwhelming favor! This week as I unpack I feel very blessed to pause every so often and read through the box of “WELCOME” greeting cards that you prepared for… Read More »

This coming Sunday, September 7th, is “Wear Red Again” Sunday.  No, that is not a new holiday in the church calendar.  It will be our way to dedicate the new RED altar paraments.  This particular set of paraments is only used once a year, on Pentecost Sunday.  Although some churches in the reformed tradition have… Read More »

Matthew 19:14 New International Version 14 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Greenbelt Community Church UCC has an opportunity to make space for the little children to be in Jesus’ presence.  The Board of Worship and Christian Education has created… Read More »