Thoughts Along the Way . . .

This week-end I will be traveling to Pendleton to participate in the Central Pacific Conference UCC Annual Meeting. In the 33+ years I’ve been in ministry I have attended a lot of meetings like this. Even though I’ve never been to such a meeting in this conference I am confident that it will include opportunities for fellowship and shared meals, worship, conducting the business of the church, discussions around various pressing issues of the day, and then more of the same. And I also know that what I experience in Pendleton will not be exactly like any other gathering I have ever participated in. I know this to be true because that is how life works, and it is certainly how the church works. There is both continuity and uniqueness. What has come before shapes our present experience, but it does not define it. God is always calling us to be fully present in each new moment - in each new experience. Thus I travel to Pendleton filled with anticipation. And in the same way I am filled with excitement as together we move into the future which God has in store for this congregation.

- Pastor Roger

(keeping my feet firmly planted in the flow)