Rev. Ethan Brown, Pastor and Minister of Care & Discipleship

When it comes to caring for babies, I find myself to be a bit deficient biologically. Oh, I have the quickest hands in the house when it is time to change a diaper, but when it comes to feeding I'm not much help. I have learned, therefore, to be a big fan of pacifiers. There are times when Blaise is hungry and he needs to be with Caitlin, but when he is just unhappy, when he just needs comfort, I can swoop in with the pacifier and put all to rights. I have learned that each kid has his or her...

If you have driven by the church on a random weekday these past several weeks, you may have noticed a few more cars in the parking lot than normal. Perhaps you would have seen someone gathering our monthly offering of sack lunches for the Loaves and Fishes Ministry downtown. Or perhaps you would have seen that one of our Missions and Outreach Committee members was preparing games and supplies for our Fall Family Fest (this Sunday from 4-6 pm!). But almost certainly you would have seen members...

Recently, Basil has become interested in Pokémon. Though the seed of this interest was planted and nurtured by an uncle, both Caitlin and I are true 90's kids with a deep well of Pokémon knowledge and experience. In case you need a refresher, Pokémon was created in Japan in 1996, first as a video game, then a tv series, trading card game, and movies. It explores a world where humans live alongside, capture, and train creatures—pocket monsters—with unique powers and abilities. I grew up with...