Read the August 2015 Newsletter
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Posts by Travis Stanley (Page 10)
Pastor Travis’ newsletter article from June 2015 Beautiful People, You may not know, but in our church files we have handwritten Sunday school attendance records, financial records and board minutes going back all the way to the late 1800s when our congregation was still a new church. They’re a little dusty, but they’re fun to…
This Sunday, we will honor our High School graduates with a reception after the 10:30 service, provided by the Jenny MacAfee Circle. Pastor Travis will share a sermon entitled “Get Out” from John 17:6-21. We are excited to announce that in just two weeks of fundraising, we are over halfway to our fundraising goal to…
Beautiful People, In a recent Vision Team meeting, we discussed this Washington Post article from Rachel Held Evans about why Millennials are choosing not to participate in church. Rachel says that Millennials aren’t looking for churches that are cool, but churches that are authentic. She writes, “If young people are looking for congregations that authentically…
Our choir has led us through a musical journey of the final week of Jesus’ life. They sang: “Hosanna! He comes in the name of the Lord! For the kingdom of David is now at hand! Spread the news throughout the land!” But they also sang: “Crucify him! Crucify him! A schemer, blasphemer, this man must die!” When Jesus…
Pastor Travis updated his personal blog with a reflection on our Christmas Eve worship. You can read it here.
Fall is here, but things aren’t falling back around here. November is a busy month for our church! We’ve got Veteran’s Day celebrations, Thanksgiving meals, a baby shower and much, much more. Check out this month’s newsletter to see what’s happening in the life of the Disciples at Norwalk Christian Church. Read the November 2014…
Our church Vision Team has been meeting over the last month, reading together the book Real Good Church by Molly Phinney Baskette. At the beginning of the book, she shares ten reasons why you should be going to church, a borrowed list from Rev. Anne Russ of Argenta Presbyterian in Little Rock. There are lots of…
October 2014 Newsletter