Let’s just say Harriet wasn’t a natural for road trips.  In fact, if you didn’t practically knock her out she wouldn’t even make it to the bridge out of Manhattan.  But she was our Harriet, even if my father did refer to as a ‘varmit dog’ (translation:  good only for chasing varmits).  So, each year  we’d give her doggie Dramamine, put her in the back set and head out of town.  About 250 miles out, we’d hear Harriet bound up in the back seat, panting enthusiastically and stick her head up front.  “Where ya been, where ya been, where ya been?” her look clearly communicated.  Where have we been?  You’re the one who’s been out like a light for 4 hours, dear.

Well, it became one of our family phrases.  “Where ya been?” we’d say on those occasions when someone missed that they were the one who’d checked out on the conversation.  It’s   often struck me that I’m the same way with God.  “Where ya been?” I keep asking when I’m the one who’s checked out in my prayer life, my listening, my willingness to act on what God has already shown me.  “Where ya been?” I ask, when I’m the one who’s been asleep in the back seat.

Pentecost is the time in the church year when we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit on all of Jesus’ followers, then and now.  It’s a time when we will reaffirm our baptisms in a service of music, Scripture and the water of baptism.  We will acknowledge that God has not gone anywhere since our baptisms;  it is we who may have moved away or grown discouraged.  It is we who need to wake up, shake ourselves off and welcome again the Spirit of God who has never left us. 

Join us for a celebration of our

 One God, One Faith, One Baptism

Pentecost, May 31st at 11:00 am

Wear something red !

June 21-25th

Experience first-century Rome, chat with shopkeepers, tiptoe past Roman guards…and visit with the Apostle Paul.  Watch for more news in later posts.

HELp!   Shiloh youth groups

The Shiloh Youth Groups are seeking donations from the Congregation to enable them to buy a larger screen TV.  Many of our ministry resources now only come as DVDs and our existing TVs (which we have deeply appreciated) are too small for our combined groups to watch together

As a thank you, all contributors are invited to a celebratory Saturday Night at the Movies where the youth will treat you to a showing of Amazing Grace, the award winning film of Wilberforce’s campaign to eliminate slavery in England and the power of his Christian faith in doing this.  We’ll also have a ‘build your own customized popcorn’ stand and drinks for your enjoyment.

Watch the mail for your invitation to this event.

New Women’s Sunday School Study

10:00 am Sunday’s

beginning May 10th

Just Enough Light for the Step I’m On is a devotional prayer journey for your life, whatever stair you’re on right now.

If you’re experiencing a major life-change, making an important decision, or simply needing encouragement to make it through the day, you’ll find inspiration and hope in this candid, refreshing look at how to walk successfully through the difficult times of life. By  following God’s lead and trusting Him to provide just enough light for each step you’re on, you can trade in anxiety about the future and regret over the past for joyful anticipation and peaceful assurance in the present. 

Study questions and journal included in book.