Nifty Ninety Spotlight: Mary Schenk Mary Schenk started life in a rural part of Missouri but ended up traveling the world, promoting connections between people living very different lives and sharing warmth and friendship regardless of people’s differences. Mary grew up on a farm in north-east Missouri very near the border with Iowa. She and her family lived adjacent to …
Bulletin: Love Unbound: A Service of Remembrance
December 15, 2025 | 7:00pm LOVE UNBOUND:A SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE Welcome to an evening honoring grief, loss, and the fullness of life in this sacred time of year. We gather together to remember the presence of the Sacred in all of our emotions and experiences. We offer this service to all who long for a space in which wounds are …
Bulletin: December 14, 2025
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT December 14, 2025 | 8:30 & 11:00am GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeBulalalow (8:30am) Peter Warlock (1894-1930) It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (11:00am)arr. Craig Phillips (b. 1961) WelcomeRev. Dr. Jason HaysExecutive Minister Lighting of the Third Advent Candle Mooney Family (8:30am); Goerner/Mills Family (11:00am)Reader One: In a season marked by holiday cheer and festive merriment, we …
Nifty Ninety Spotlight: Barbara Hannon
Nifty Ninety Spotlight: Barbara Hannon For residents in Iowa, first-in-the-nation primary season brings a stream of presidential hopefuls, state politicians and noteworthy people to towns large and small who show up at small cafes, libraries and homes to campaign. Barbara always attended these campaign meetings. In addition, over the years she personally met a variety of notables such as Elvis …
Choose Something Like a Star: A Symphonic Christmas Concert
CHOOSE SOMETHING LIKE A STARA Symphonic Christmas Concert December 7, 2025 • 4:00pm Adam Waite, Minister of Music and ConductorBenjamin Corwyn, Associate Minister of MusicBecki Cornwall, Minister of Children’s MusicHeidi Shriver, Music Ministry Administrator WelcomeRev. Dr. Jason Hays, Executive Minister Sanctus, from Missa MysteriorumNancy Galbraith (b. 1951) Phoebe Bawmann, soprano; Heidi Shriver, altoNate Neale, tenor; Chin Tan, bass Holy, holy, …
Bulletin: December 7, 2025
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT December 7, 2025 | 8:30 and 11:00am GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeLin-Fa, from Legends (8:30am)Valerie Coleman (b. 1970) Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (11:00am)arr. Mary Beth Bennett (b. 1954) WelcomeRev. Clover Reuter BealCo-Pastor Lighting of the Second Advent Candle Hutton Family (8:30am); Banks Family (11:00am)Reader One: Today we remember God’s promise of a Ruler …
Nifty Ninety Spotlight: Ray Fedde
Nifty Ninety Spotlight: Ray Fedde Ray Fedde was born in Denver and grew up in Park Hill. His mother, Gladys, had a nursing degree from Denver’s Presbyterian Hospital and his father, Oscar, was a jobber for Continental Oil Company and owned a petroleum bulk plant. He is a product of a mixed marriage. His paternal grandparents immigrated from Norway (Lutheran) …
Bulletin: November 30, 2025 – 1st Sunday of Advent
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME Prelude Christ, Be Our Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Phillip A. Cooke (b. 1980) Welcome Rev. Clover Reuter Beal Co-Pastor Lighting of the First Advent Candle …
Bulletin: November 23, 2025
CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY November 23, 2025 | 8:30 & 11:00am GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME Prelude Kremser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Matthew H. …
Bulletin: November 16, 2025
STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY November 16, 2025 | 8:30 & 11:00am GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeFor the Fruit of All Creation (8:30am)arr. Raymond H. Haan (b. 1938) More Love (11:00am)Mark Miller (b. 1967) Welcome Sandy ProutyMinister of Children & Families *Call to Worship Leader: Come, let us worship the God who gives us life. People: We gather, grateful for the pulse …