Author: ECC

Please note: This pondering concerns some of the members of Encanto Community Church UCC and not others. If you are not experiencing these stresses, I pray that you continue to find peace and comfort in your lives. I am not choosing one group of congregants over the others but am concerned about all of you… Continue reading Pastoral Ponderings February 2025

“May the New Year bring you blessings of love, joy, health, peace and prosperity.” We are off and running at the start of a new year. Welcome 2025!Some have started to put away the decorations from Christmas and others will start in the next couple of days. Bowl games and playoffs are underway and regular… Continue reading Pastoral Ponderings January 2025

As you read this pondering, we are headed into Advent and Christmas season. The stores have been ready for Christmas for over a month. Christmas carols have played for 3 weeks. Television ads have featured a Christmas theme since the election. Hallmark hasbeen showing Christmas movies since the end of October. Now, in the next… Continue reading Pastoral Ponderings December 2024