by Amanda McEvilly | Mar 9, 2019 | Mission Trip
ELMHURST, IL – March 8, 2019 – St. Peter’s UCC wrapped up its sixteenth annual adult mission trip last month in Port Arthur, Texas. A group of 22 parish members spent a week building and repairing houses affected by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. After being hit with 45...
by Amanda McEvilly | Feb 7, 2019 | Rich Wolf
This past month I once again took advantage of an opportunity for continuing pastoral education. Each year I attend a national gathering of United Church of Christ senior pastors of larger congregations called “Conversations.” It is an opportunity for learning,...
by Amanda McEvilly | Apr 3, 2018 | Amanda McEvilly, Easter
I’ve been contemplating the idea of joy lately. Perhaps it’s because the women’s retreat will focus on joy or simply because Easter is a joyful season. Or perhaps it’s because I’m fighting a cold, realizing it’s another first holiday without Grandma, and stressing...
by Amanda McEvilly | Apr 2, 2018 | Changing Tomorrows, Rich Wolf
In his early twenties Michael was diagnosed with an inoperable, and ultimately terminal, tumor. Not knowing how long he had to live, his girlfriend and he decided to get married even though he was not yet finished with college. This decision became problematic, as if...
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