Notes from West Mountain General Synod 33 This year’s theme was “Rooted in Love”...from Psalm 1 “We are the Flagg Road United Church of Christ, wherever you are on life’s journey you are welcome here!” We begin our services with these words; as do 4,852 other United Church of Christ churches across this country. These words make explicit the nature [...]

Notes from West Mountain This Sunday will be the Fourth of July...that morning we will be celebrating the Lord’s Supper as well as recognizing and honoring our country’s 245th birthday. ( You could ask ‘O, it’s that old church and state issue’ right?) Or, not so much.  Most of our country will be on holiday, people are once again going [...]

Notes from West Mountain (The Rev. Mark Diters) The Distance of Grief Last week we lost a beloved member of our congregation and our community. Karen Hollant’s death, though expected, leaves so many people deeply grieving, each in their own way. Our collective prayers for hope of cure and healing were never really given up, even as those prayers merged [...]