When you speak with counselors, they will often tell you that they are a guide and that a guide cannot lead someone where they do not want to go. If a person does not want to seek health and wholeness, then the counselor’s words and advice will only fall on deaf ears. As people say, “You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make them drink.”As parents and friends, we experience the same thing...  Read More

In the last blog, we talked about how we can give thanks for the time, talents, and treasure that God has given to each of us. However we also spoke about how we are to use those gifts to bless others.It seems appropriate, then, that we would talk this week about “Going” into our community and world to share those gifts. I give thanks that WEPC is a church that seeks to “go,” and we do it both loc...  Read More

In the world, we sometimes hear the phrase, “How to win friends and influence people.” This statement seems to be the main point of this passage at first glance. In what might be considered the most confounding words Jesus ever utters, he says, “I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.” (Luke 16:9)What?! Is ...  Read More

“Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:7 (NLT)During this fall season, our minds often turn to harvest, to bounty, and to Thanksgiving. It is not a season where we think of putting down roots that grow; we save that for spring. Yet Paul reminds us t...  Read More

Dear Presby family,This past Sunday, Pastor Aaron challenged us to live as God's people on mission for Him in our daily lives. But how do we get there? What does it mean to be a community on mission together as we seek to gather, grow, give, and go forth in the love of Christ?During November, our services will be oriented around the theme of "The Abundant Life," which is found as we live together ...  Read More

“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40The life of following Christ is not just about “me, me, me.” The gospels challenge us repeatedly to devote our lives to living for others. Jesus equates serving others with serving God.All too often, though, our lives become consumed by our own plans. Our schedules may be f...  Read More