Church News

June Moderator Musings

May 31, 2024

Gene and I returned at the beginning of April after wintering in the south, and already I’m very busy with Church life. It has been shared in the Bulletin but wanted to let everyone know that our search for a Summer Pastor was not successful. There were many variables in the candidate’s decision to decline our…

Creation Care: Our Plastic Crisis

May 20, 2024

Plastic first started being created on a global scale in the 1950s.  Since then annual plastic production has exploded to an estimated 460 million tons as of 2019.  While plastic has many beneficial uses, single-use plastics have become a real environmental threat.  All manner of groceries and consumer goods come with plastic wrappings that ultimately…

Pride in Texas

May 20, 2024

Through the Strengthen the Church Offering, people across the United Church of Christ support the formation of new congregations and the renewal of existing ones, fund new programs for youth and young adults and sponsor leadership development for the whole church.  Faith Church UCC in New Braunfels, TX, received a CASA New and Renewing Church…

Pastor’s Report : March

March 1, 2024

Lent began on Ash Wednesday, an awkward collision this year with our very secular celebration of St. Valentine. Our final weeks together will follow this season of introspection and preparation for the death and resurrection of Jesus. These weeks are a time to give attention to how you understand Jesus, his ministry, his death, and…

Short Story of the Rainbow Banner

February 20, 2024

At the January 28, 2024, Annual Meeting the topic of the rainbow banner was requested to be added to the agenda. Discussion followed and two questions were posed for a vote: If to remove the banner or  If to change the wording on the banner. The vote was to keep the banner but change the…

There is some good news about methane in large animal feed operations

February 12, 2024

If their by-products are treated in digesters to capture the methane gas which is produced. Some of these larger farm operations are collecting manure in large tanks, mixing it in an oxygen-free environment and heating it. Micro-organisms break down the organic material and methane is captured and then burned to produce heat and electricity for…