Pastor’s Notes

If you’ve driven around West Allis or Greenfield lately, you’ve seen the orange signs. Detour signs are just part of life here. We usually don’t like them. They slow us down, add time to the trip, and take us off the route we planned. But in the church, we have a name for a 40-day detour. We call it Lent. Lent Is Not…

As I write this, we’ve just been invited to remember our baptism. In just a few weeks, we’ll hear the words from Ash Wednesday: “From dust you came, and to dust you shall return.“ These two moments—the waters of baptism and the ashes of Lent—hold a holy tension. On one hand, we are named and…

Happy New Year. As we step into January 2026, many of us feel the familiar pull to make resolutions. We think about improving our health, adjusting habits, and starting fresh. These goals can be good. But for us as United Methodists, our resolutions are meant to reach deeper than self-improvement. They are grounded in a lifelong journey toward holiness.…

December is here, and with it comes the usual flurry of holiday activity. Calendars fill up. To-do lists grow. Lights go up, and Christmas music plays everywhere. It’s easy to get swept up in the busyness. But Advent, the season leading up to Christmas, invites us to something deeper. It’s not just about preparing our…

As we shift from October to November, the air grows crisper. The sun slips away earlier each evening. The world outside starts to slow down, preparing for winter’s rest. In our busy lives, this quieting can feel sudden or even uncomfortable. But spiritually, it’s an invitation to slow down, look inward, and tend to the…