Now is a favorable time.
Now is the time of salvation.
                  2 Corinthians 6:2

Data about how Americans use their cell phones reveals that we check our phones 344 times each day. That’s once every 3 minutes every waking hour. What’s more, we seem to be speeding up. We are now checking our phones nearly 1.5 minutes sooner than we did last year. One-third of all Americans report that they look at their phones while they drive, which might help explain the significant rise in traffic fatalities. Statistics also show that we are driving significantly faster than we did just a couple of years ago. We are in a hurry!

Slow Down!
Love moves at the speed of Jesus.
Kosuke Koyama
Three Mile an Hour God

Two-thirds of all Americans text one another even when we are in the same room together. Nearly half of all Americans report that they are addicted to their phones.

Psalm 16:8 says, “I keep the Lord always before me. God is at my right hand and I shall not be moved.” I wonder, what would our lives look like if we were to let God touch our lives, be the focus of our thinking, be the driver of our actions as often as we check our phones?

Sixty percent of Americans say that their busyness is causing them health problems. Seventy-five percent say they are too busy to read to their children. This level of hurry is not what Jesus had in mind when he said, “Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest…for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matt. 11:28-30)

Dallas Willard, American philosophy professor at the University of Southern California, once said that to be the me I want to be, I must eliminate hurry. “Hurry is the enemy of the spiritual life. To become your best self, you must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life,” he said. The word hurry is associated with words like hurl, hurdle, hurly-burly, and hurricane. Do we really need all of this chaos in our lives?

Our frantic pace and distracted, addicted behaviors are not normal. Not in the least. Kosuke Koyama says that love moves at the speed of Jesus, which was 3.5 miles per hour – the speed he walked. I wonder what blessings you might experience if you just slowed down a bit? During this holy season of Lent, join me in worship to learn how to create a more Godly rhythm and balance in your life. The solution to our hurry isn’t more time but a different way of investing our time.

I hope that you will join me in worship to slow down a little, even for just an hour each week, to see that there is great joy in being with Jesus. This season, let’s learn how to stack the spiritual habits of being with Jesus, becoming like Jesus, and doing with our lives what Jesus did with his. Three simple practices that will change your relationships and your life.

Remember, you were made to become like Jesus. You have the power to do things that Jesus would do if he were you. You can live a powerful, impactful, AND an unhurried life. Ready to begin?

One of your partners along the way,

Pastor Jim

Jesus is inviting you to a whole new way of living. Discover and unlock God’s power for change by ordering your life around the practices, rhythms, and truths upon which Jesus centered his life. You can be transformed if you are willing to apprentice yourself to Jesus. This year, during the seasons of Lent and Eastertide (mid-February through mid-May), join Pastor Jim on Sunday mornings to learn from the Bible the 3 goals of apprenticeship: Be with Jesus; Become like Jesus; and Do as Jesus did.

March 1, 2026
Communion Sunday
Abide in Me
John 15:1-5 and 8-11; and
1 John 4:11-13 and 16

March 8, 2026
Stacking Godly Habits
Romans 12:1-3; and
1 Timothy 4:7b-15

March 15, 2026
Your Secret Place
Psalm 91; and
Matthew 6:1-18

March 22, 2026
What’s Your Hurry
2 Peter 3:8-9, 11-15;
Psalm 16:8-9 and 11; and
Matthew 11:28-30

March 29, 2026
Palm Sunday
Palm Procession with Pablo the Donkey
Matthew 21:1-11

Palm Sunday Worship
Sunday, March 29 @ 10:00 AM
in the Sanctuary

Join us for a very special palm parade lead by Pablo the donkey and the children through the Sanctuary.

Maundy Thursday Service
Thursday, April 2 @ 6:30 PM
in the Sanctuary

We will remember the Passover supper that Jesus shared with his disciples. During this service we will share communion and
washing of hands.

Good Friday Service for ALL Ages
Friday, April 3 @ 6:30 PM
in the Fellowship Hall

This experiential service of stories, light, and shadow. It is designed to be a meaningful worship experience for 3-year-olds through adults. 

Easter
Sunday, April 5

Easter Sunrise Worship
at 7:00 AM on the front lawn

Easter Worship
in the Sanctuary at 10:00 AM

We will sing and hear scripture and take communion as we welcome the Good News that He Is Risen.

Easter Egg Hunt
for children through
5th grade at 11:15 AM