Nicole's e-Pistle "Merry Christmas" December 24, 2025 Merry Christmas, Friends! I will keep this short today, as I hope you are spending as much time as possible lovin’ on your families and friends! Santa comes tonight, but nothing he can bring wrapped in ribbons and bows could compare to God’s gift to us… Love [...]
Nicole's e-Pistle "Mr. Holland's Opus" December 17, 2025 Greetings, Friends, and Joy to the World! If you are following along in your “Draw Near” Advent devotional, you’ll remember this week is all about joy! While I love love, and I hope for hope, and I pray for peace, I think JOY is my favorite [...]
Nicole's e-Pistle December 10, 2025 Greetings, Friends, and may the peace of Christ be with you all! This is Week 2 of Advent, when we celebrate the promise of peace in God’s kingdom. It can sometimes seem naïve to talk of peace with the state the world is in. In fact, I wonder if [...]
Nicole's e-Pistle December 3, 2025 Greetings, Friends! I have been reading through two Advent Devotionals (not including the one we read to the kids each evening). The first is the “Draw Near” devotional by Teri McDowell Ott that our congregation is reading this year. You should have received access to it through your email, [...]
Nicole's e-Pistle November 26, 2025 Happy Thanksgiving, Friends! A couple of weeks ago, Lovinia brought home a plain, undecorated brown paper turkey. The homework assignment was to disguise the turkey, so it would not become Thanksgiving Dinner! All the students in kindergarten returned to school with superhero turkeys, turkeys changed into other animals, turkeys [...]
