'Labor Day' Tagged Posts
Summer News
First Church Family: Summer is upon us! The Old Farmer’s Almanac guided both sets of my grandparents in many ways, including providing dates for planting their spring and summer gardens. Always would they make their first planting of the year on Good Friday (regardless of the exact date) and never would they set out vegetable plants on what they called: “rotten Saturday” (the day before Easter.) About the summer, the Almanac records: “The beginning of the season depends on whether…
Trip to Greece
First Church Family, I’m away in my favorite country other than our own, the beautiful country of Greece. I studied here in college, and later in graduate school, and then was able to be here with my daughter several years ago. Greece has an incredibly significant history. It was the birthplace of medicine, philosophy, theater, and democracy. And it has significance to our faith. The Apostle Paul established the Church at Corinth and wrote two lengthy treatises to members of that church…