Sunday, June 10, 2018 was Pastor Jan Rivero’s last Sunday preaching at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church. Blessings on her and her future ministries. from the Pastor’s Pen… In a little book, The Raspberry Kingdom, René Hermanson shares spiritual wisdom from her days picking raspberries. The last chapter, entitled “The Last Chapter,” contains deep wisdom for days […]
PARISH NEWS – June 3, 2018
INTRODUCING PASTOR ISAAC COLLINS AND WIFE, NATALEE McREYNOLDS Pastor Isaac Collins is excited to start his ministry with Wesley Memorial in July. He currently serves a church in Nelson, County. A resident of Charlottesville, Pastor Isaac and his spouse Natalee McReynolds moved here so that Isaac could pursue an M.A. in Theology, Ethics, and Culture in the Religious […]
PARISH NEWS – May 27, 2018
There will be a called Charge Conference on Tuesday, June 12 at 7:30 PM as part of the regularly scheduled Church Council meeting.The purpose of this meeting will be to approve the housing allowance and the pastor’s reimbursement account for the incoming pastor. from the Pastor’s Pen… Tomorrow we observe Memorial Day – the day set aside […]
PARISH NEWS – MAY 20, 2018
There will be a called Charge Conference on Tuesday, June 12 at 7:30 PM as part of the regularly scheduled Church Council meeting. The purpose of this meeting will be to approve the housing allowance and the pastor’s reimbursement account for the incoming pastor. from the Pastor’s Pen…. WHEN THE CHURCH MESSES UP With all the other […]
PARISH NEWS – May 13, 2018
from the Pastor’s Pen…. Several months ago I mentioned in a Pastor’s Pen the upcoming Pilgrimage of Transformation being sponsored by the Charlottesville Clergy Collective. While details are still coming into focus I want to share with you the tentative schedule as it stands now. This will be a wonderful opportunity for the congregation to continue, […]
PARISH NEWS – May 6, 2018
from the Pastor’s Pen… A group of about fifteen of us here at Wesley have gathered on and off for about eighteen months to discuss the issue of race. In the middle of it, August 11 & 12 happened and we learned a lot more than we imagined. Since then I have continued to immerse myself in […]
Parish News – April 29, 2018
from the Pastor’s Pen… The day we arrived in Lyon, France, Jeffrey and I took a long walk in search of a place for lunch. On our journey we came across a street named “Avenue Rosa Parks.” The street name took on especially powerful meaning as we realized this was in a neighborhood densely populated […]
Parish News – April 22, 2018
Earth Day BY JANE YOLEN I am the Earth And the Earth is me. Each blade of grass, Each honey tree, Each bit of mud, And stick and stone Is blood and muscle, Skin and bone. And just as I Need every bit Of me to make My body fit, So Earth needs Grass and stone […]
Parish News – April 15, 2018
NEWS AND EVENTS FAITH LEADERS LISTENING SESSION ON CLIMATE BREAKFAST, April 17, City Space, 9-10:30am. Charlottesville Climate Collaborative(C3) and Virginia Interfaith Power and Light (VAIPL) have teamed up for a listening session in honor of Faith Climate Action Week. Faith leaders from across the region will speak openly about their climate-related goals, obstacles to realizing […]
Parish News – April 8, 2018
“In Christ, there is neither Jew nor Gentile, slave nor free.” All means all. All God’s people of every age, race, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or questioning, means, ability or spiritual tradition are welcome here in the name and love of God, to worship, learn and serve. from the Pastor’s Pen… My first pastoral […]