Welcome to The Park Church,
Congregational,United Church of Christ

Thank you all for your attendance yesterday at our Annual Meeting! We had forty-six in attendance and passed the budget and our 2024...

And the Oscar goes to... not “Barbie.” I saw “Barbie.” I liked it, thought it clever, and it certainly spoke powerful truths about...

I’m putting my thoughts together for our 2023 Annual Report and find that we are truly living into our Vision: The Park Church works for...

A few days before Christmas, Linda at City Hall reached out to ask me what I wanted on my business cards. As a new City Council member,...

Have you noticed? Can you feel the energy? If you’ve attended worship lately, you’ll see numbers in the sixties each week! We’re planning...

In Times Such as This The image shows up in my social media news feed almost every day in recent weeks, three boys with clothing and...

This year’s UCC Stewardship theme is “Because of You, Our Church Changes Lives.” And we liked that, but we shortened it a little for our...

The Three Armies Problem At some point, most of you will have been presented with the Three Armies problem. In this exercise, you and...

Checking Our Vision One of my favorite parts of my work at the Church is giving tours of our building. I have to admit I love history and...

Pumpkin Spice Communion I knew I needed to knock off some of the business world's sharp edges before beginning professional ministry, so...

And September takes off..... Isn’t it always the way -- that everything starts off with a bang in September? And it’s no different this...

There has been a lot of finger pointing. People have blamed clergy sex abuse scandals. They've blamed Sunday morning soccer. They've...

You would have good reason to question my judgment. Who signs on the be a minister in an age of terrifying church decline? And it has...

AND WE’RE BACK! In the past I’ve heard the caution “Be careful what you wish for...” And I am guilty of wishing for lots of things at The...

White supremacists and Christian nationalists have bullied Target into pulling much of their Pride merchandise, and Anheuser-Busch InBev...

I can't ever remember a busier time than what's going on right now at church - thanks to everyone of you! And I'll see you at the...

In the days after the 2016 presidential election, reports of hate crimes surged across the country as misogynists, white supremacists,...

Happy Spring – Whew, made it through another March – (my least favorite month) - now the season of perseverance is past and we’re heading...

I've always loved books. My sixth grade teacher often sent me down to the library on my own while she dealt with more reluctant readers....

February found me working in the church archives assisting Sue Miller Malone, who drove from Colorado to continue her genealogical...