Pastor Larry Sundin I love Christmas. Now, there’s a number of reasons why I love Christmas. Like a lot of you, I love Christmas because I get to be with my family. This year is even a little more special in that we’ll be able to celebrate Christmas with all three of my little grandsons.…
Pastor Ron Hunt Christmas Day, the 25th of December, falls on a Sunday. Friendship Center worships at 9 a.m. in the Laredo/Cheyenne Room and on Zoom. Jesus’ mother and father, astrologers and shepherds, Jerusalem and Bethlehem, the powerful and the humble merge into one great story about the babe on Dec. 25 at 9 a.m.…
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Jeff Doorn I appreciate many things about Friendship Center—Pastor Ron’s careful and thorough teaching of the Bible for sure, but more than that, I feel welcome. I feel safe to be myself. There is no judgment. I experience hospitality. Henri Nouwen, a Dutch-born Catholic priest, professor, psychologist, and author had this to say about hospitality:…
I have the rare ability to strike out three times in a softball game and commit four errors in the same game. I can still say “God, I love this game,” and refer to the entire experience as “sanity maintenance!” —Bob Skier
Ross Dunfee When you hear your service-song played and you were in that branch of military service, please stand and be recognized. And so, the song goes, Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, and now Space Force. In turn, veterans of each branch of military service stand, the audience appropriately applauds the veterans, and…