Rubber Ducky 5K Update

The 5K (3.1 mi) run/walk on August 16, starting and ending here at the church, is coming along quite nicely. We're getting set-up to have a wonderful run that morning. Please check the link on the right to view the details on the race.

We just confirmed that the Bellaire Royalty will be presenting the awards that morning after the race! Please consider running or walking in this event through the beautiful hills surrounding Church in the Hills.

Take care and have a blessed week!

Pastor Andrew

2 Services!

Happy July!

What a delight to worship twice on Sunday here at Church in the Hills. After all the talking and planning for two services, we finally celebrated two services of worship this past Sunday at 8:30 and 10:00. While the structure was the same, I was pleased to see the different aspects of each time that helped provide a unique expereince for the congregations. The early service had a very intimate feel, especially during communion.

I want to encourage everyone to try each service in order to find the best way for you to worship God in this beautiful place.

Have a great week! Posts will be flowing more regularly now that I am back in the office. Take care,

Pastor Andrew

The Newest Member of our Congregation

I am so very pleased to welcome our son, Bryce David Pomerville, who entered the world on June 11 as a 10 lb 11 oz, happy, healthy baby boy.

Thank you to everyone in the church for your constant support throughout this process. I promise, the blog will return to "regular" articles now that I am back in the office and my family is complete.

Here are some pictures! Enjoy and again, thank you very much from Rachell, Denali, and our whole family.

Take care,

Pastor Andrew

Overdue and waiting

It's been far too long since I added anything to the blog...but it's also taking far too long for our son to arrive! Rachell and I are not so patiently waiting and I am home with her until our son decides he'd like to see life on the outside. In the meantime, I am away from the office and will be returning to the church on June 10. Thanks again for the incredible support and love this congregation always offers. Please pray for us and a safe delivery.

Peace and grace,

Pastor Andrew Pomerville

Worry

This weeks gospel lesson comes from Matthew 6:24-34 and focuses on worry. Jesus advises us to "not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today."

Easier said than done.

I am becoming more of a worrier everyday. I worry about my own life, my family, my house, my community, my health, my friends' health, the state of the world, hunger, war, lonliness, children without families, families without children, and everything else there is to worry about in the world.

I know that worrying won't add a hour to my life, but I still find myself occupied with anxious thoughts about the world around me.

Worry is unavoidable. However, I do think that this passage still calls for a healthy kind of worry. Love necessarily requires that we worry for the other person - that we worry for the well being of others. Yet the power of the gospel within this worry motivates us to not just dwell on the worry, but to act out our nervousness. We need to seek ways to shout out our worry in prophetic tones and work to alleviate our worries throught the mission and power of Christ.

We need to harness our worry and turn it into actions.

I say all of this as I worry about the upcoming birth of my son and I worry what kind of father I will be. Instead of worrying, I need to put this anxiousness into my efforts to care for, love, and support my family.

Have a wonderful, worry-free week!

Pastor Andrew

What does the Lord's Supper mean to you?

The worship committee has been having a lively discussion about communion - when in the service, where in the church, how we partake, what we partake, and why we share in the Lord's Supper.

Discussing communion is nothing new to the Christian Church. Splits and denominations have happened throughout the centuries over these various interpretations. The latest discussion at Church in the Hills has revolved around when in the service to share in the Lord's Supper.

The Sacrament must be taken with the Word of God proclaimed. That said, when should the communion liturgy take place in the service and why? I know the answers from our Book of Order, but I'm curious why it is important to your worship experience for it to occur in the place it does. Any thoughts?

New website is completed!

After a long time without a permanent website, we are homeless no longer.

Please follow this address to see our website in its infancy, as we continue to add pictures and information over the next couple of weeks.

www.churchinthehills.org

The blog will continue to be updated regularly as we maintain the website for standard information and the blog for more up-to-date-changing info.

I hope spring is meeting everyone well, energized, and ready to serve as Christ calls you.

Peace and grace,

Pastor Andrew