A New Year already

     Ready or not 2010 is here.  Some of us are glad to see 2009 go and some are not in quite the hurry.  I am looking forward to the time I will have with the First Universalist Church of Camp Hill as your minister, eventhough I only get to spend such a small amount of time with you.  I am also looking forward to “preaching the gospel according to Universalism” in my living room on the evening of the fourth Sunday of each month.  A veritable 2-fer.  2010 is off to a more hopeful start for me personally as I am now a part time, temporary employee of the U.S. Census Bureau.

     My January sermon will consider the concept of church both “C” and “c”.  What does it mean to belong to a specific congregation, to a larger movement, how big can we draw our circle?  One of the texts I am going to use is Paul’s fairly well known metaphor in I Corinthians 12:12-31a.  I invite your Comments here in advance or to my personal e-mail.  I happily anticipate your ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

     Barry, a.k.a. Rev. Whittemore