You are invited to the Sunday Service on January 18, 2026 at 10 am. The bulletin for this Sunday is available for viewing HERE.
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Third Sunday of Epiphany
Sunday, January 18, 2026, 10 am
Special Music Prayer for a Friend Brandon & Trisha Kett
Composed by Brandon Kett
I composed this in 2022 with a focus on prayer for people who are traveling through difficult times. We felt it appropriate to play because of Pastor Robin’s recent memorial service.
Message “Water: God’s Foundation” Bob Culbertson
Bob will be speaking of all things water, and how water is affecting our lives in our time.
Genesis 1: 1-3, 6-10
“When God began to create the heavens and the earth, the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so. God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.”
“Water is life.”
~ Mni Wiconi, Lakota Indian
“Where water flows, life follows.”
~ Indigenous wisdom
“Water is the driving force of all nature.”
~ Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), an Italian Renaissance polymath
“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.”
~ W. H. Auden, the 20th century major Anglo-American poet, playwright, and essayist
“We do not own the water; the water owns us.”
~ Indigenous proverb
