Food for thought, prayer and reflection
Welcome to Pastor Dennis Brown !
We are pleased that Dennis Brown has accepted the call to serve as Ivester's Intentional Interim, beginning November 1st.
Pastor Dennis will be here for approximately three weeks each month, and then return home to Stauton, Virginia, where his wife owns a quilt shop. For a quick link to home, click on Rachel's Quilt Patch http://www.rachelsquiltpatch.com/.
Pastor Dennis holds a B.S. in Sociology from Manchester College; a Master of Divinity degree from Bethany Seminary, and a Master in Educational Counseling from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He has received intentional interim training and has 28 years of ministry experience in the Church of the Brethren.
We thank Pastor Dennis for being here with us, as we continue to strive toward being
'An Open Community, Dedicated to the Way of Christ'.
A Teaching Story
An old Rabbi once asked
his pupils how they could tell when the night had ended and the day had begun.
"Could it be,"
asked one of the students, "when you can see an animal in the distance and
tell whether it's a sheep or a dog?"
"No," answered
the Rabbi.
Another asked, "Is
it when you can look at a tree in the distance and tell whether it's a fig tree
or a peach tree?"
"No," answered
the Rabbi.
"Then what is
it?" the pupils demanded.
"It is when you can
look on the face of any man or woman and see that it is your sister or brother.
Because if you cannot see this, it is still night."
? Hasidic tale quoted in Peacemaking Day by Day by Pax Christi