Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This September is a big month for me. It is the month that I enter the third act of life. I have been thinking about this important milestone for the past year. I have moved through times when I just wanted it to pass unnoticed to throwing a big…
Tag: God
Pastor’s Letter – April 2013 – It Only Takes A Spark
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, A new movie came out April 12 (“42”) about Jackie Robinson. If you are not old, enough to remember the Brooklyn Dodgers or what it was like to live in the midst of segregation in the 1950s, you might want to go see it. It might just inspire you….
Pastor’s Letter – February 2013 – Beloved Community
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, The church was closed Sunday, February 10 due to a record-breaking snowstorm that hit Suffolk County and the area around Farmingville hard. As Newsday reported, according to the National Weather Service in Upton, “The blizzard unleashed up to 33 inches of snow as recorded in Medford, and wind gusts…
Pastor’s Letter- January 2013 – The Inaugural
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Inauguration Day felt like a day that God has wanted for all of its creation and creatures. It felt like a day that Jesus prayed for when he helped a Samaritan woman, healed a cripple, touched the eyes of the blind and allowed officials to nail him to the…
Pastor’s Letter – December 2012 – First Snow
Dear Friends, Usually the first snow is a welcome sight, not today. Nerves are frayed as we go into this holiday season. Many people are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and now a snowstorm. It sounds as if it may be a couple more weeks before everyone has electricity. It could take well…
Pastor’s Letter – September 2012 – Staying Connected
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “Blessed (happy, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the {person} who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers]…
Book Review – What I Have Come to Know
The family of Rev. Tang recently notified the Congregational United Church of Christ, where I currently serve, that his book has been published. The book consists of a series of reflections by Rev. Tang concerning the illness and passing of his beloved wife, Poey Sim on April 24, 2010. He uses this medium to discuss the epiphanies (visions and…
Pastor’s letter – August 2012 Imagine the Limitless Possibilities!
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I witnessed a great joy this summer! I felt this joy on the last Sunday in July, on the grounds of the Congregational United Church of Christ in Farmingville, NY. The day started out grey and bleak. The skies were laden with dark clouds and there was a light…
Nealand Ministries: A Ministry of Revitalization 