December 26, 1931 – January 4, 2024 Marv Prellberg passed away peacefully on January 4th. Marv and his late wife, Barbara were members of PTC UMC for over 20 years. They were both active in the Church; Marv having served the UMM (United Methodist Men) and Barbara was a part of the Naomi Circle and served on the Counting Team …
It’s interesting how much weddings have changed over the course of my ministry. Among other changes, the marriage age is increasing, the cost-per-guest is increasing while the size of wedding is decreasing, fewer weddings are taking place over the summer, social media is a critical component of most weddings, and weddings are increasingly casual. However, the most noticeable change to …
It’s a peculiarity of human psychology we strongly prefer what we know to what we don’t know. In fact, we favor a bad situation that is known over a possibly good situation that is unknown. It’s an old idiom: “better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.” We tend to believe that it’s better to deal with a …
As Christmas is mere hours away now, our church has filled my heart yet again by your commitment and desire to be the kind of community in which Christ is proclaimed and the gospel lived! I can’t begin to tell you how much I enjoyed our Advent Bible Study this year! It was so encouraging and exciting to have over …
Advent is more than just an accessory to December on a religious calendar. It’s a season of anticipation that puts your grandmother’s Christmas Eve countdown clock to shame. It’s not just about decking halls, ringing bells, and gleaming lovelights. It’s a month-long journey toward remembering something incredible… something miraculous. Each week of Advent has a theme. Think of it like …
Well, let’s first backup to Jingle Jam 2022 for a moment please. I decided that maybe it would be cool for Santa to have an ‘elf helper’. So, I asked Beth and Meg what they thought about that and Dr. Shannon was with us at the time, and everybody loved the idea of me dressing up as an …
When does Christmas come to town? For me, it’s at Jingle Jam. If I haven’t told you lately, I had a great childhood. My parents made every birthday, every holiday, really every single day special for my brother and me. I am so grateful to them for all the amazing memories. But I’ll share a secret…Christmas was my favorite. I …
I think my kids are learning a different language at school, and I don’t mean French, Spanish or Latin. Gen A (the generation born in or after 2010) has thrown convention to the wind and collectively decided to change the meaning of words entirely or come up with completely new words through a combination of abbreviations and slang. Here’s a …
One of the struggles I have with holidays as a pastor is the fact that there is little left to say that hasn’t already been said better than I can say it. In the seasons when I’ve been a solo pastor, I secretly dreaded Christmas, Easter, and every other special day on the calendar. All the good stuff has already …
