For Mother's Day, we were privileged to have a special speaker join us: Mari Anne Andersen, Director of Freedom House. She reminded us that God our Father also loves us in a way that is often thought of as a maternal kind of love--a love we all desperately need.

Has a father figure in your life abandoned you? Do you live with the feeling of being orphaned, unloved, unclaimed?

Fathers. It can be complicatedWhat comes to mind when you think of your father? Do you have wounds?

Sometimes in life it's easy to count our blessings, but in challenging times, we may feel that there's not much to be thankful for.

Our pastor brought us this message as part of our Jubilee Celebration of 50 years as a church community. According to the book of Leviticus, in the year of Jubilee, slaves and prisoners were set free, all debts were forgiven, and all property was returned to the original owners.