Z-Notes
Z-Notes 11/05/20
Dear worried Third Church Friends, OK, it seems like I spend half my life writing stuff these days. Good thing I like to pound on my keyboard. However, as my…
Read MoreZ-Notes 10/22/20
First, a word of gratitude to the dozens of you who have already completed the congregational survey prepared by the Mission Study Team! We haven’t had time to process the…
Read MoreZ-Notes, 10/15/20
OK, I’ve been warning you since I came to Rochester that you all would have an opportunity to share your thoughts during this time of transition. I have actually been…
Read MoreZ-Notes, 10/8/20
I’ve had a really good stretch of running lately. That is mostly due to the fact that the weather has been great for outdoor exercise. I am understanding better how…
Read MoreZ-Notes, 10/1/20
I’m out and about again!! Hoot! Hoot! I had a mother who taught my siblings and me not to think too highly of ourselves, so I am way more likely…
Read MoreTransitory Talk from Pastor Z: Renewing Church
Well, we’ve kicked off the program year with more gusto than we might have imagined not too long ago. Rally Day morphed into Rally Week, thanks in part to the…
Read MoreZ-Notes, 9/24/20
Two more days left on my quarantine…but who’s counting?!? You want to know how many hours? I have held up a lot better than I thought I would. I came…
Read MoreZ-Notes, 9/17/20
OK, so that’s the same picture that I shared in my last Z-Notes before I went home. I will admit that my flowers don’t look like that anymore, but the…
Read MoreZ-Notes, August 27, 2020
Two personal info notes to begin today: 1) I have a Facebook account that I use exclusively for family connections. It’s how I see pics of my grandbuddy (and other…
Read MoreZ-Notes, August 20, 2020
I am having one of those weeks when you drop the thought bucket into the well of good ideas…and it clunks on the dry ground. I don’t call it writer’s…
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