Scott’s Column: The Fruits of Our Labor by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Mar 2, 2025 | NewsThis post is the second installment of a series exploring the highlights of the last fifteen years. Those first six years were full of to-do lists and goals, and you...
Scott’s Column: So, Everything? by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Feb 24, 2025 | NewsMy fifteen years of ministry at First Central can be easily broken down into three time periods. The first begins with my arrival in summer 2010 and extends to around...
Vacation Bible School 2025 Registration by Katie Miller | Feb 10, 2025 | Education, Events, Newshttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdMZuikxvUfX5_YoBzuzWxf-NfU098Ozp7JNeKU0fWweObvFw/viewform?usp=sharing
Scott’s Column: State of the Church 2025 by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Feb 6, 2025 | NewsHere is the text of my annual State of the Church Address, delivered to the Annual Meeting of the Congregation on Sunday, February 9. We live in difficult and...
Scott’s Column: The Cruelty by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Feb 4, 2025 | NewsThe first really concrete thing I noticed occurred when I arrived for pick-up of my son from the after-school program two weeks ago. Next to the sign-out sheet were...
Scott’s Column: A Big & Beautiful Life by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Jan 27, 2025 | NewsDo we have the resources and skills we need for this age of crisis? Last week I wrote about the discussion of leadership development at Conversations, the annual...
Scott’s Column: How Are You Developing Your Leadership Skills? by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Jan 22, 2025 | NewsHow are you developing your leadership skills for our current times? That was one of the key questions of this year's Conversations gathering of United Church of Christ...
Scott’s Column: A Cold Night in Zurich by Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones | Jan 8, 2025 | NewsA cold night in Zurich. As historian William Estep describes it, "the chill of the winter wind [was] blowing off the lake" as a dozen men "slowly trudged through the...
