Glendale Church of the Brethren

Please enjoy my personal newsletter for June 2019.GLENDALE  Newsletter (click here)

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Rom. 12:18 This text has been heavy on my heart as I process my time at annual conference. We are: a diverse group of people: from different cultures, possessing different life experiences and sometimes different biblical conclusions…that come together […]

When disruption interferes in your life, where do you turn? Who do you blame? How do you make sense of your situation? What is your response? This week our church will consider one story of disruption found in Genesis 11:1-9, The Tower of Babel account. This story illuminates our fallen human nature, but also points […]

On Sunday, April 23, 2017 Pastor Randy Short accepted the call to become the new Pastor of Glendale Church of the Brethren.  Pastor Randy  and  his wife Kathie sold their home in Michigan, packed up their 26 foot trailer and headed west to sunny California, along with their daughter, Bailey and chocolate Lab, Maddie.  We […]

What kind of church shall we be? A Facebook post got me to thinking about this question.  Alan Hirsch, a leader in the Missional Church movement, asked “If the church is not being formed around the person and teachings of Jesus, what other forces are shaping it?” There were a lot of responses, mostly of […]