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Come on in and browse around. Whether you're looking for information or inspiration, something to make you laugh or something to awaken a new vision for the church, you can find it here.

Someone said, "Faith is a journey, not a destination." That sure speaks to my experience. Each step of my life has taken me into new territory, with new challenges, new questions, new lessons to learn, and new doubts to keep me pressing forward for deeper insights. To me, a church is a place where we travelers can gather, share the breathtaking views we have found and the resources we have discovered, find new traveling companions, tend each other's wounds and aching muscles, celebrate each other's victories, and encourage each other onward. Faith and love grow naturally when we trust each other and trust our own questions, are honest and with each other and with God, and humbly acknowledge our need for God, even though God is always beyond our smug understanding.

I believe that playfulness and creativity are natural outgrowths of healthy spirituality, because the essence of faith is trust. When we trust God's abundant grace, we have the freedom to take risks, explore, and experiment with new expressions of our spirit. I love being the pastor of the Henrietta United Church of Christ, because it is a place where people are real, and therefore the Christ we experience together is real. I'm not one for empty rituals or phony religious language, and I hate worship that's boring and repetitious.  At Henrietta UCC, we try to create worship experiences that help us open to God’s life-giving Spirit in ways that are engaging and meaningful. 

I hope that you find lots of things on this website that interest you. Visit it often for new humor and inspiration, new sermons, and new activities and opportunities. Better yet, come and visit us in person. I know you'll receive a warm welcome and something to inspire you, no matter where you are on your journey of faith. Click on Worship for All and How to Find Us to help you make your journey here.