Author Archives: Josh

Good morning, Friends! Happy birthday! Today we’re celebrating the 253rd birthday of Springfield Friends. 253 years is a long time. You may not know this, but most churches don’t live this long. Here in America, the average life of a … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends. Thank you all for coming today! I want to read to you from one of the oldest of all stories this morning. This one really takes us back, to the time before time, to when God made … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Thank you all so much for coming to worship this morning. For the last few weeks, we’ve looked at the Easter story according to the gospel of John. We read about Jesus washing the disciples’ feet at … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! It’s always a little bit of a challenge to know where to pick up and begin again on the first Sunday after Easter. You’ve got all this buildup, and all of this celebration, and all of this … Continue reading →

What’s going on here? Good morning, Friends! Today is Easter Sunday. It’s a big day for us. Maybe the biggest day of the whole Christian year. Easter is a bigger day than Christmas. I know, everybody likes to unwrap presents. … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Thank you all so much for coming here this morning! Last week a friend from Japan and our son and daughter-in-law were visiting us. On Wednesday we all made an all-day visit to the North Carolina Zoo. … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! And a special thank you to Margaret Petty and the wonderful musicians from High Point University! We are so glad to have you here today. This is the second time Margaret has organized this, and I hope … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Thank you all for coming here to worship this morning. I appreciate the effort you took to be here! Later today we’re going to welcome a special guest, a Quaker actor from Greensboro. Her name is Diane … Continue reading →

Good morning, Friends! Today I want to finish up the series we’ve been doing since the turn of the New Year. We’ve been talking about the church – who we are, some of the great things we do. How we … Continue reading →

A church made of gifts Good morning, Friends! Thank you all for coming today! We’ve been talking about the church for the last few weeks. One of the things that really stands out, in everything we’ve been talking about, is … Continue reading →