On Sunday October 19th, we celebrated Bible Sunday.  This is the day where our church kiddos in 3rd grade (or those new to CFC) receive Bibles gifted from our congregation.  Special shout-out to Jasmine on receiving her Bible and to Dolores for provided funding for Bible Sunday for many years!

Nicole had the great idea this year to invite our congregation to bring a Bible that was meaningful in your life to worship and to share during the Children’s Message what makes your particular Bible meaningful.  Thank you so much to those who brought Bibles to share.  It was lovely to hear the various stories.  Or maybe you forgot a Bible at home (or didn’t want to lug it to church with you!)  That’s alright, and those pew Bibles certainly come in handy too!  I hope that this small sharing may have provided an opportunity to consider this invitation for reflection, or to do so now.  The sacred stories of our faith passed down from generation to generation are indeed a gift.

This Sunday October 26th, we will have the Blessing of the Costumes.  EVERYONE is invited to participate in this fun event.  Not to mention, it’s Reformation Sunday!

I see these two Sundays as liturgically linked.  Because one of the biggest gifts of the Protestant Reformation was translating the Bible into vernacular languages.  Before the Reformation, folks had to learn Hebrew, Greek, and/or Latin to read (let alone understand) scripture.  It was a big deal that the Bible was made available in the common languages of people like you and me.  Martin Luther completed his translation of both the Old and New Testaments in 1534 (commonly known as the Luther Bible).

The fact that we have Bibles in our homes and in our church pews that we can read for ourselves? 
The fact that our congregation gives Bibles to our youth who can read our sacred stories for themselves?
We have the Protestant Reformation to thank for that. 
Just something I’ve been thinking about this week.

Love,
Pastor Lauren

Photo by Rich Hosford.

Thursday Thoughts 10/23/25