Advent
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
Today is the first Sunday in Advent. Advent, which means “coming” is all about waiting for the one who is to come. For these four Sundays, it is as if we are waiting along with the ancient ones for the coming of the Messiah. We are looking towards the baby’s advent into our world, into […]
All Saints
Pastor Emily Rova-Hegener
A couple of months ago, Pastor Joel preached about a mentor of ours by the name of Antti Lepisto. Antti was a pastor, who shaped and impacted both Pastor Joel and my life deeply in many ways. Antti was born in the US to Finnish parents, so he spoke Finnish from the start and followed […]
Palm Sunday
Pastor Emily Rova-Hegener
Being that I don’t preach week in and week out at the time, I have days and weeks to ponder and think about texts and the scripture readings that are coming up. Weeks ago, when I re-read the Mark text for Passion Sunday I smiled thinking, “Oh yeah, this is the long, long story of […]
A Days walk to Emmaus
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
This morning we read about two of Jesus’ disciples walking and talking their way from Jerusalem to the village of Emmaus. You can be sure that they didn’t need the rhythm of their feet to keep their words flowing, for the depth of their conversation was in direct relation to the gravity of all that […]
Christ the King Sunday
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
It is not humans or human movements that we need to focus our energies and concentrate our hope, but rather we need to focus upon our Saviour, our King. Jesus needs to be the focus of our lives, he needs to be the at the center of our hearts. We need to seek Jesus´guidance in […]