1/31/2024 A Note From Pastor Jacqui
Dear New Horizon Family,Give us this day our daily bread!When Jesus teaches us to pray, we are reminded that all we have is TODAY! Sometimes, so much of our lives are lived in the past, nostalgia or crippling regrets, or the unknown future. Part of our spiritual practice is to live in the NOW!The containment of […]
12/20/2023 A Note From Pastor Jacqui
Dear New Horizon family, In our daily devotional today, we were so aptly reminded…For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. —ISAIAH 9:6 (ESV) The beautiful and terrible always […]
12/13/2023 A Note From Pastor Jacqui
Dear Friends, As the season of advent marches on, and the excitement of Christmas draws closer I marvel at the many traditions this season offers.I was wondering what tradition brings you the greatest JOY!Mine is the time spent cooking and baking with family. Especially the Gingerbread Cookies! So much so that when I go back […]
12/6/2023 A Note From Pastor Jacqui
Dear Friends, Advent is a season for adventure when we are invited to discuss a shocking hope, an everlasting peace, a deep joy and a world-changing love.When we think of Jesus being born in a manger because there was no room and probably no money for an “INN”, we are reminded that Christmas is a radical proclamation […]
11/29/2023 A Note From Pastor Jacqui
Dear Friends It’s so good to be back home. The welcome of palm trees is an oasis of warmth. Advent has arrived, and we enter the season of Hope, Joy, Love, and Peace.The message of Christmas is that Christ’s Light has come to the world and shines in the places of pain and fear, despair and tragedy, […]
11/22/2023 A Note From Pastor Jacqui
Dear New Horizon Family Thanksgiving is at the heart of our Gospel story. As you prepare for Thanksgiving we are reminded that in all things we are called to give thanks! Father Richard Rohr on gratitude reminds us in Philippians 4:6–7, “Paul sums up an entire theology of prayer practice in very concise form: “Pray […]
8/30/2023 A Note From Pastor Jacqui
Dear New Horizon Family, Beloved community: a community in which everyone is cared for, absent of poverty, hunger, and hate. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The call to be a “beloved community” is an ideal embodied in our Faith Community. As we pray for our friends in the pathway of Hurricane Idalia, as we remember our […]
A Note From Pastor Jacqui 6/14/23
Dear New Horizon Family, Yesterday I entered the foyer of our Church and discovered a flying astronaut and a suspended moon! At least six children were up a ladder, and there were loads of volunteers and a room filled with laughter and fun. The gift of creativity and young people in a Worship space is […]
A Note From Pastor Jacqui 6/7/23
Dear New Horizon Family, I greet you on God’s love and grace and ask that you pray with me for the Florida Conference 2023; please find a brief. Note from Bishop Tom Berlin explaining the focus for this year’s Conference. ‘Abound in Hope,” is based on the blessing of the Apostle Paul in Romans 15:13, […]
A Special Message From Pastor Peytyn
Dear New Horizon family, As I write this letter, my heart is full—of love, gratitude, and sadness. The moment has arrived for me to say,” Goodbye” this week, and embark on a new chapter of my journey. In the past 22 years, I have witnessed God’s grace and blessing in this community. I am immensely […]