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Friday Features, August 12, 2011

As Announced in Friday Features, August 12, 2011 Documentary film screening: Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa To coincide with Pastor Dee’s summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, a 40-minute documentary highlighting the extremes trekkers experience while attempting to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro will be shown after worship on August 21st, 10:45 a.m. in the Starry Nights Theater. […]

Friday Features, August 5, 2011

As announced in Friday Features, August 5, 2011: A “Peak” Experience                                                                                   Saturday August 20th at 8:00 a.m. Join Church of  the Hills for a “peak” experience on Saturday, August 20 to coincide with Pastor Dee’s summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro.  Meet at Elk Meadow at the Stagecoach parking lot at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 20 […]

COTH Guest in the Pulpit, Diane Prevary

Church of the Hills welcomes Rev. Diane Prevary, our guest preacher for the month of August. Her sermon series “Ascending the Mountain of God” will correspond to Pastor Dee’s trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro. Reverand Prevary will serve as Session moderator for the month of August as well. Following is a brief bio: Diane Prevary is a cradle-roll Presbyterian, […]

Friday Features, July 29, 2011

  Skype Connection with Pastor Dee! This Sunday, July 31, we will *attempt* a Skype connection with Pastor Dee immediately after worship (approximately 10:35 a.m.). As we know, technology is not always fool-proof but we are hopeful that we will be able to reach Dee and hear a few highlights of her Sabbatical so far. […]

COTH Guest in the Pulpit, Les Avery

COTH is honored to have the Reverend Les Avery, Retired Pastor, preaching  July 17, 24, and 31st. Les will follow the theme “Descending Into Our Spiritual Depths” which corresponds to Pastor Dee Cooper’s current Sabbatical adventures in Carmel and Bimini. Join us at Church of the Hills for Pastor Avery’s teachings in July.      […]

Meet our Pastor-In-Residence, Laurie Furr-Vancini

Church of the Hills welcomes Laurie Furr-Vancini as our pastor-in-residence for the month of July. Laurie will be participating in worship, events of the life of the church, and will  truly be part of our church community. Laurie is a dear friend and comes highly recommended by Katie Robb (another minister in that presbytery and our former youth director). […]

COTH Guest in the Pulpit, Joelle Brummett Beller

COTH looks forward to welcoming Reverend Joelle Brummett Beller, Fuller Teaching Professor, who will be preaching  July 3rd and 10th. Pastor Joelle’s theme will be “Godly Play” which corresponds to Pastor Dee Cooper’s Sabbatical theme. Following is a brief bio for Pastor Brummett Beller: Joelle Brummett Beller is a Fuller Theological Seminary graduate and a PC(USA) minister. She has […]

COTH Guest in the Pulpit, Bill Calhoun

COTH welcomes our guest preacher, Rev. Bill Calhoun, to worship on June 26th. His topic “Sabbath and Sabbatical” will kick off our Summer of Exploring Creative Play and Spirituality as we explore topics directly related to Pastor Dee’s summer sabbatical. Following is a brief bio:     Bill Calhoun is a retired minister member of the […]

Oops! Sorry We Were Off-line

You may have found the COTH Sabbatical Blog to be off-line this past weekend. We were working through some technical issues and are back on-line now with new posts coming soon! Sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused. Let us take this opportunity to draw your attention to the beautifully updated COTH website. Click here […]

Friday Features, May 27, 2011

As announced in Friday Features on May 27: Surround Pastor Dee with Our Love and Support   Make sure to sign the photo mat that’s on the Sabbatical table in the Narthex.  Then Dee can fill the frame with a photo from her summer of exploring creative play and spirituality.