Happy New Year! 2023
January 1, 2023
2023 New Year's Day Service
This service features photos from The Garden taken throughout 2022 and three songs written and performed by Michael Read: Magic Moments, Looking for a Reason, and Beauty in Humilty.

A poignant blog post by Betty Brandt reflecting on a poem her father, James M. Buck, wrote to her in 1944 while stationed at Ft. McClellan, Alabama, during World War II. Betty shares her father’s love for poetry, his role as a unit scribe in Patton’s Army, and the heartfelt stories of camaraderie and survival among his fellow soldiers. Interweaving themes of love, storytelling, and faith, this post encourages readers to cherish and share their own family stories, creating connections filled with healing and sacred moments.