AuthorRev. Craig Ross

Former Senior Pastor

The vibrancy of life here at St. Peter’s makes my service on our staff a joy and privilege. Visitation, teaching and preaching are the ministries that feed my pastoral identity, as together our staff and lay members share in our missional calling … Building a community of faith by God’s grace.

Pastor’s Email Devotion, January 17, 2016

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Epiphany 2 January 17, 2016 And the Word became flesh and lived among us. (John 1:14, NRSV) I’ve always loved Jesus’ parables. I’m a lover of stories more than doctrine, so that’s part of it. I’m also a visual learner, and the parables are as visual as…

Pastor’s Email Devotion, January 10, 2016

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Epiphany 1 January 10, 2016 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’ (John 20:22, NRSV) Before I built a wall I’d ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was…

Pastor’s Email Devotion, January 3, 2016

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Christmas 2 January 3, 2016 But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. …

Pastor’s Email Devotion, December 20, 2015

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Advent 4 December 20, 2015 And the Word became flesh and lived among us. (John 1:14) The Vicar’s sermon today got me thinking about Christmas movies. We all have our collection of “have to see movies” without which, the season seems incomplete. I have many that are…

11-29-15, Advent 1 (PR) Traditional, For Being Good

ADVENT 1 Luke 24:30-32 ST. PETER’S – NEFFSVILLE Psalm: 25:1-4 DECEMBER 2014 2 Kings 22, 23:1-3 Stories are the fabric of human history. They define who we are as a community. They define…

Pastor’s Email Devotion, November 29, 2015

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Advent 1 November 29, 2015 ‘Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. (Luke 12:35-36, NRSV)…

Pastor’s Email College Devotion, November 29, 2015

Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week of Advent 1 November 29, 2015 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. (2 Timothy 4:7, NRSV) This is a Bible verse most often used to speak to the end of life. But I offer it to you…

11-22-15, Christ the King Sunday (PR) Traditional,

CHRIST THE KING MARK 12:1-3 PETER’S LUTHERAN – NEFFSVILLE Psalm 72 NOVEMBER 22, 2015 Isaiah 5:-17, 11:1-5 (The following sermon…

Pastor’s Email College Devotion, November 22, 2015

Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week following Christ the King Sunday November 22, 2015 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that…

Pastor’s Email Devotion, November 22, 2015

Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week following Christ the King Sunday November 22, 2015 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the…