The congregation of John Knox Presbyterian Church welcomes you to this preview of our life together. We hope you will explore this site; but better yet, we hope you will join us. Our congregation is warm and welcoming, inviting all to worship, serve, share and explore the love of God known through Jesus Christ. May God bless you richly as you continue your personal journey of faith in Jesus Christ,

Rev. Dr. Tom MacMillan, Pastor

Welcome Brochure 

The Spirit of God landed on the band of trembling believers at Pentecost.  Jesus had warned them about this Spirit.  He told them that they would receive power, counsel, and a good dose of courage to be Christ’s witnesses when the Spirit landed, and sure enough, that’s what happened.

But what about today?  What does it mean for us today if having received the Holy Spirit, we feel powerless in the face of challenge and change, unsure and lacking in wisdom for the quandaries we face on a daily basis, and too terrified to witness? 

The night before he first knelt to become “the most reluctant convert in all of Christendom,” C.S. Lewis spent long hours walking with J.R.R. Tolkien, the famous novelist (Lord of the Rings).  Tolkien, a committed Christian, was trying to convince him of the credibility of Christ and the church.  Lewis was full of objections.  At one point, Tolkien countered Lewis’s objections with the simple statement, “Your inability to understand stems from a failure of imagination on your part!”  With that challenge, something clicked or broke in Lewis.  The strict mental defense mechanism could no longer hold up under the mysterious and imaginative work of the Holy Spirit. 

At Pentecost we celebrate the powerful activity of the Holy Spirit. We are invited to let that power take hold of us and use us for Divine purpose.  When we do, we experience the fulfillment of God’s prophecy to Joel.  “I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophecy, your old men shall dream dreams and your young men shall see visions” (Joel 2:28). 

But often we lack imagination when we stand before our own experience petrified, frozen, and unable to accept or cope with what is there.  Visions and dreams don’t appear to be out of stock.  The opposite extreme of this is when the imagination runs wild and we lack critical judgment and simply cave in to the newest trend. Somewhere between we encounter a healthy sense of imagination when we can stand before any reality and have a sense of what God is asking of us.    That’s the work of the Spirit and certainly more understood the more we are engaged in scripture, prayer, worship and service.

We need to be able to look at our lives, our families, our church and our world with healthy imagination; imagining what God is calling us to be and do by the power and counsel of the Holy Spirit. 

While I am on Sabbatical this summer and you remain in faithful ministry at John Knox my prayer is the Spirit of God will land on us while we are apart.  My prayer is that the Holy Spirit will help us to dream new dreams and see new visions of ministry shared together and outreach addressing the mighty challenges in our world today.  I will look forward to hearing the dreams and visions God provides.        

May 2008

Thank you for your interest in the Parish Nurse position at John Knox Presbyterian Church. 

Below, you will find a copy of the Position Description and a “PDF” button which will open a copy of the Job Application.  Please return your completed application and a copy of your resume by June 1, 2008.  You can either return them to the church office marking them “Parish Nurse Search Committee” or mail them to the church at the following address:

                   John Knox Presbyterian Church

                   25200 Lorain Road

                   North Olmsted, OH 44070

                   Attn:  Parish Nurse Search Committee

Again, thank you for your interest and God Bless.

            The Parish Nurse Search Committee of John Knox Presbyterian Church

JOHN KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Position Description

Parish Nurse

PURPOSE: To provide a health ministry at John Knox Church that is focused on wellness and prevention through a holistic approach to health that involves the emotional and spiritual support of parishioners as well as utilizing the professional’s clinical judgment.