It is coming up to the Thanksgiving holiday soon. This year I keep kidding around with folks because my birthday happens to fall on Thanksgiving. So, for my 60th birthday they are throwing a wonderful parade in New York City broadcast around the world for my birthday! All kidding aside,…
Consecration Sunday Is Coming! Congregations that approach financial stewardship from a biblical perspective do not view the money Christians give to their church merely as a way to pay its bills. Rather, such congregations see financial contributions as a way to help people grow spiritually in their relationship with God…
Trust. A word we tend not to use in a positive manner these days. More often than not, we are speaking of NOT trusting a person, a news article, a promise on a commercial, or even the weather. We have been on the receiving end of so much spin, manipulation,…
The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants too. Because God is the one who established it on the seas; God set it firmly on the waters. (Psalm 24:1-2 CEB) I recently dug everything out at the house to put memories in scrapbooks. I…
Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth. (Psalm 48:10) Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him;…(Psalm 37:7) The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he…
The Charting the Course of Discipleship Team has continued to pray and review the ideas everyone gave us on our all church planning day in January. Ideas that were offered were numerous and exciting. We have already done the Lent study and Easter bags for the food pantry. June 9…
Our season of Lent was one of many opportunities to learn, reflect, grow, and mature in our relationship with Jesus. The Wednesday noon series gave us a chance to worship with persons from all the churches in the ministerial association. The Bible study is off to a great start and…
As we near the end of the season of Lent and prepare to remember all the events of Jesus’ last week leading to his crucifixion, we mark his entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. This year that falls on April 14. It is a strange kind of day with the…
“At the heart of the Christian faith is our participation in the life, suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ as Lord…Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ we are delivered from sin and death, and by the Holy Spirit are born into eternal life with God. This…
It’s Almost Here! For the last three years we have been waiting for the special called General Conference to meet to determine how our denomination will move forward since there is so much disagreement among members around issues of human sexuality. A special Commission on a Way Forward was formed…