God has already gone before us and is waiting with a plan of blessing as we ramp up our efforts to “Go Be the Church.” I have been seeking God’s direction in 2022 for our church. It is all about prayer! Considering where we have come from, our present uncertainties for today and into tomorrow,…
This past week, I loved when I stumbled upon a story of a grandma who invited someone for Thanksgiving that turned out to be a complete stranger…. Here is the story: “What started as a text to a wrong number has led to years of friendship and shared Thanksgiving meals for Jamal Hinton and Wanda…
The Lord’s Prayer has been a part of my life (as it has yours) for a lifetime. I remember the many plaques and wall hangings that celebrated the message of the Lord’s Prayer in our lives. Each time I read or say the Lord’s Prayer it takes me back to a time and place when…
This is an exciting time for our congregation to be moving forward with GODLY HOPE! We rejoice that our God is a God of hope, “filling us with all joy and peace in believing… by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romans 15:13), as we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Isaiah 43:19 –…
For the past several weeks, interested persons from the Farrar and Mingo UMCs have been meeting to re-ignite talk about “Doing Something” to help us to live out our mission as defined by Jesus and to grow the kingdom of God and grow as disciples. Now were are meeting individually back in our own churches…
F or the last few months, we have been talking about returning to normal in our living. However, we have been challenging ourselves to find out what is “normal” for living out our lives. We are consciously choosing to decide what will be priorities and major priorities in our “NEW NORMAL!” We talked about ENCOURAGEMENT,…
We are not fully on the other side of the Coronavirus Crisis… but we HOPE the other SIDE IS IN SIGHT! For months we have all been talking about the time when things can “get back to normal.” The challenge is not only when it will happen, but what will it look like? In some…
I am so looking forward to Easter this year. And we need Easter now more than ever. We need its message of hope found in Christ’s triumph over the grave. Easter, Christ’s resurrection, was God’s way of saying, “darkness, disappointment and death do not get to have the final word!” I think of the words…
This Easter (April 4), will be more significant this year than in a generation. In the wake of 2 million deaths from a global pandemic, a polarized political nightmare that won’t stop, and deep unrest, injustice and pain across racial lines, it is time to engage the Lord at a new level – a deeper…
Confirmation is one of the highlights of my ministry! It has been a life-changing program for students (Confirmands) and for myself as the Pastor. Throughout February, we will be continuing our Confirmation program until Sunday, April 11th (the Sunday following Easter) when we will have the joy of welcoming eight new Confirmands into full church…