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New Places for New People
After the Wesleyan Covenant Service on January 5, 2020, we’ll begin a new sermon series on New Places for New People. Last summer’s Annual Conference focused on this, and we’ll be revisiting some of the themes from the conference. Here is some information to get you ready. First, a good definition of missional community: An…
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Pastor’s Note
Ironic isn’t it…the words that lead to hesitatingly cautious chuckles and all-too-often weak smiles. We don’t know what we have until it’s gone. We don’t appreciate the sound of one’s voice until we can no longer hear it. We hurt those whom we love. Regardless of how much we hear about those and other ironies,…
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From the Pastor
First off, let me thank everyone who participated in the recent Discipleship Survey done this past month (September). The preliminary reports are in. While we scored ourselves high in areas such as community involvement and having close friends who are part of the church, we did not give ourselves very high marks in areas such…
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From the Pastor
Coming on the heels of the Big Rocks sermon series is the series entitled Identity. It is a look at the seven churches John addressed in Revelation. While I don’t believe any one of the churches mentioned by John is the perfect example of who we are, I do believe we may see ourselves in…
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Pastor’s Note
Last month, I mentioned the importance of knowing our “Core Ideology” and being true to those characteristics that make us who we are. Beginning in August, I will be covering important principles of the Christian life – principles that impact all our lives. The sermon series is entitled Big Rocks. When the big rocks take…
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From the Pastor
What happens when all our assumptions about the present and the future turn out to be little more than a myth? What is it that causes us to continue pressing on in the face of such stark differences between what we thought and what truly is? Author and speaker, Tod Bolsinger, says it will be…
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From the Pastor
Over the past few months, a theme that continues to emerge and re-emerge into my train of thought is ministry to the most vulnerable – how we minister to those most affected by changing societal or economic structures or by life situations or events. My thoughts then wander to how these ministries can go beyond…
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From the Pastor
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step…
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From the Pastor
Does faith simplify or reduce uncertainty? A book I’ve been reading had an interesting perspective of life, God, and faith. In the chapter entitled, Guaranteed Uncertainty, the author pushes the reader to explore faith’s relationship to an infinitely uncertain life and an infinitely complex God. He quotes Oswald Chambers in saying, “To be certain of…