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A little community time!
You know the Addams Family, right? As summer turns to fall, which slides into the deadly quiet of winter, all is right with the morbid, macabre world of Gomez, Morticia, Fester, Grandma, Wednesday, Pugsley and Lurch. And it seems only appropriate that the Hillsboro Theater production bring them to life with our very own Marshall…
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Worship
In this four-week series, elementary students will learn how to worship God honestly, with their whole heart, for who He truly is. Worship is an expression of the relationship you have with your Creator through Jesus Christ. When your spirit is renewed at salvation by the Holy Spirit and you begin to understand the truth…
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Racial Justice
Continuing what God started in me As I’ve confessed from the pulpit, Paul’s Letter to the Philippians has a special place in my heart. So, it’s not surprising that, as I began to write this article, two quotations from that epistle popped into my mind. First, from chapter 1, verse 6: “I am confident of…
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From the Pastor
Doing Our Part “We must face the sad fact that at eleven o’clock on Sunday morning when we stand to sing ‘In Christ there is no East or West,’ we stand in the most segregated hour of America.” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. When I was a boy, the lingering effects of segregation…
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Many thanks for donations, prayers, and an option other than dorm food
St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, Thank you so much for your kind donation of school supplies. It is because of people like you that our school and students are successful. We appreciate your support very much! Sincerely, Athena Elementary Charla and Joe Wilson are very appreciative of your prayers and the deliveries of food. Joe…
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A day that I peculiarly love…
John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement, enjoyed and celebrated All Saints Day. In a journal entry from November 1, 1767, Wesley calls it “a festival I truly love.” On the same day in 1788, he writes, “I always find this a comfortable day.” The following year he calls it “a day that I peculiarly…