Author: Charles Allard

We are now in the Month of December. It is hard to believe how fast this year has passed. December 2, is the First Sunday of Advent. We began the year with the Theme “Continue to Pray” I have called

Rarely do I ever think of Thanksgiving without remembering the elementary play when I was in the first grade. Funny how you can recall what happened 70 plus years ago and can’t remember what you had for breakfast this morning.

“Church Chuckles” is a delightful little book compiled by Ellen Blooming and Paul Seaburn. A caption on the cover says, “Laughter is Divine”. In these serious and trying times a little laughter goes a long way in helping us keep

With the coming of November and December we enter the season of Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Both events open to us many opportunities for family time, worship, and reflection.  I encourage you to plan family time when you can be together,

Two church members were engaged in a serious conversation about the financial status of their church, one said to the other, “Our church costs too much. They are always asking for money!” The other church member replied, “Sometime ago a

Last Sunday, the primary text for the message came from 2 Corinthians 8:7 “But just as you excel in everything – in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us – see that you

I have found it a rich experience to carefully study the lives of Missionaries who have changed the world.  During the past two months we were inspired and challenged by the stories of William Carey, Adoniram and Ann Judson, Bill

The Psalmist said, “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.” (Psalms 122:1) It is my prayer that every Sunday you feel gladness, joy and delight in coming together for worship.

  Over the past two weeks with the trauma of Larry Nunnery’s unexpected death in our church family, the loss of Ronnie Stallings, Whitt’s brother and the devastation of Hurricane Florence, an uplifting song of inspiration and consolation has been

With the sickness, death, trauma, confusion, chaos  and natural disasters like fires, volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes and hurricanes  in our own community and around the world  – not to exclude the hate, animosity, bigotry, lying, murders, gang violence, political turmoil and