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
You have been hearing me say for some time now that “We are a little church with a big heart”. I sincerely believe that. Being small doesn’t mean that we are helpless. Being small does not mean that we are
Next Sunday, September 9th, we will hold a solemn service of Deacon Ordination for Iva Snyder during morning worship at 11:00am. Ordination is grounded in Biblical practice and teaching. It is a ceremony of setting apart or commissioning a member
Senator John McCain of Arizona died last Saturday afternoon, August 25, after a courageous fight against an aggressive Glioblastoma tumor of the brain. Services in his honor will be held in Arizona and Washington DC with burial in Annapolis, Md.