We have more churches than we have pastors to serve those churches . . . So…it might be time for less than full time churches to seek out . . .   Read More

Leave the baggage at the door…. act like an adult…. and fruits of the Spirit Leave the baggage at the door…or in the car…or . . .   Read More

It is often easy to see God reflected in a sunrise or sunset. We walk in the woods and feel the presence of God. We sit . . .   Read More

have been thinking about music in the church for the last two weeks. Probably because of all the . . .   Read More

Thoughts from our District Superintendent: Just wondering…about distractions. The UMC has not numerically grown in a long time… perhaps some individual churches have grown numerically… but our conference and our denomination have grown smaller.  This should be an attention getting moment for those of us who follow John Wesley in following Jesus. With John Wesley we believe that the purpose of ever...  Read More

Talk about a supply chain problem! In these days the only place there doesn’t seem to be a short supply is at the gas pump . . . We know something of shortages (really not much … but something) … so we can understand the problem of running out of wine at the wedding. It is a . . .   Read More