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Outside the Box: Genuineness of Spirit
Dear Fellow Ministers, You are living outside the box when you acknowledge God’s love in unlikely places. But that is exactly where God’s love shows up! Thank you for giving witness to that as you care for God’s creation in so many ways. I continue to be challenged by our Creation Care team and all of our justice ministries to...
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Outside the Box: Resilient Love
Dear Fellow Ministers, What a great Sunday of worship we had on February 22! The worship music at all services was incredible, as always. You can view those services here, as we began our worship series on Resilient Love. This Sunday, we are going to base our worship on Mark 8:31-38. Pastor Susan is preaching about how resilience is a...
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Outside The Box: Ash Wednesday Begins Lenten Journey
Dear Fellow Ministers, Thank you for your support of our Global Impact ministry! Our Saturday Serve Day was a great success with over 118 people participating (more info & photos below). We are grateful to Gaston Warner, CEO of Zoe North, for preaching a marvelous sermon on Sunday. And most importantly we are grateful for your commitment to our mission...
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Outside the Box: Missionaries & Mission Field
Dear Fellow Ministers, I heard a lot of sermons from my Dad growing up, and a phrase I remember him saying over and over (I think he was quoting Corrie ten Boom) was, “You are either a missionary or a mission field.” He was reminding us that we either need to be sharing the Gospel or receiving it. And, like...
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Getting “Outside the Box” with Global Impact Missions
Dear Fellow Ministers, We title this weekly communication “Outside The Box” because my primary call to Christ is to do all I can to get Him “out of the box” in which we so often place Christ. I continue to be inspired by MUMC as a church and the way you seek to offer the love of Christ outside of...
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Outside the Box: Joyful Participation
Dear Fellow Ministers, Thank you for the countless ways you share the love of God “outside the box” of what most people look for in church. We saw that this past weekend with the winter weather. I was thankful for the ways staff and volunteers stepped up to make worship happen on Sunday. We were able to film authentic worship...
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Outside the Box: Be the Church Together
Dear Fellow Ministers, What a joy it is to get to “be” church together! I thank God every single day for you and your witness in our community and world. You are making a difference for Christ, there can be no doubt. I enjoyed getting to participate in the Martin Luther King, Jr. events in Matthews and to worship with...
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Outside the Box: Everyone Can Be Their Authentic Selves
Dear Fellow Ministers, Thank you for your attentiveness to our worship series, The Journey From Hurt To Wholeness. You can view last week’s “Reaffirmation of Baptism” service here. This week we are going to be looking specifically at Psalm 40:1-11, but also looking at this scripture in the context of the larger picture of the entire psalm. It is a...
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Outside the Box: Back to Normal
Dear Fellow Ministers, I noticed driving into work this week that “normal” is back! Traffic let me know. I didn’t realize how uncluttered the roads had been (comparatively) during the holidays. I go to the YMCA several mornings a week and I have noticed that there seems to be more people there early in the morning. People are getting into...
