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Community,
Just These Lines,
Prayer,
How Shall We Do Life Together?
4th Sunday of Easter Just these lines, my friends … … to say that I’m overwhelmed with our Easter days of practicing resurrection. I hope you’ll take the time and listen to my message from Sunday: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Why I Am Enthusiastically a United Methodist Christian. The sermon is my deeply personal hope and witness...
Generosity,
Gratitude,
Hope,
Inspirational,
Just These Lines,
Prayer,
Support,
Life
21th Sunday after Pentecost Just these lines, my friends … … to say how grateful I was to see so many of you on Sunday. The day began with powerful worship services including Cherub and Children’s Choirs and the receiving of the following new members to Matthews United Methodist (MUMC): Gary/Gail Burris, Jim/Lee Cornell, Jody/Karla Jennings (Graham). How thrilling when new...
Gratitude,
Hope,
Inspirational,
Just These Lines,
Prayer,
Worship,
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday | March 24, 2021 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that we have awakened too many times of late to the gut-churning news of a mass shooting. On Monday ten people died in Colorado, and last week eight people died in Atlanta, six of them Asian women. In both instances, these innocent people were murdered...
Global Impact,
Hope,
Inspirational,
Just These Lines,
Prayer,
Worship,
Need to Be Seen
Transfiguration Sunday | Global Impact 3 | February 10, 2021 Just these lines, my friends … … to say what a special Sunday with Kathy Izard, our Global Impact Celebration (GIC) special guest. She challenged us to “Trust the Whisper.” I know you were as moved as I was by her story. If you missed her, you can watch here....
Global Impact,
Hope,
Inspirational,
Just These Lines,
Prayer,
A Prayer for Our Country
3rd Sunday after the Epiphany | January 20, 2021 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that it was a beautiful day in worship this past Sunday. We interviewed our 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship recipient (Faith Smith from Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church) ,we sang songs of Dr. King and the Black tradition, and we were...
Choices,
Community,
Global Impact,
Hope,
Inspirational,
Just These Lines,
Leadership,
Prayer,
Support,
What We Must Do
2nd Sunday after the Epiphany | January 13, 2021 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that Pastor Paul had a meaningful message for us this past Sunday. If you were unable to watch, be sure to view the service and sermon here. A Pastoral Word: What Must We Do? It has been one week since violence erupted...
Hope,
Just These Lines,
Prayer,
Epiphany & the Attack on Our Capitol
Day of the Epiphany | January 6, 2021 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that I’ve had to write entirely too many of these notes through my years with you: riots in Uptown Charlotte, Charlottesville, a global pandemic, the death of George Floyd and now the attack of our nation’s Capitol. I’m writing these words late on...
Choices,
Committment,
Community,
Gratitude,
Hope,
Inspirational,
Just These Lines,
Prayer,
Showing Up
First Sunday after the Epiphany | Baptism of the Lord | January 6, 2021 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that I hope you had the opportunity to worship on the first Sunday of the year (January 3) and listen to Pastor Corey’s fine New Year message. If you missed it, you can watch here. In the...
Community,
Generosity,
Gratitude,
Hope,
Inspirational,
Just These Lines,
Prayer,
Worship,
The Storm on the Lake
Christ the King Sunday | November 18, 2020 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that I hope you had the opportunity to view one of our worship services on Sunday. This was our final service/sermon in the series Onward Together … with Love. If you missed it, you can watch here. Be sure to watch it all...
