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Caring for Our Congregation

21st Sunday after Pentecost in Ordinary Time/October 21, 2020 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that I loved driving by the church this weekend, and seeing all the people meeting in the parking lot. One night there were Boy Scouts and their leaders all over the place and then the next night our United Kids and their...
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Anger, Gratitude & Forgiveness

20th Sunday after Pentecost in Ordinary Time | October 14, 2020 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that I walked in the door of my house on Sunday afternoon and my wife, Karen, said to me, “That Corey can preach.” That was after she’d said to me the week before when I came in the door from...
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Ways to Demonstrate Generosity

19th Sunday after Pentecost in Ordinary Time/Youth Sunday/October 7, 2020 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that Sunday was a beautiful day involving the “Blessed Sacrament” (C.S. Lewis). It was World Communion Sunday. A special “thank you” to so many of you who came by the church to receive the Sacrament. By the time we started, just...
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The Sun Does Shine

18th Sunday after Pentecost in Ordinary Time/World Communion Sunday/September 30, 2020 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that I hope you saw my interview on Sunday with Suzanne Pugh (President/CEO of Aldersgate: A United Methodist Retirement Community) as a part of our worship service and the My 95 worship series. You can watch here. You’ll be glad...
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Depression in a Pandemic

17th Sunday after Pentecost in Ordinary Time/September 23, 2020 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that we deeply apologize to anyone who was not able to view our online worship this past Sunday. As you know, we are taking advantage of free streaming websites in an attempt to reach as many people as possible. Those sites can...
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Heigh Ho, It’s Off to Work I Go!

16th Sunday after Pentecost in Ordinary Time/September 16, 2020 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that what a weekend!  I loved coming to the United Kids Block Party on Friday night and seeing all the young families participating with their kids.  It was safe, distanced and so filled with joy. By the way, did you see Alix...
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Remain Confident

13th Sunday after Pentecost in Ordinary Time/August 26, 2020 Just these lines, my friends … … to say the Wilson family has had a doozy of a week. Last week Karen’s sister, an Acute Myeloid Leukemia survivor, was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that is destroying her muscles. Then Saturday evening Karen’s father fell, broke his arm and nose and...
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Mercies in Disguise

12th Sunday after Pentecost in Ordinary Time/August 19, 2020 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that Karen and I have returned from our road trip adventure to and from Shawnee, KS. We got Karen’s mother all moved and returned with a bunch of her beautiful things. You would have loved watching us bounce down the freeway in...
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Patient Trust

11th Sunday after Pentecost/Ordinary Time/August 12, 2020 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that in the past few days two families have joined our Church: Joe and Christie Thomas (Sienna,10) and Mike and Alix Arndt (Andrew, 18, Daniel,16, Caroline, 13, and Abigail, 10).  By the way, Alix is a part of our staff community here at Matthews...