There are so many things I would like to share with you this week. First I would like to chat a bit about Disability Awareness. The month of March is Disability Awareness month. Our consciousness of the differing abilities of others is one of the many opportunities we as followers of Jesus Christ can embrace … [Read more…]
“God will always love you.” “God will never leave you.” These are the words whispered into the Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis’ ear by her mother as Jacqui was taking Communion at age 7. Jacqui will be the featured guest at the PDC-BWC Next Level Speaker Series on Wednesday when she talks about Fierce Love. God’s fierce … [Read more…]
Like most of the rest of the world our United Methodist denomination appears to embrace the use of acronyms. One most of us will probably recognize is UMC representing the United Methodist Church. Some others with which you may or may not be familiar are UMCOR, UMVIM, and ERT. These last three acronyms all refer … [Read more…]
Greetings from Your Leadership Board It’s been a bit since we had a Leadership Board note in the newsletter. The Board completed a strategic initiatives session in January so we thought it a good time to share what we have been doing. The highlight of our recent activities was last month’s strategic initiatives session. The … [Read more…]
I have been part of a Christian accountability group for more than a dozen years. We meet once a week and talk about our lives, our faith and help to hold each other accountable to living as God calls us to live. What we have in common is our strong faith in God, and our … [Read more…]
I’ve written before about why I pray. I am sure we all have different reasons at different times. Certainly, God’s Holy Word tells us we should pray, so that in itself is enough reason, right? Yet why does God tell us to pray? Why would God want us to pray when he already knows all … [Read more…]
Beloved, when our dear sister in Christ, Joy Brown wrote this message, it was to share with a young woman working in a sewing factory in Landisville, NJ, who had discovered she had cancer. In years that followed Joy would leave this message for others who would go through hard times to reflect the light … [Read more…]