Beloved, thank you so much for the beautiful Christmas card and your kind remembrance of me during the Christmas season. It is a tremendous blessing to me that God has placed me among you. You are all such kind and loving people. Each one of you holds a special place in my heart. I am … [Read more…]
Christmas is a season of praise and thanksgiving for the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ, which begins with Christmas Eve or Day and continues through the Day of Epiphany. The name Christmas comes from the season’s first service, the Christ Mass. Epiphany comes from the Greek word epiphania, which means “manifestation.”* *UMPH Methodist Publication. … [Read more…]
For we live by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7 NIV What does this verse say to us? Life can get us down at times. I suspect all of us have moments when we feel overwhelmed, inadequate to face the challenges lying ahead. Paul is telling us in the passage accompanying this verse in … [Read more…]
Beloved, I send you my warmest wishes for your Christmas this year. It is my prayer that whether you can join us at 10 AM on Christmas day for worship at Faith or are away spending the day with family or friends, that the reason for the season will be front of mind. Next week … [Read more…]
At this month’s Church Board meeting, Terry led our devotional time with a beautiful message on having joy in our Lord! Certainly, Jesus is the center of my joy and for many of us the Christmas season with all its festivities celebrating the birth of Christ is absolutely a time of immense joy. In his … [Read more…]
Greetings, As the first year of Faith UMC operating under the unified Leadership Board comes to a close, we wanted to update you on some of the Board’s accomplishments in its first year and lay out where the Board is headed in 2023. We want to keep you informed of what we are doing. Just … [Read more…]
Did anyone else see the beautiful rainbow, late Wednesday this week? The colors were just stunning. It had been a gloomy rainy day all day, so the contrast of the exquisite beauty of the rainbow with the earlier part of the day made it that much more spectacular. One would have thought it was the … [Read more…]