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Giants defensive tackle puts God first
Originally Posted on UM News, View Original Article Here “It’s hard to understand what success is if you’ve never seen it,” said New York Giants defensive tackle (No. 99) Chris Canty. “It’s hard to understand what accountability is if you’ve never seen it. It’s hard to understand what responsibility is if you’ve never seen it.” His mom, the Rev. Shirley L. Canty, a United Methodist pastor in North Carolina, has more reason to be proud of her son than his big…
Love Your Neighbor in the New Year: Answer Their Emails and Texts
Jesus protected his time and also gave it up willingly. In this digital age, we’re called to do the same. Originally Posted on christianitytoday.com, view original post here written by Jen Pollock Michel When a technological wave crests, I’m not usually riding it. I’m in favor of reading, not binge-watching; dinner parties, not Google hangouts. I was late to own a smartphone and join Facebook, and I still don’t use Instagram. Embarrassingly, I have to call my teenagers to turn…
PJ’s Notes: January 4th, 2020
Get a new start in the New Year on the road back to God so you can live more fully into who you were created to be….So what is your number? Christmas has come to a close for most people in the world, trips over the break have come to an end and thoughts have moved on to the new year and things we want to change in our lives. But in the church world, we are still in the…
Daily Devotional: January 4th, 2020
The Popcorn Prayer Quick, brief and immediate prayers called popcorn prayers, or sometimes called arrow or flash prayers can play an important role in a Christians life. The concept of this type of prayer became very popular in the late 90’s and early 00’s because they were focused on individuals that live busy lives. Saying a popcorn prayer is easy, it can be a few quick words, or even just a thought focused on God, and the concern, guidance, or…
New Sermon Series: Becoming Us
January begins our new sermon series Becoming Us. Over the next several weeks we all have a chance to get a new start in a new year on the road back to God so that we can all live more fully into who we were created to be. Becoming Us is focused around something that has become popular in Christian circles over the last couple of years.It is called the Enneagram. It has gotten a lot of press lately. People…
What Are the 12 Days of Christmas?
Originally Posted on howstuffworks.com, read the original post here During the holiday season, “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is heard everywhere from shopping malls to television commercials to church functions. Everywhere you go, you can hear about Two Turtle Doves, Seven Swans-a-Swimming and Eleven Pipers Piping. But what does any of this mean? What does a song about doves, hens and geese have to do with Christmas? The carol has its roots in 18th-century England, as a memory-and-forfeit game sung by British children. In the…
What is Blue Christmas?
It is a time to recognize that Christmas can be a bittersweet time of the year. The constant refrain we hear about getting together with family, reminds many people of what and who they have lost, or what they never had. The anguish of broken relationships, the insecurity of unemployment, the weariness of ill health, the loss of a loved one, the pain of isolation- all these can make us feel very much alone in the midst of the festive…
Turn your Christmas upside down this year and do the season differently…
LET US CONSPIRE TOGETHER TO NOT ONLY SPEND LESS BUT GIVE MORE Although it was a cold rain misty morning, our hearts were warm and full as we gave out 153 families ( probably close to 600-800 people) and our Youth and Kitchen Crew fed 153 people. And thanks to all our servant volunteers in every area of the church from our hospitality crew to our encouraging escorts who really rocked it this time to our unloaders, table people and…
Turn your Christmas upside down this year and do the season differently…Join the Conspiracy…First Worship Fully
I am sorry this is coming a little later. I appreciate all the caring and compassion through hugs, calls, texts, messages, and emails shown to me during one of the hardest weeks of my life. It is hard to believe that a week ago as I was writing this my dad was recovering and we thought he would make it. Don’t take any moments for granted you may not have them. In case you didn’t see his full obituary you can view…
John Wesley’s Small Groups: Models of Christian Community
Originally posted on holinesstoday.org, view the original text here There is nothing like the excitement new believers discover when they sense they are surrounded by friends who care deeply for them. In fact, healthy Christian faith instills a powerful desire to be with other believers in worship, fellowship, and just learning about the things of God. Meeting together offers Christians opportunities to be renewed in worship, enriched in fellowship, and challenged to explore their new faith. Whether you are a…
New Sermon Series: The Advent Conspiracy
We’re excited to announce that our new 5 part Christmas series starts December 1st, The Advent Conspiracy. Created by three pastors, Chris Seay, Greg Holder, and Rick McKinley, to help refocus our minds back onto the true meaning of Christmas, the story of the birth of Jesus. For many of us, we were drowning in a sea of financial debt and endless lists of gifts to buy. We struggled to find the connection between our Christmas to-do lists and the…
Tomorrow is Gratefulness Sunday…What does it mean to be grateful? Are we thankful when we are grateful? don’t forget to bring your covenant cards!
It is hard to believe it has almost been a week since we all gathered last Sunday night, revealed our Shepherd(s) Servant of the Year and celebrated our volunteer servants at our Charge Conference. Thanks to everyone who serves in some way at Good Shepherd. And thanks for all your prayers this week for my dad. I have pretty much been present with him every day since his surgery and before so I don’t have much else to say but I am exhausted…