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Tornado Response 2020
Originally Posted on tnumc.org, view original post here UMCOR Kits Needed kits are currently being sent to our area from the UMCOR Warehouse. We will need to replenish these supplies at a later date. If your church wants to put kits together – and has a place to store them – Hygiene Kits and Tornado Buckets will be needed in the weeks ahead. —– We are grateful for your prayers and financial assistance for all of our brothers and sisters in Christ who have been directly…
Lydia Patterson Institute is a dream maker for young students
Originally Posted on UM News, Written by Kathy L. Gilbert, View Original Article Here Ruth Moreno and her family live in one of the few houses with lights on at 4:30 a.m. Two big dogs are pacing around the small fenced front yard, barking anxiously at any movements on the street. As the front door opens, the light around Ruth’s long, dark hair envelops her like a halo. Ruth, a high school senior, and her little brother Lino, in 7th…
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…
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…
What is Advent?
View the Original Article Posted on Christianity.com, written by Justin Holcomb Some people may know that Advent serves as an anticipation of Christ’s birth in the season leading up to Christmas. That’s only part of the story. What Is Advent? History & Meaning For many Christians unfamiliar with the liturgical year, there may be some confusion surrounding the meaning of the Advent season. Some people may know that the Advent season focuses on expectation and think that it serves as an…
What do the candles in our Advent wreath mean?
This content was produced by Ask The UMC, a ministry of United Methodist Communications, and originally posted on UMC.org The Advent wreath was originally a German and Scandinavian home devotional practice used to mark the four weeks of Advent. Although many symbols have been attributed to it since that time, it was originally intended as a way to mark the Advent season and the weeks until Christmas. Families would light a candle for each past week and the current week…
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…
Prayer for People Living with HIV/AIDS
Original Text published by the United Methodist Church View Original Post Here World AIDS Day is December 1 and December is AIDS Awareness Month. United Methodists believe that people with HIV have the right to full participation in the church and society. This prayer for those living with HIV/AIDS was shared recently at the Breaking Barriers Conference sponsored by the United Methodist Global AIDS Committee and we asked some of those present to read it. We invite you to watch this video and share it in your own congregations and…
“Count Your Blessings”: An Antidote to Despair
A UMC.org feature by Crystal Caviness* Originally posted on UMC.org Count your blessings. Name them, one by one. This simple mandate for cultivating gratitude and thanksgiving is the opening line in the catchy chorus of “Count Your Blessings,” a church music staple first published more than a century ago. All these years later, the four verses and chorus can be summed up this way: Counting your blessings may be the antidote to feeling disheartened. The remaining line of the chorus…
We are the people of The United Methodist Church
Originally posted by the United Methodist Church View Original Post Here Meet the people of The United Methodist Church. We are making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world through our shared faith, mission and ministry.
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