Pastor’s Message: October 15th, 2019
Sunday we began a worship series entitled The Wonder-Full Life that seeks to mine treasures from scripture, is illustrated by the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, and informed by the book Integrating Money and Meaning: Practices for a Heart-Centered Life by Maggie Kulyk. We discussed how money is a necessary thing that causes great stress...
August 18, 2015: A Note from Pastor Mai
Why God Made Teachers by Kevin William Huff When God created teachers, He gave us special friends To help us understand His world And truly comprehend The beauty and the wonder Of everything we see, And become a better person With each discovery. When God created teachers, He gave us special guides To show us...
August 3, 2015: A Note from Pastor Mai
As I write this article, we are in the first week of August, a transition time from the busy months of summer to fall. I wish I could say that our summer was relaxed and calm but I know that was far from the case. In June, we had a fantastic VBS under the leadership...
June 30, 2015: Note from Pastor Mai
I’ll be away from the church office, beginning July 6 through July 30, attending classes in Christian Spirituality at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. The Book of Discipline (par. 351.2) suggests that pastors take off one month during one year of every quadrennial for continuing education and spiritual growth program. Many of you probably...
March 10, 2015: Note from Pastor Mai
Praise the Lord Praise the Lord My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him; stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel! For he did not despise or abhor the affliction of the afflicted; he did not hide...
January 5, 2015: Note from Pastor Mai
Teach Me to Listen Prayer is the means through which we stay in touch with God. In prayer, we ask but more importantly, we listen. However, even when one makes a sincere effort to listen, the voice of God is often drowned by the voice of our passion, distorted by the conflicting responses of our...
December 16, 2014: Note from Pastor Mai
Christmas Greetings Let me express my sincere appreciation for your love and support this year. This has been a grace-filled year in my ministry at Chapel Hill and I thank God for each of you. Together we have an opportunity to work side by side as God’s disciples. A very joyous Christmas to each of...
December 9, 2014: Note from Pastor Mai
Hope and Healing For many of us, the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is a difficult time to get through. The empty chair at the table, the financial hardship, the estrangement of family members, the reflection on past “failures,” or the anxiety about an uncertain future are some factors that cause one to feel down...