Pastor’s Message: Bible Year 2022
Why The Bible Year in 2022? That’s a good question. First, I would encourage you to consider the means of grace, the promised means that, when practiced, we are assured to receive God’s prevenient, justifying, and sanctifying grace. Ever since the invention of the printing press, searching the scriptures has become a more prominent means...
Pastor’s Message: Nov. 22, 2021
Psalm 100:1-5 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness!Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God!It is he who made us, and we are his;we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving,and his courts with...
Pastor’s Message: Nov. 8, 2021
On Sunday, October 17, we considered what faith and life look like when we recognize that sacrifices of atonement, interpreted in light of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice, were acts done under the paradigm of restitution rather than retribution. In the newsletter that following week, we considered what that suggests to us concerning sin post-faith. Life after faith is more than...
Pastor’s Message: Oct. 18th, 2021
In worship yesterday, we discussed the focus of sacrifices of atonement being restitution rather than retribution. In other words, the sacrifices were offered as gifts to right the wrongs committed toward God rather than a result of a wrathful God needing to exact revenge but finding a substitute to receive that revenge rather than the...
Pastor’s Message: Oct. 11th, 2021
CHUMC Family, Charge conference is just around the corner. We will meet in our Chapel Hill UMC Sanctuary at 7 pm on Monday, October 18. This will be an excellent opportunity to be introduced to our new District Superintendent Rev. Edlen Cowley. It will also be an opportunity to complete our work regarding the transition...
Pastor’s Message: Oct. 4th, 2021
The remaining weeks of October provide a number of special guests who will be sharing their time and gifts with us in worship. On October 10th, the worship band from Synergy Wesley Foundation at the University of Texas at Dallas will be leading worship. Their Executive Director and Campus Minister Brittany Burrows will be preaching....
Pastor’s Message: Sept. 13th, 2021
CHUMC Family, We know the pandemic continues to be a challenge, especially in the ways it has impacted our ability to spend time together and reach out to our community with God’s love. With that in mind, we crafted a survey for everyone to complete to indicate their interest in the kinds of activities we...
Pastor’s Message: August 23, 2021
CHUMC Family, Having just completed our Bread of Life series from John 6, it is worth taking a moment for us to reflect. At the very center of John 6 is the assertion that when partaking of the Bread Come Down From Heaven, we will never be hungry. Obviously, this is a spiritual reality and...