Pastor’s Message: Feb. 15, 2021
Well, our first snowpocalypse in several years is upon us. I do not know about you but I love the snow and the cold. I am sure that is because it is so infrequent here that it can be encountered as a fun change. I hear that living through the winter up north is quite...
Pastor’s Message: Feb. 8, 2021
Franciscan friar Richard Rohr of the Center for Action and Contemplation writes, “Love is the energy that sustains the universe, moving everything toward resurrection.” Love is that self-giving approach to life revealed to us in the Triune God embodied in Jesus who came to reveal love to a world held captive by its opposite. If...
Pastor’s Message: Feb. 1, 2021
You may have heard that, in the midst of this pandemic, our youth minister and ministry intern Adam Lubbers has been facilitating discussions with our new Discipleship Team, made up of our mission & outreach, children’s, and youth committees, to discern and discover how we might best fulfill the mission of the church in our...
Pastor’s Message: Jan. 25, 2021
We are almost a month into a new year and, in many ways, it seems 2021 wants to be the second verse same as the first. The pandemic numbers have been climbing. New variants of COVID-19 which are more infectious threaten to throw another wrench in our recovery process. This has delayed our ability to...
Pastor’s Message: Jan. 11, 2021
I was working in the church office last Wednesday when the noon hour rolled around. As I continued to work, I turned on the congressional proceedings because this was not a normal year for a transition of power. As the first hours progressed, I watched in horror as I saw the events unfold before the...
Pastor’s Message: Dec. 21, 2020
Friends, I first want to touch on a few housekeeping matters. Please remember that as we gather for Christmas Eve at 5 pm, we are asking everyone to enter through the door off Myra Lane by the Prayer Garden. You will then enter the courtyard through the Cokesbury Hub room. Christmas Eve Worship will also...
Pastor’s Message: Dec. 14th, 2020
Well, friends, we have ten days remaining in Advent 2020. That means Christmas Eve is around the corner. Last week we advised we would be gathering outdoors in the courtyard at 7 pm. However, after further conversations and our monthly worship meeting, we have determined it is best to start at 5 pm. We ask...
CHUMC Continuing Online Only Worship
Friends, I write today to share some news that was announced yesterday. The CHUMC Reopening Team decided, after much deliberation, that it is most prudent for CHUMC to continue to worship online only through at least January 3 with hopes of returning in person on January 10. I can tell you we long to worship...