Pastor’s Message: Nov. 17, 2020
It appeared the Arizona Cardinals were done yesterday. After trailing the Buffalo Bills by two scores early in the third quarter, they rallied to score 17 points in the final 6 minutes of the quarter to grab the lead. They protected that lead until Josh Allen hit Stefon Diggs in the endzone for the go...
Pastor’s Message: Nov. 9, 2020
Well, friends, another election has come. As of this writing, it remains and will, hopefully, be resolved by the time you read this. The incoming results are creating a variety of thoughts and feelings for people in the United States of America. The last several years of our political lives have been beyond contentious. We...
Pastor’s Message: Nov. 2, 2020
I pray you are doing well this day. We know this year’s pandemic has created a number of social, emotional, physical, and financial challenges for many, if not all, members and supporters of CHUMC. Thus, this communication comes with that understanding in mind. As you are probably aware, the pandemic has presented challenges for our...
Pastor’s Message: Oct. 26, 2020
Katy and I discovered a few months ago that our wonderful St. Augustine grass at home was dying. We had significant brown patches in the lawn and could not understand why. After all, while the summer was hot and dry, the lawn was being watered regularly. We were afraid a fungus may have developed in...
Laity Sunday
Roman 12:4-6 states: “For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, as we, who are one body in Christ, and individually we are members of one another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us.” The question then is what is...
Pastor’s Message: October 12th, 2020
We continue through this wilderness which we have discussed these past several weeks. Let’s reflect on a couple of themes from yesterday: 1) Comfort Perhaps God seems absent to us right now. We face uncertainty. Frustration. Perhaps we are suffering. For the Israelites, Moses and God had been on the mountain for 40 days and...
Pastor’s Message: October 5th, 2020
You may recall there was some confusion regarding the changes to our Charge Conference format last year. Last year, we had a district-wide Charge Conference where all the Charge Conference members went to a single location and voted to approve our Charge Conference reports at the same time. Other districts had been following a similar...
Pastor’s Message: September 28, 2020
In yesterday’s sermon, Adam spoke of how the Israelites complained against Moses because they had nothing to drink. Modern English translations typically translate the Hebrew verb here as “murmuring.” The Hebrew here would be better translated to indicate the Israelites were enraged. Their situation was viewed as no small inconvenience. The Israelites rage was expressed...