Metro District In-Person Worship Update
Brothers and sisters in Christ, With a new school year underway and football leagues at (almost) every level making plans to begin a fall season, many of us are wondering if now is the time to resume in-person worship services or other kinds of ministry gatherings in our Metro District churches. I have continued to...
Pastor’s Message: August 24th, 2020
Yesterday in worship we discussed Romans 12:1-8 and how laying down our ego is the first part of being a disciple and having our minds and lives transformed by God’s grace, akin to a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. As Paul exhorted the people in the Roman church to lay down their egos, he stripped the...
Pastor’s Message: August 17th, 2020
The end of last week marked the beginning of Adam Lubber’s Perkins School of Theology internship at CHUMC. In addition to his youth duties, Adam will learn more about the inner workings of a United Methodist local church by participating in worship planning and administrative meetings. Adam will also be facilitating a team focused on...
Pastor’s Message: August 10, 2020
Well, CHUMC Family, we continue to worship online and hope you are finding our online worship helpful during this time, even though it is not the same as in-person worship. In recent weeks, you may have noticed we are back to providing announcement slides for worship. With this in mind, you may have something coming...
A Message from Bishop McKee
I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to...
Pastor’s Message: July 20th, 2020
During Lent, our Thursday night bible study group and the Class Menagerie began a study of The Walk by Adam Hamilton. Some have been able to finish the study via Zoom video conferencing. Our children have begun studying the material this summer and the youth will follow soon. The book itself is a great review of the...
Pastor’s Message: July 13th, 2020
In our current sermon series on Paul’s epistle to the Romans, we have mentioned mutuality a few times. The life of mutuality contrasts with the life of exploitation as exhibited in the life of the mind that is set on the flesh. This is the life of self-pleasing. It is the empire mindset. In a...
Pastor’s Message: July 6th, 2020
Hello CHUMC Family, I hope you had a joyous holiday weekend. If you have been struggling with the technical issues we have had with our worship livestream on YouTube and Facebook, our constant testing and troubling shooting seems to have us close to returning to a quality and consistent livestream. You may have noticed we...