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I’ve got a fever! No, not a 100 degree plus temperature but rather I’ve got World Cup Fever! Recently my emotions and mood have been tied to the roller coaster that is USA soccer! One of the biggest challenges is that the games come on at either 10 am or 2:30 pm EST. What’s with [...]
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From now until Pentecost on May 23rd, St. Mark’s UMC will be engaged in a Sermon Series entitled Acting OUT. Easter calls us to live differently. We can’t experience The Resurrection and then just go home. No, like the apostles, the early followers of Christ, we too must go Act OUT our faith. Throughout this [...]
It has been kindly (well not really) pointed out to me that I have not written a blog post in months now. I apologize to my fan base for being otherwise occupied. (I didn’t know you cared!)In thinking about the blog I had all but decided to make it a New Year’s Resolution to write [...]
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This past Sunday night, St. Mark’s hosted the second annual Staff versus Youth Basketball Game. The proceeds from the game are used to help fund the youth group’s annual Appalachia Service Project mission work. For those who may have forgotten like I tried to, the youth won last year’s game in convincing fashion. So this year’s [...]
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So I ate dinner with my shirt off tonight…
Lest you fear, it is not a frequent occurrence at my house. In fact I don’t think I have ever eaten dinner at the kitchen table without my shirt on before tonight. However in this case it kept the peace and allowed my son to believe that [...]
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Wow! What a response! Some 80 plus people packed into Anderson Hall last Wednesday night to help figure out how St. Mark’s might respond to those in our community being impacted by our current economic reality. Our worshipful work agenda invited us to a time of individual reflection and then into small groups. In the [...]
In our text for the morning, Mark 1:40-45, we witnessed Jesus’ direct and immediate response to terrible suffering. By law…by custom…Jesus should not have touched the leper and yet in the face of such terrible suffering Jesus dared to stretch out his hand. Jesus said, “I do choose, Be made clean.” It was daring! It [...]
In a resource I occasionally draw upon for preaching inspiration – Pulpit Resource, I recently came across part of an article from The Wall Street Journal entitled “So it’s come to this? Religion is good for your health? Body and Spirit: Why Attending Religious Services May Benefit Health,” by Kevin Helliker.
The article reads, “A growing [...]
In chapter one of his book, 5 Practices of Fruitful Congregations, Robert Schnase writes in great detail about the practice of Radical Hospitality. He explains, “Churches characterized by Radical Hospitality are not just friendly and courteous, passively receiving visitors warmly. Instead, they exhibit a restlessness because they realize that so many people do not have relationship [...]
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This Sunday, January 18th, we will embark on a an exciting 5-part sermon series based on the book Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations by Bishop Robert Schnase. The 5 practices are Radical Hospitality, Passionate Worship, Intentional Faith Development, Risk-Taking Mission and Service, and Extravagant Generosity. Bishop Schnase suggests that churches that seek to excel at these [...]
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