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Appearances matter |Sermon from 6/17/18

Appearances matter. We celebrate the good-looking. Hollywood reinforces that. Personally, we spend time primping and making sure we look our best in public. On local to national stages, we elect…

Prayer for the week | June 12, 2018

O God, from whom all good proceeds: grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; Silence We…

No Applebees in Eastman and other complaints | Sermon from June 10, 2018

Based on Lamentations as a whole, but specifically 3:37-41 The past few years, I’ve been on and off facebook. I still have a profile. I keep it around so I…

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Mission Trip Opportunity | July 16-19

1 Jun 20181 Jun 2018

For some time, I have heard of desire from several folks to do a mission trip. We now have an opportunity to help renovate additional facility space for a homeless…

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Buy a Wesley Glen t-shirt and show your support!

31 May 201831 May 2018

Fathers' Day is Wesley Glen Ministries Day in United Methodist churches across the South Georgia Annual Conference. This ministry that serves adults with developmental disabilities is blessed by extra financial…

Prayer for Memorial Day

Almighty God, before whom stand the living and the dead, we your children, whose mortal life is but a hand’s breadth, give thanks to you: For all those through whom…

Raise your Ebenezer | Sermon from May 27, 2018

Based on 1 Samuel 7:7-12 What did you want to be when you were a kid? Imagine that with me. What did you want to be more than anything else?…

Don’t put a glass over the flame | Sermon from Senior Sunday, 5/20/18

20 May 201820 May 2018

Based on Jeremiah 1:4-8 Don't put a glass over the flame. I get enthusiastic about an idea, an enthusiasm that sometimes gets me carried away. When I was in my…

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Register for Vacation Bible School!

17 May 201815 May 2018

Vacation Bible School registration is now available! We're excited to once again host children for a week of learning, fun, and spiritual growth. This year's Vacation Bible School will run…

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Graduate Sunday | May 20, 2018

Join us as we celebrate six seniors in our church who will be graduating this spring! It's an honor each year to celebrate their accomplishments, to recognize them, and to…

Prayer of the Week | May 15, 2018

15 May 201814 May 2018

God of love, help us remember that Christ has no body now on earth but ours, no hands but ours, no feet but ours. Ours are the eyes to see…

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Denominational Update & Fall Adult Confirmation Class

14 May 201817 May 2018

Over the last two weeks, I have engaged many of you in a rich and meaningful conversation about The United Methodist Church and its ongoing debate about the status and…

The witness of mothers | Sermon from May 13, 2018

Based on Acts 1:1-11 | Ascension Sunday scripture And old monk once told this story about life in the desert with just a few fellow monks. For any of us…

Head and Solimões: The Life of Faith | Sermon from 5/6/18

6 May 20186 May 2018

John 4:7-11 Back one August, I entered chapel services at Emory University for opening convocation: the official beginning of the semester for the Candler School of Theology, where I went…

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Join us for Confirmation Sunday

This Sunday, May 6, we will celebrate together as ten of our youth come to be confirmed or to reaffirm their faith. This comes after a journey of months of…

Prayer of the week | May 1, 2018

1 May 201830 Apr 2018

Holy God, you say let all who are thirsty come. Let all who wish to receive the water of life freely. We say to that yes, Lord, make us vessels…

Neighborhood Eunuchs | Sermon on belonging from April 29, 2018

29 Apr 201829 Apr 2018

Religion makes meaning out of life. We all derive meaning, in part or in whole, from our relationship with God. Our faith offers answers to the big questions of life.…

Prayer of the Week | April 23, 2018

Holy God, In the rain this morning, we are reminded of your Word, Jesus Christ. You tell us that just as the rain goes forth and waters the earth, so…