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Pathways

I invite you to join me at Pathways! This annual workshop at Trinity UMC in Warner Robins offers the opportunity to discover new and innovative ideas that can inspire and…

Generosity of Spirit | Sermon from 7/29/18

A couple had a dream: found their own restaurant. After laboring for quite a while, they found themselves ready. In their North Carolina town, they had a chance to live…

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Blessing of the Backpacks | August 12, 2018

A new school year is almost upon us! On Thursday, August 9, Dodge County school children go back to class for another year of learning, discovery, and growth. We as…

Event

Adult Confirmation Class

After Confirmation Sunday back in May, several of you asked about having an Adult Confirmation class to undertake a similar journey of faith to what our youth experienced. That class…

LGBT Inclusion and Other Divisive Topics | Sermon from July 22, 2018

All you need is love. Love covers over a multitude of sins. Love never fails. Let us love as God loves, for God loved us first. Love will win the…

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Update on the Way Forward

Back in May, I first wrote a blog post explaining our current impasse as a denomination and the work being done to try and reconcile those differences without creating division.…

Within our darkest night | Sermon from July 15, 2018

Stop Talking! Dana and I were having a pleasant conversation over coffee. Into the room ran Carter who, for some reason, had found our conversation offensive while playing with cars…

Event

Fancy Snacks, Movies, and Supporting the Food Bank

12 Jul 201812 Jul 2018

Join us on a select Friday August through December for an outdoor movie night! This fun, community-wide event, will not only give us opportunity to enjoy fellowship and the outdoors…

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Consider AutoDraft for your Offering

Thank you for how you have already supported us this year! We as a church rely on your faithful and consistent giving to engage in ministry with each other and…

Be weird | Sermon from 7/8/18

8 Jul 20188 Jul 2018

Rejected. I had dreams of attending the University of Georgia for graduate school. There, I wanted to study higher education leadership. It was my first choice, with James Madison University…

Jesus asleep in the storm | Sermon from July 1, 2018

A storm was brewing, just off the coast. The British were coming; everyone knew that. The question was not one of if but one of when: when would they arrive,…

Reminder: Adjusted Schedule Sunday, June 24

Don't forget we'll be worshipping with the children and VBS decorations as they lead in worship on Sunday! That means no 8:45 service. We'll have Sunday school as usual and…

Event

Friday Outdoor Movie Series! Coming this Fall

20 Jun 201827 Jun 2018

Join us one Friday each month during the fall for an outdoor movie! On the lawn between the Social Hall and Sanctuary, we'll set up our new outdoor movie equipment,…

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Children lead worship and VBS Celebration This Sunday!

Join us Sunday to see this magnificent set and, especially, to see and hear our children lead us in worship! We’ll hear all about their experience and their faith and…

Prayer for the week | June 18, 2018

Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with compassion;…

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…