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The tendency at General Conference is to get really focused on and caught up with the big things, the major issues, the things that the media will pay attention to. But there are a myriad of amazing things that are happening here at the General Conference, and I want to give a shout out for these . . . → Read More: Amazing Things that Have Been Done, Thanks be to God!  So, let me tell you in a nutshell how this General Conference thing works. Individuals, groups, and agencies from all parts of the United Methodist world have submitted petitions to the General Conference (which meets every 4 years). The breadth and span of these petitions is incredible. Some are petitions to change pieces of the Discipline . . . → Read More: Legislative Committees General Conference makes it clearly and sometimes painfully evident that we are a global church. Sometimes United Methodists don’t like to acknowledge this. We remain content and sheltered inside the walls of our church. Perhaps we are involved in the District, maybe even the Annual Conference. But a global church? That is hard to wrap our . . . → Read More: The Work of Translation Join us for a Salem Red Sox baseball game on Saturday April 28th at 6:00 p.m. Bring the family, bring a neighbor, bring a friend! We will meet at the church at 5:30 p.m. to ride over to the stadium together. The church bus will also be picking up, so if you need a ride, call . . . → Read More: Fun at the Field There is a long standing tradition at Central that one of the United Methodist Women’s groups makes chocolate Easter Eggs to raise money for mission. This year we had a crazy idea: what if we bought some of these eggs and then delivered them to our neighbors around the church??? So we did just this. We . . . → Read More: Loving our neighbors with chocolate and peanut butter Greetings from Pulaski! We made it to Pulaski this morning for day 1 of our weekend mission trip to work on tornado recovery. 7 months after the tornado, they are still working hard to rebuild. In particular, there are 5 homes they are hoping to move families into before Thanksgiving. Many people are still in temporary shelters . . . → Read More: Pulaksi Mission We are continuing with the Lord’s work. Please tell the Church that all the supplies are coming in handy For me, the hardest thing about leaving the country is getting ready to go. It has been a wild and crazy few weeks, from Gatlinburg, Tennessee with the youth for Resurrection to an all-day visioning and planning retreat with church leaders at Camp Alta Mons. When I know I’m leaving town, I seem to cram as . . . → Read More: Leavin’ on a jet plane Is God calling you to a deeper understanding and study of the Bible? Disciple Bible Study is a transforming, small group Bible study experience, great for those who have never read the Bible and for those who have. Pastor Kristin will be teaching Disciple I, which starts in September and ends in May. Over this 34-week . . . → Read More: Be Transformed though Bible Study Friends, we are right in the middle of Ordinary Time. Much like there are seasons of the year (fall, winter, summer, spring) there are seasons in the church (Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter). The longest season of the church by far is Ordinary Time, which stretches from the Sunday after the Lord’s Baptism (January 17th this year) . . . → Read More: Living in the Ordinary Time/Kingdomtide |
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