This coming Sunday is Stewardship Commitment Sunday. That usually means that attendance in worship will be lower than usual. I ask that you please plan to worship with us as we take a look at a passage that many of us learned in our early Sunday school years; the story of the widow's mite. The familiar story about a widow who gave her last two pennies. So, who was Jesus talking to at the time? What was He really saying? We will think this one through together to find a new lesson from an old familiar text. Come and worship. All are welcome!
Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name And the upright will live before you. Psalm 140: 13
Here we go again…the holidays! I was meeting with the Salvation Army last month and one of the topics on the agenda was the Red Kettle Campaign. No longer do they get volunteers to stand with the kettle beginning Thanksgiving weekend. The kick off is now the first week in November. I am already planning worship for the Advent/Christmas season. Yes…I am a detail person and I will not be comfortable until I know which Sunday in Advent we will be singing, “There’s A Song In the Air” and until the outline for Christmas Eve worship is in my briefcase. Despite how busy we get, regular worship needs to be a part of this season. The Clergy Association has scheduled an opportunity for worship at its annual Community Thanksgiving Eve worship service. This year, the service will be hosted by Arnold Methodist on November 25. The service will begin at 7:00pm. Yes the night before the ‘feast’ is always busy but the righteous will pause and take the time to worship, giving thanks to the name of our Almighty God for all that we have received. The upright will live before God and acknowledge that all good things come from God’s loving hands.
