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Race Weekend — Spring 2008

Posted in Personal, tagged , on March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »

On my old blog “Virginia Transplant,” I noted that NASCAR comes to our little corner of the world twice a year. This past weekend was one of those two weekends. My father-in-law noted that the weather looked ugly yesterday. Friday was the last time we had nice weather — not that I’m complaining because we [...]

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Interesting Statistics

Posted in Ministry, Wesleyan Church on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I found this over on Buddy Rampey’s blog.  He is the District Superintendent of our South Carolina District.  These are statistics from 1997-2007 in The Wesleyan Church. 44% of Churches average between 1 and 50 in attendance but represent only 11% of overall attendance. Only 10.1% of Churches average more than 1000 in attendance but [...]

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Sunday Night Thoughts

Posted in Sunday Thoughts, tagged on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Well, I’m back!  Actually, if you’ve been following the blog this weekend, you will know that I have been back all weekend.  I was suppose to be teaming as part of an Emmaus weekend.  If you are not aware, an Emmaus weekend is a wonderful time of spiritual renewal.  I was sponsored by one of [...]

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Weekly Lectionary Reading

Posted in Lectionary, tagged , on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Second Sunday of Easter March 30, 2008 Color: White Acts 2:14, 22-32 (during the Easter season, readings from Acts are substituted for the Old Testament Reading); Psalm 16; I Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 Today we continue the celebration of the resurrection.  In reality, each time we gather on Sunday is a mini-resurrection celebration.  Our focus [...]

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Worship Recap

Posted in Worship Recap, tagged , on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

March 30, 2008 Second Sunday of Easter Call to Worship – Our Risen King He has risen! He has risen indeed! Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? Death has been swallowed up in victory Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen [...]

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What Difference Does the Resurrection Make?

Posted in resurrection, Sermons on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

What difference does the resurrection make in the life of the believer? We have now entered the season known as Easter. During these next few weeks, we will share songs together and we will look at the resurrection from several angles. We alluded to the answer of that question during last week’s musical. Each Christmas, [...]

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What Do You Think Of The Social Gospel?

Posted in Compassionate Ministries, Family on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

When our daughter Rebecca came home from school for spring break she as us for our opinion about the story about Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus Luke 16:19-35 (NLT) 19 Jesus said, “There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed in purple and fine linen and who lived each day in [...]

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A Glimpse of Heaven

Posted in Personal on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Lately we have had tears and sorrow. My family is going through a difficult time with my mother’s sickness and yet there are times we have had a glimpse of heaven. This weekend did not turn out the way we had planned. Dale was to be teaming on an Emmaus Walk this weekend. On Thursday [...]

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Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows

Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I do not know what it is about this year’s election, but I am finally getting back to enjoying politics. When President Ford was running, my parents took me out of school one day so I could meet Jack Ford and get his autograph. I loved taking about politics back then and this year I [...]

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Dump Those Purses

Posted in Ministry, Mosaic Student Ministries on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A couple of weeks ago, I was teaching the high school girls about inner beauty. We were talking about finding the real person we were inside.  What better place to find what a woman or a girl is than their purse?  Now, I really did not have them dump out their purses. I asked them [...]

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