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 [...]
Archive for March 30th, 2008
Interesting Statistics
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Sunday Night Thoughts
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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 [...]
Weekly Lectionary Reading
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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 [...]
Worship Recap
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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 [...]
What Difference Does the Resurrection Make?
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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, [...]
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 [...]

