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Category: eNotes

Pastor’s eNote: The Remedy for Declining Moral Decency

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Have you felt it too…that quiet ache when kindness is dismissed as weakness, or when crude language and public contempt are treated as signs of strength? Not long ago, disrespect was met with conviction, and there was a shared sense that certain boundaries mattered. Today, those boundaries often feel blurred, and what once prompted apology […]

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Pastor’s eNote: Pursuing Peace on God’s Terms

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What drives peacemaking and the importance of getting out of our own way. Today is no different. If we say we want peace, do we mean on God’s terms or our own? There is a difference and the difference is reconciliation. Do we want reconciliation for which we give God the glory? Or do we […]

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Pastor’s eNote: Bouncing Back with Grace and Hope

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Bitterness and disappointment are emotions we’ve all faced at some point in our lives, often deepened by gaslighting—when we feel our experiences are dismissed or twisted. It’s in these moments we may feel utterly disoriented, unsure of who to trust or how to move forward. But as people of faith, we have a foundation that […]

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Pastor’s eNote: “In everything, give thanks; for this is God’s will”

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In 1 Thessalonians 5:12-19, the Apostle Paul calls believers to live a life of gratitude, prayer, and discernment, emphasizing the importance of giving thanks in all circumstances. This passage highlights a framework for Christian living that encourages humility, community, and a deep reliance on God’s grace. I don’t know about you, but this past summer […]

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From the Pastor’s Desk: How to Approach Our “Unfriendly to Christians” Culture

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Today’s culture is often unkind to Christians, viewing us as soft targets known for turning the other cheek. How do we live in a world so opposed to Jesus’ teachings, Christian beliefs, and the values He commands without being overcome by the culture around us? Let’s look at a first century church to find out. […]

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Pastor’s eNote: Methodist Approach to Self-Examination and Growth

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With all the books and systems and popular culture fads available right now for self-transformation, I felt led to share what we as Wesleyan theologians have used for a couple hundred years. We all need something that is useful every day, or every week, depending on how busy the schedule, to humbly reflect on where […]

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Pastor’s eNote: Communal Spirituality Will Change the World

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Based on the study of Romans 12 Recently, “Open My Eyes” from the United Methodist Hymnal spoke to my heart. Specifically… Whether studying history or today’s headlines it’s frightening to see what human beings do to each other. We see history unlike those living it, results in context, and judge, “how could people not see […]

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Pastor’s eNote: The Christmas Conference of 1784

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The Methodist movement began in 18th century England. But when The Church of England refused to ordain some of John Wesley’s Methodist preachers preparing to be sent to America, God made a way. There was urgent need because The Church of England’s priests had returned home leaving no one in America to administer the sacraments […]

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Pastor’s eNote: Grateful for the Peace, Purpose, & Point of “The Sword”

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Matthew 10:34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I came not to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his […]

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Pastor’s eNote: Getting to the Root of the Fruit

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A friend asked, “Do manipulated words manipulate people?” We were discussing the ongoing war on words and representations and the division and pain it causes. We discussed that two things can be true at the same time, like it can be sunny and raining, I’ve experienced that irony often. But two totally opposite things cannot […]

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8:30am Trinity

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9:45am St. James

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11am Sprucetown

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Pastor Theresa Heiser
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District Superintendent:
Rev. Brenda Leigey

Our Bishop:
Bishop Héctor A. Burgos Núñez

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