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Are you a Christian, wondering what on earth is going on these days that make people so miserable? Let me ask you this: Are you (and/or others) cursing those you should be praying for to receive God’s leading and protection? For a long time I’ve been asking God to help me understand America’s disconnect; how […]
We are blessed to have our Lay Members to Annual Conference as well as our alternate. Ronald Fetzer (Trinity) and Tami Spotts (Sprucetown) are the Lay Members and Kathy Highbaugh (St. James) is our alternate. Due to illness, Ron wasn’t able to attend and Kathy went in his place. It was a glorious three days […]
A Bible Study Challenge, a timely one: Romans 2 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Righteous Judgment of God 2 Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things. 2 You say, “We know that […]
Read 1 Samuel 17 NRSV In a recent message, I talked about the odd match up between David and Goliath. Especially how the agile, youthful David rushes his way to the battle line while the lumbering giant Goliath is led to the line by an attendant. There is so much conveyed in so few words […]
COMMISSION ON A WAY FORWARD OFFERS MORE VIDEO RESOURCES FOR 2019 GENERAL CONFERENCE For Immediate Release June 26, 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In its continued efforts to inform The United Methodist Church on its processes and work, the Commission on a Way Forward is releasing four more videos this week that document the experiences, hopes, […]
Thanks to ALL who submitted their questions online! After careful and prayerful consideration of all submitted questions, we found that there was a common theme falling into four basic questions. We invite you to come to one of the Penns Valley Charge churches to hear the Bible based answers to your questions: July 8 – […]
BISHOPS, THE UPPER ROOM LAUNCH PHASE 3 OF PRAYING OUR WAY FORWARD For Immediate Release May 23, 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Council of Bishops, in partnership with The Upper Room, is launching Phase 3 of Praying our Way Forward. Phase 1 involved 84 members of the Council of Bishops praying for The United Methodist Church’s way forward for […]
If you know anything about me [Pastor Theresa], you probably know that I am a history nerd and mighty proud of it! When I saw this month’s Susquehanna Link, I was excited to see the History of United Methodism in Pennsylvania article [page 9]. Read the article in the May 2018 Susquehanna Link by clicking […]
The next meeting of the Staff Parish Relations Committee representing the Penns Valley Charge is scheduled for Wednesday, September 19th at 7pm at Spring Mills Faith UMC. The purpose of the meeting is to see where we are with required reports for church conference and prep for 2019 Budget. The revised spreadsheet for pastoral compensation […]