The Bishop’s recent appointment of Rev. Kenneth B. Timmerman to serve First United Methodist of Cheraw was made public this week. Ken is a native South Carolinian, born in Graniteville and receiving his undergraduate degree from USC-Aiken, earning a divinity degree from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia and since 1984 serving several churches in …
I remember many facets of Easter as I grew from being a child to an adult. As Easter approaches, I have been thinking about the many things I have learned: 1. I remember waking on Easter morning to get an Easter basket and being taught that the eggs were symbols of the resurrection. 2. I …
One of the things I have learned on my journey to the cross is that “storms of life” are real. Life rarely “works out” the way we desire and we spend time with anguish in our spirits and souls over life issues: 1. The death of a friend or loved one. 2. Family crisis and …
We recently changed to Daylight Savings Time and it has set my mind to thinking about time. Time is a precious item and as we yearn for more time and try to manage time and strive to master time through schedules…maybe we do not stop long enough to understand the value of time. 1. To …
When Dave Thomas died of liver cancer at the age of 69, America lost one of its favorite pitchmen. He was an ordinary guy like one might expect to see behind the counter of one of the 6,000 Wendy’s stores. He’d ask you whether you wanted the Monterey Ranch chicken sandwich, or more bacon on …
Friday evening, April 29, Chesterfield High School stadium is to be the site of Chesterfield County’s Relay For Life fundraising event with a goal of $135,000. First Methodist’s entry is known as the Merciless Methodists and you can help by providing bottled water or canned soft drinks dropped off at the church office. Anyone can …
