I was reading and discovered five facts about Christmas according to Jerry Brecheisen. FIVE FACTS OF CHRISTMAS 1. The Exchanging of gifts is a custom that follows Christmas Day. 2. Peace on Earth means the toy is already broken. 3. The giver of a drum set is seldom appreciated. 4. People in your “Under Five …
Many of us readily admit, “I never saw it coming!” 1. In so many fender benders and car accidents, participants will declare, “I never saw them coming!” 2. When the check does come in the mail, we say, “ Never saw it coming!” 3. When we are recipients of a random act of kindness, our …
Special guest Dr. David Thompson will be accompanied by our own Shane Robertson in a special service of piano music to be held in the sanctuary on December 20th at 6:30. You will hear all of your favorite Christmas carols, some classical selections by Mozart and Bach and a few standard hymns performed on a …
From the time I was a boy I remember Communion as a special time. I was taught that it was the way we remember a Savior who died for us. Each time we kneel we honor the Jesus who gave himself to the cross for our benefit. Today, as a Communion Sunday, is special. Stewardship …
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Interested FUMC members are encouraged to begin now their participation in this year’s Operation Christmas Child effort. Each month there will be several items listed in the bulletin to purchase for the Operation Christmas Child boxes. These are suggestions and you may purchase them or purchase other items of your choice and turn them into …
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First Methodist will be the site November 12 of a special Veterans’ Tribute honoring those who have served our nation in uniform. The program is sponsored by the Cheraw Arts Commission and will feature the community choir performing a number of patriotic songs and also Sgt. Anthony Funderburk, a senior soloist with the US Army …
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I like Josh McDowell and the way in which he writes and thinks. Recently, he wrote a devotion that lifted up the idea of learning new things. What would you do if you learned: that God created giraffes just so he could make fun of their long necks? that God threw Adam and …
James W. Moore speaks of a “Fool’s Aptitude Test” in his book Noah Built His Ark in the Sunshine and poses these questions: 1. If you take two apples from three apples, what do you have? Answer: You have two! If you take two, you have two. 2. A farmer has seventeen …
While Pastor Jack is recuperating, Randall Madsen has been assigned as our interim pastor until Jack returns. (“Just call me”) Randy is a 1972 graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown Texas with a degree in Philosophy and a Masters of Divinity from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta. His first pastoral …
When I was young and seminary bound, I was a youth director at Grace UMC in North Augusta, SC. I learned a great deal at seminary, but the practical teachings of my mentor, The Reverend John M. Younginer, Jr., gave me more than the seminary ever could. He taught me about the church. And beyond …
