Rev. Debra Armstrong offers a reaffirmation of the baptismal covenant for the January 10th worshipers of First United Methodist Church in Cheraw. Click the tab above labeled “Video Sermon Archive” and the select “January 10, 2020….’The Heavens Break Open’” to view this service.
There is a wall hanging in the laundry room of the villa in which I’m staying on Seabrook Island. The wall hanging is quite colorful, with various multi-colored boxes containing the following statements written in a variety of creative texts: Family Rules: May every word be full of grace. Give thanks Obey your parents Share …
Happy September, Church Family! With this new month, comes a variety of new opportunities to be involved both spiritually and communally at your First UMC/Cheraw. Located in a variety of articles throughout this very newsletter, you’ll find descriptions of new Bible Studies, weekend outings, fellowship opportunities, and mission activities which are calling out to you …
“God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God Himself was speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Then do it with all the strength and …
So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the …
So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the …
Some time ago I heard Daniel Rodriguez sing “American Hymn” on television. Because I am an American citizen the lyrics and tune evoked deep emotions within my heart. Here are the words: I have seen a summer day that slowly opens like a rose…Along a quiet road that wanders by and I smiled and wonder’d …
One of our great hymns of faith contains the following phrase: “…rich in things and poor in soul.” I thought of that phrase as I had an opportunity to ride on the Inter Coastal Waterway Sunday evening with some dear friends. As I had the opportunity to let the wind blow through my hair and …
I am always thrilled to share in confirmation on Pentecost! We remember how numbers of believers were added to the church on the day of Pentecost as God’s Spirit was present in the wind and spread throughout people as the flame of a fire. Traditionally, it is a day and time when we received into …
In her book Gospel Medicine, the Reverend Barbara Brown Taylor writes the following: “When I was little, I used to like standing on my head. I was shorter then. Just about everything in the world was taller than I was, taller and boring, but by standing on my head, I could liven things up a …
