Dear friends, I recently met a woman in our community who grew up at Embry Hills. She went to church here, was baptized here, and after...

Dear friends, In worship over Labor Day weekend, I had an emotional moment. A few weeks prior the staff and the Regathering Team were...

Dear friends, One of my favorite quotes from Richard Rohr is, “How you do anything is how you do everything.” He has written it several...

Dear friends, I had a church member in a small, country church named Helen who made the best Sour Cream Pound Cake. Everyone agreed, too....

Dear friends, As everyone is moving into the fall, and with the fluctuation of all of the advice from health experts, CDC, etc… I thought...

Dear friends, My dad one time told me not to wear ties anymore. It was right after seminary, and I was wearing ties to church. He told me...

Dear friends, One of the more difficult transitions to our new house has been our dogs. We have two dogs. The “little” one is a 50-pound...

Dear friends, Back to school is happening all around us. In my house, that means a lot of getting things ready that we expect like school...

Dear friends, During my orientation at Candler School of Theology, we had a worship service. Dr. Teresa Fry Brown was the preacher, and I...

Dear friends, When my mom texted me on July 6th asking how my first day was going I replied, “Drinking from a fire hose!” To which she...

In order to give our new Pastor, Rev. Dr. Jordan Thrasher a little time to settle in, I thought I’d share a few updates about what’s...

Dear friends, A few years ago, Karen was giving a report to the annual conference in her role as the benefits officer. A disgruntled...

Dear friends, Sunday was a glorious day! Though it was stormy, we had a bright celebration of 4 good years of ministry together. As I...

Dear friends, We want to take the time to celebrate the ministry of our accompanist, Angela Holguin. Angela and her family have been a...

Dear Embry Hills UMC and friends, Once upon a time, 16 years ago if you can believe it, I was an undergrad student pursuing a Religion...

Dear friends, This has been quite a week! On Sunday afternoon, we had an information session to learn about the current situation within...

Dear friends, A few months ago, in my weekly letter I talked about the saying, "The more things change, the more they stay the same."...

Dear friends, This past Sunday, there was an anonymous letter to our bishop in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution from a group called...

Thank you for inviting me into your church for this past year. Quite a strange year it has been, but I’ve enjoyed getting to know as many...

Dear Embry Hills, My time serving at Embry Hills as an intern is coming to an end soon. I have truly enjoyed my time serving here for...