Weekly Message

Dec 13, 2022

December 13, 2022

Dear friends, The day I am writing this is the day of the runoff election for the Georgia Senate. It has been a long, grueling election...

Dec 6, 2022

December 6, 2022

Dear friends, I know soccer isn’t for everyone, but that is especially true in the United States. You can see evidence of that fact in...

Nov 29, 2022

November 29, 2022

Dear friends, In cultural Christmas, the definition of Advent is “busy.” But the literal definition of the word “Adventus” means,...

Nov 22, 2022

November 22, 2022

Dear friends, We have trouble decorating for Thanksgiving in my house. Being UGA fans, we don’t really have a lot of orange things or...

Nov 15, 2022

November 15, 2022

Dear friends, One of my favorite memories was during my first year of seminary when we decorated a small Christmas tree. I was at my...

Nov 8, 2022

November 8, 2022

Dear friends, My family tends to overpack. If you have ever seen our car for a road trip, you would know that the previous sentence is a...

Nov 1, 2022

November 1, 2022

Dear friends, Today is All Saints’ Day. The history of this day is interesting. It is where we get our practice of Halloween, or All...

Oct 27, 2022

October 27, 2022

Dear friends, Over the next couple of months, the staff is going to be working through the book “The Disciple Making Church: From Dry...

Oct 18, 2022

October 18, 2022

Dear friends, A little known fact about me is that I am VERY into pumpkin carving. It all started when I was a youth minister at Glenn...

Oct 12, 2022

October 12, 2022

Dear friends, This upcoming Sunday, we are going to have our celebration Sunday, where we are encouraging people to bring in their pledge...

Oct 4, 2022

October 4, 2022

Dear friends, Last year around this time I was all in on Joctoberfest. For those that don’t remember, Joe Pederson was a player who came...

Sep 27, 2022

September 27, 2022

Dear friends, There was a law passed in the UK recently that I one hundred percent want to see pass in our own country. In fact, I think...

Sep 20, 2022

September 20, 2022

Dear friends, This is birthday week in my house. Georgia and Anna were born 4 years and three days apart, and so it is a big week. We try...

Sep 13, 2022

September 13, 2022

Dear friends, We had our first mid-week fellowship last week, and we had pizza and played trivia. I love trivia, and whenever I play, I...

Sep 6, 2022

September 6, 2022

Dear friends, Laura Briscoe, our wonderful Church and Building Administrator was meeting with Linda Jimenez-Abrams, our (new!) wonderful...

Aug 30, 2022

August 30, 2022

Dear friends, I don’t usually try and make announcements in these weekly articles. I really try to give a glimpse into what God is doing...

Aug 23, 2022

August 23, 2022

Dear friends, I have thoroughly enjoyed our One Room Sunday School. I’m one of those rare people who like meetings, particularly church...

Aug 16, 2022

August 16, 2022

Dear friends, When I was a kid, I loved the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I still love the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I’ve seen every...

Aug 9, 2022

August 9, 2022

Dear friends, I have very mixed feelings about technology. I’ve spoken about this before, but I both love and loathe what technology...

Aug 2, 2022

August 2, 2022

Dear friends, I am excited about starting our One Room Sunday School class next Sunday, August 7th! So much has happened over the past...